TAPES 259 
pressa, liris concentricis angustis, planiusculis, confertis- 
sime sculpta, unicolor, vel lineis undato-angulatis picta. 
Las variedades del Tapes striatus son: 
1 
1. (Typus). Testa straminea vel pallide fulva. (Chem- 
nitz, figs. 365 y 366; Wood, 2, fig. 12; Pfeiffer, 5, figu- 
ras 12 y 14; Roemer, 35, fig. 1, la, 1 b). Venus auri- 
siaca Wood. 
* 2, Testa fulva vel ferruginea. (Sowerby, 162, figu- 
ra 209; Reeve, fig. 45 a; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 g). 
* 3. Testa pallide fulva, plus minusve violaceo tincta, 
interdum subradiata. (Sowerby, 162, fig. 210; Wood, 7, 
fig. 56; Reeve, fig. 44; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 d). Venus 
elegantina Lamarck, Tapes tristis Reeve. 
4. Testa flavo-grisea, postice nigro-violascens, in- 
terdum lineis angulatis fuscis biradiata. (Roemer, 35, 
fig. 1 k). Chione regularis Deshayes. 
5. Testa albida, maculis nigricantibus radiata. (So- 
werby, 162, fig. 212). 
* 6. Testa albida, rufescente radiata et angulatim li- 
neata, area posticali transversim multilineata. (Philippi, 
8, fig. 6). Chione Philippit Deshayes, partim. 
* 7, Testa fulva vel lutescens, ad umbones maculis 
vel lineis angulatis fuscis quadriradiata. (Philippi, 8, 
fig. 5; Sowerby, 162, fig. 207). Chione Philippii Des- 
hayes, partim. 
* 8, Testa fulva vel albido-fulva, maculis fuscis qua- 
driradiatá lineisque undato-angulatis concoloribus picta. 
(Hanley, 13, fig. 46; Sowerby, 162, figs. 208 y 211; 
Reeve, figs. 43 y 46 a; Roemer, 35, fig. 1 f). Tapes Ja- 
ponica Reeve. 
* 9. Testa superne fulva, inferne grisea, maculis an- 
gulatis fuscis quadriradiata. (Sowerby, 162, fig. 213). 
DimexNs. Long. 53; alt. 41 milímetros. 
