60 SOLEN. 



Inhabits sand on the sea-coasts of Europe, frequent. 



Shell when full grown, about three-quarters of an inch long, 

 and five inches broad, and in other respects much resembles 

 S. Vagina, but is always more or less arcuated. Young shells 

 which have been most commonly figured, are thin, brittle, 

 and prettily mottled with brown and green. 



pellucidus. 7. Shell linear, pellucid, and some- 

 what curved ; hinge with a double tooth in 

 one valve. 



Solen pellucidus. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 84. t 46. f. 23. 

 Chemnitz, xi. p. 205. t. 198. f. 1940. Montagu Test. 

 p. 49 and 565. Donovan, v. t. 153. Maton and Rac- 

 ket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 44. Wood's Conch, p. 123. 

 t. 28. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the shores of Britain. Pennant, fyc. 

 Shell about a quarter of an inch long, and one inch broad, 

 slightly arcuated, pellucid, brittle, and covered with a shining 

 epidermis of a pale greenish brown colour ; the hinge is 

 placed near to one end, and furnished with a single tooth in 

 one valve locking into two in the opposite, with a lateral 

 process in each. 



legumen. 8. Shell linear-ovate, straight; hinge 

 placed in the middle, with two teeth in each 

 valve, and one of them bifid. 



Solen Legumen. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1114. Pennant, 

 iv. p. 84. t.46. f. 23. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 238. 

 Born. Mus. p. 25. t. 2. f. 1 and 2. Chemnitz, vi. p. 49. 

 t. 5. f. 32 to 34. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 627. Gmelin, 

 p. 3224. Donovan, ii. t. 53. Montagu Test. p. 50. 

 Maton and Racket in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 45. Dorset 

 Cat. p. 29. t. 4. f. 4. Wood's Conch, p. 124. t. 28. f. 4 

 and 5. 

 Lister Conch, t. 420. f. 264. Plancus, t. 3. f. 5. Gualter, 

 t. 91. f. A. Klein. Ost. t. 11. f. 66. Adanson, t. 19. 

 f. 3. Erie. Method, t. 225. f. S. 

 Inhabits the shores of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, not 



uncommon. Britain. Pennant, fyc. 

 Shell about half or three-quarters of an inch long, and rather 

 more than four times as broad ; thin, sub-pellucid, white, 

 but generally covered with a yellowish epidermis, and mark- 

 ed with fine concentric striae ; the valves are narrower at one 



