CONGHYLIA— i)irHFi2J. 41. 189 



better: the first of these authors observing, gratissimi saqoris sunt, 

 et a nostris ad victum colllguntur, ah autumno ad ulthnum usque ver ; 

 and the latter, " The season for them is from autumn to spring." 



Cardium testa orbiculari depressd subpellucidd, costis 26 transversim fasciatum. 



squamosis. 

 Shell orbicular flattish and semitransparent, with 26 ribs, which are 



are rough with transverse scales. 

 Cardium fasciatum . Montagu, Suppl. p. 30, tab. 27, fig. 6. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. p. 191. 

 Wood, Conch, p. 215. 

 Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p. 130. 

 Turton, Conch. Diet. p. 32. 

 Mus. nost. On the Western, Welch, and Irish coasts. 



Shell hardly half an inch in diameter, yellowish or pale rufous, 

 glossy, with a few dark transverse bands, often disposed in spots on 

 the ribs, and more deeply tinged on the anterior side and within : 

 the ribs are crossed with regular transverse scales, which are more 

 strongly marked at the shorter side and about the margin. 



*** costis muticis. 

 the ribs unarmed. 



Cahdium testa tumidd suborbiculari, latere antico subtruncato, costis medium. 



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numerosts transversim stnatis. 

 Shell tumid and somewhat orbicular, rather truncate at the anterior 

 side, with numerous transversely striate ribs. 



