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17. Familia Liicinidae. 



1, Genus Lucina Lamarck. 



T. orbicularis, concentrice plicata, epiderniide tenui obtecta ; 

 ligamentuni externuni ; cardo dentibus in utraque valva vel 2 

 primariis divergentibus vel 1 et lateralibus 2. 



1. Lucina borealis Linne. T. suborbicularis, con- 

 vexiuscula, solidula, concentrice lamelloso-striata, sub epidermide 

 fuscescente alba, antice oblique rotundata et superne leviter 

 curvata, postice subtruncata, margine ventrali aequaliter arcuato, 

 dorsali antice incurvato, postice recto, declivi; umbones prominuli, 

 parum ante medium siti; lunula distincta, area ligamentalis 

 impressa. — Diam. 32 Mm. 



Venus borealis Liime ed. 12 p. 1134 - 'L ) Forbes et Hauley II 



p. 46 T. 35, F. 5. - Sow. 111. Iii<l. T. 5 F. 16. - Jeffreys Br. 



Conch. II p. 442 T. 32, F. 7. - Weinkaujf Mittelm. p. 162. — 



Hidalgo Esp. T. 74, F. 7. — Locard Cat. p. 461 - Reeve Couch. 



ic. sp. 13. 14. 

 Veuus spuria CTinelin ed. 13 p. 3284 — Desh. Lam VI p. 225. 

 Tellina radula Moutagu Test. brit. p. 68 — Desh. Lam. VI p. 



225. - de Kay New York T. 26, F. 274, 

 Veims circiuata Brocchi Couch foss. II p. 552 T. 14, F. 6, nec L. 

 Lucina autiquata Sow., Venus affinis Eichw., Lucina contracta Cour., 



L. flaudrica Nyst. species fossiles teste Weiiikauif huc refereudae. 



Hab. ex Oceano arctico usque in Mediterraneum. 



2. L u c i n a s p i n i t e r a jM o n t a g u. T. ovata, transversa, 

 valde compressa, aequilatera, utrinque rotundata, lineis concen- 

 tricis elevatis sculpta, carneo-albida, ad apices rubens, intus 

 crocea; lunula impressa, lanceolata; area utrinque squamis 

 brevibus spinosis cincta; dens cardinalis in valvula dextra l,in 

 sinistra 2 minimi; laterales utrinque remoti; impressio muscu- 

 laris antica oblonga, paullo incurva, postica subovata. — Diam. 

 16, alt. 14 Mm. 



Veims spinifera Montagu Test. Br. p. 577 T. 17, F 1. — (L.) 

 Philippi Enum. II p. 25. — Eeeve Couch. icon, sp. 89. — Forbes 

 et Hanley II p. 49 T. 35, F. 1 - Weinkauft' Mittelm. p. 164. — 

 Jeffreys Br. Conch II p. 240 T. 32, F. 6. - Sow 111. lud. T. 5, 

 F. 18. - Hidalgo Esp. T. 74, F. 3. 



Luciua hiatelloides Philippi Enum. I p. 32 



Astarte ornata Goldfuss Petref. germ. II p 195 T. 135, F. 9 fide 

 Weinkauff. 

 Hab. e mediterraneo usque ad Norvegiam mediam. 



3. L u c i n a r e t i c u I a t a P o I i. T. suborbicularis, obliqua, 

 inaequilatera, postice brevissima, compressa, cestellis radiantibus 

 numerosissimis rotundatis, saepe dichotomis, striisque concentricis 

 granulato-decussata, alba vel flavescens, intus albida vel sul- 



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