CONCHYLIA— Z)/rHFi2J 41. 183 



spines, and which at the opposite side form thick transverse scale- 

 like plates : the color is of a deeper chesnut, and more regularly 

 zoned ; and the ribs on the inside extend only half way towards the 

 beaks. 



Both the species abound on the Paignton sands, in Torbay, where 

 at low spring tides they may be observed with the fringed tubes ap- 

 pearing just above the surface. The neighbouring cottagers gather 

 them in baskets and panniers, and after cleansing them a few hours 

 in cold spring water, fry the fish in a batter made of crumbs of 

 bread, producing a wholesome and savory dish. The inhabitants 

 call them red noses. 



Cardium testa convexd tenui suborbiculari, costis 18, spinis numerosis echbatum. 



injlexis, sulcis striatis. 

 Shell convex thin and somewhat orbicular, with 18 ribs armed with 



numerous inflected spines, the grooves striate. 

 Cardium echinatum, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1122. 



Gmelin, Syst. p. 3247. 



Turton, Linn. Syst. iv. p. 201. 



Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. p. 187. 



Da Costa, p. 176, tab. 14, fig. 2. 



Donovan, iii. tab. 107, fig. 1. 



Montagu, Test. Brit.p. 78. 



Ldnn. Trans, viii. p. 63. 



Turton, British Fauna, p. 152. 



Dorset Catal. p. 31, tab. 6, fig. 2. 



Wood, Conch, p. 208, tab 49, fig. 1, 2. 



Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p. IIG. 



