COJiCHYLl \—DITHYRA. 37. 163 



Turton, Conch. Diet. p. 2U. 



C/iemnifz, vii. p. 18, tab. 38, fig. 402, 404. 

 Pectunculus capillaceus. Da Costa, p. 187, tab. 12, fig. 5, 

 Pectunculus dense fasciatus. JLj.s/er, tab. 291, fig. 127. 

 Mas.nost. English, Irish, and Guernsea coasts 



Shell growing to two inches and a half in diameter, whitish or 

 dull reddish, with broken red or purple longitudinal rays, broad 

 stripes, or fine lines, rather flat, nearly orbicular, with the beaks 

 much curved and a deep excavation under them. 



Cytherea testa obovaio-cordatd convexd, latere antko simiata. 

 ad umbones attenuato, strils tmnstiemis crebris capH- 

 laceis. 

 Shell oboval and heart-shaped convex, tapering to the beaks 

 at the anterior side, with crowded transverse capillary stria?. 

 Tab. nost. 10, fig. 10 and II. 

 Venus sinuata. Gmelin, Syst. p. 3285. 



Turton, Linn. Syst. iv. p. 233. 

 Turton, Conch. Diet. p. 242. 

 Venus lincta. Dorset Catnl. p. 35, tab. 1, fig. 13. 



Venus lactea. Donovan, British Shells, v. tab. 149. 

 Montagu, Test. Brit. Suppl. p. 46. 

 Linn. Trans, viii. p. 79. 

 Turton, British Fauna, p. 157. 

 Venus exoleta. Pennant, iv. p. 209, tab. 59, fig. 1. 

 Venus exoleta, Var. Linn. Trans viii. p. 87, tab. 3, fig. 2. 

 Venus excisa. Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p. 195. 



Chemnitx, vii. p. 17, tab. 38, fig. 400, 401. 

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