CONCHY LI A— I>iTHr/e J. 41. 183 



spines, ami which at the opposite side form thick transverse scale- 

 like plates : the color is of a deeper chesnut, and more regularly 

 zoned ; and the ribs on the inside extend only half way towards 

 the beaks. 



Both the species abound on the Paignton sands, in Torbay, 

 where at low spring tides they may be observed with the fringed 

 tubes appearing just above the surface. The neighbouring cot- 

 tagers gather them in baskets and panniers, and after cleansing 

 them a few hours in cold spring water, fry the fish in a batter 

 made of crumbs of bread, producing a wholesome and savory disii. 

 The inhabitants call them red noses. 



Cakdium testa convexd tenui suborbiculari, costis 18, spinis (j.f,inatum. 



numerosis injtexis, sulcis striatis. '" 



Shell convex thin and somewhat orbicular, with 18 ribs armed 



with numerous inHected spines, the grooves striate. 

 Cardium echinatum. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1122. 



Gmelin, Syst. p. 3247. 



Turton, Linn. Syst. iv. p. 201. 



Pennant, Brit. Zool. iv. p. 187. 



Da Costa, p. 176, tab. 14, fig. 2. 



Donovan, iii. tab. 107, fig. 1. 



Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 78. 



Linn. Trans, viii. p. 63. 



Turton, British Fauna, p. 152. 



Dorset Catal. p. 31, tab. 6, fig. 2. 



Wood, Conch, p. 208, tab. 49, fig. 1, 2 



Dillwyn, Descript. Catal. p. 116. 



