150 DONAX. 



Enc. Method, t. 260. f. 3. 



Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Chemnitz. Cape of Good- 

 Hope. Humphreys. 



This shell has been confounded by Schroeter and Gmelin, 

 with D. rugosa, from which it differs not only in being much 

 larger, but also in having the anterior end less abruptly trun- 

 cated, and the cartilage cleft oblong ; it is about two inches 

 long, and three inches broad, and is sometimes rayed with 

 purple, as well as striated longitudinally. 



trunculus. 5. Shell oblong-wedge-shaped, glossy, 

 minutely striated longitudinally, and the mar- 

 gin crenated. 



Donax Trunculus. Linnaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1127. Pennant 

 Zool. iv. p. 93. t. 55. f. 45. Born. Mus. p. 54. t. 4. f. 

 3 and 4. Chemnitz, vi. p. 259. t. 26. f. 253 and 254. 

 Schroeter Eint. hi. p. 94. Gmelin, p. 3263. Donovan, 

 i. t. 29. f. 1. Montagu Test. p. 103. Maton and Rac- 

 ket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 74. Dorset Cat. p. 33. t. 6. 

 f. 3. 

 Cuneus vittatus. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 207. 1. 14. f. 3. 

 Lister Anim. Ang. t. 5. f. 35. and Conch, t. 376. f. 217. 

 Adanson Senegal, t. 18. f. 2. Knorr, i. t. 7. f. 7. Fa- 

 vanne, t. 49- f. E. 2. Enc. Meth. t. 262. f. 1 . 

 Inhabits the European Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Senegal. 

 Adanson. Mediterranean and West Indies. Chemnitz. 

 Britain. Lister, fyc. 

 Shell about five-eighths of an inch long, and an inch and a 

 quarter broad ; smooth, glossy, and finely striated longitudi- 

 nally ; the colour is generally yellowish white, with bluish, 

 or horn coloured transverse bands, and two or three pale 

 longitudinal rays ; the hinge, as in other shells of this Genus, 

 has the cartilage external. 



complanata. 6. Shell oblong-oval, smooth, glossy, 

 and the margin very entire. 



Donax complanata. Montagu Test. p. 106. t. 5. f. 4. 



Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 75. Dorset 



Cat. p. 34. 

 Donax laevigata. Solander's MSS. 

 Tellina variegata. Gmelin, p. 3237. 

 Tellma vinacea. Gmelin, p. 3238. 

 Tellina, No. 31. Schroeter EinL iii. p. 11, and No, 48. 



p. 15. 



