TAPES.— Plate XII. 



ground with the appearance of a sprinkling of small spots. 

 The interior is generally tinged with rose. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes galactites. Tap. testa suielou(/ato-obloii(/a, an- 

 tice obtuse angulatd, Candida, itudique Icev'ujato-decus- 

 satd, laterihns mnhohus rotimdatis. 



The milky Tapes. Shell rather elongately oblong, an- 

 teriorly obtusely angled, white, smoothly decussated 

 throughout, both sides rounded. 



Venus galactites, Lamarck, Auim. sans vert. vol. vi. p. 3u'.l. 

 Tapes yalactites, Sowerby. 



Hah. New Holland ; New Zealand. 



A solid oblong white species, with very much of the 

 general aspect of a Cijpricardia. 



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