124 TESTACEOUS MOLLUSCA. 
Obtusely subcordate, thick, tumid, glossy, smooth, pale fulvous, 
extremely variable in its markings, often with obscure dusky rays : 
depressions sunken the posterior oval-subcordate, the anterior indis- 
tinctly sublanceolate and painted with bluish grey linear markings : 
beaks much incurved : inside white, generally with a pinkish tinge 
beneath the umbones: a flattened posterior callosity beneath the 
hinge : two of the teeth bifid in each valve.— Variety. (LH. t. 266. 
Jf. 5.) The umbones with a somewhat star-like white spot or 
with some white rays —Variety. (V. Nespuxiosa, Chem. f. 359, 
360, 1.—Lam. 63.—W. t. 7. f. 52.— Gmel. 3279.— D. p. 182.) 
Covered with obsolete angular dusky markings, some of the larger 
of which form themselves into three or four radiating rows. 1.. 13. 
—Indian Seas.—Tranquebar. 
V. Puaszotrna. Lam. 64.—Del. t. 10. f. 4. Ovate, thin, 
transversely striated, grey or pale fulvous, with small white trian- 
gular spots and brown narrow rays (which sometimes become obso- 
lete), the beaks somewhat violet ; posterior depression ovate. 14. 
V. CarnEota. Lam. 65.—Del. t. 10. f. 5. Ovate, uniform 
flesh color, with transverse and longitudinal finer striae and the 
beaks violet : posterior depression lanceolate : inside whitish. 14. 
V. Froripa. Lam. 66.—V. Lata. Poli. 2.t. 21. f. 1 to 4. 
V. Virernea. Philip. p. 46. Small, subtriangularly oblong 
ovate, glossy, inequilateral, anteriorly longer, rounded at both ends, 
finely striated transversely: most variable in colouring usually 
marbled with brown and white, often rayed and reticulated, an- 
terior depression short, posterior oblong : inside yellow.— Variety. 
(Bicotor. Lam. 68. An Poli. 2. t. 21.f. 3?) White, with minute 
additional longitudinal strie, and the anterior slope on one side 
brown, sometimes with brown rays; lunule brown.—Variety. 
(V. Carentrera. Lam. 70.) With four brown chain-like rays’; 
spotted with orange internally. 14.—Mediterranean.! 
V. Peratina. Lam. 67.— Beupantu. Payr. t. 1. f. 32. 
Ovate oblong, rather sloping from the beaks on both sides, posteri- 
orly short, anteriorly produced and attenuated, mottled flesh 
colour with one or two white rays, the beaks and inside purple, 
all but smooth, the fine tranverse striz only evident posteriorly ; 
lunule lanceolate : of the teeth two are cleft in one valve, the 
central one only in the other.—Mediterranean. 


1 To this species Deshayes appends V. Texrurata. Lam. 43. 
The localities, however, are so far apart that I do not venture to 
unite them. V. Textrurata. Lam. 43.—Ch. f. 443. Ovate, 
antiquated, whitish, with a kind of network of reddish yellow 
lines ; the transverse striee very fine: posterior depression ovate : 
beaks rather prominent. 13.— Indian Ocean. 
