160 VENUS. 



Venus fascia ta. Donovan, v. t. 170. Mat on and Racket, 



in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 80. Dorset Cat. p. 34. t. 7. f. 3. 



Venus Paphia. Pulteneys Dorset Cat. p. 33. Montagu 



Test. p. 110. 

 Venus Paphia Var. Gmelin, p. 3268. 

 Venus incrassata. Solanders MSS. 

 Venus, No. 1. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 153. 

 Peciunculus fasciatus. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 188. t. 



13. f. 3. 

 Anus rugosa. Chemnitz, vi. p. 290. t. 27. f. 277 and 278. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 276. f. 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of Britain. Da Costa, fyc. West India Is- 

 lands. Chemnitz. Sometimes found on the sea-shore at 

 Swansea, and is very common in Bantry Bay. L. TV. D. 



Shell about eleven lines long, and one inch broad; strong, ra- 

 ther compressed, with broad elevated transverse ribs of an 

 uniform thickness throughout, and variously rayed longitudi- 

 nally with purpiish brown and white. It is probably nearly 

 allied to the Linuasan V. succincta, but does not sufficiently 

 agree with some parts of the description, ' rima excisa,' 8tc 



succincta. 4. Shell heart-shaped, with transverse 

 remote excavated grooves, and the margin 

 crenulated. 



Venus succincta. Linnccus Mantissa, p. 546. Gmelin, p. 

 3282. 



Inhabits 



Linnaeus describes this shell to be " roundish, heart-shaped, and 

 about as large as the uppermost joint of a finger, with four- 

 teen remote transverse grooves, forming distant obtuse some- 

 what rt fleeted ribs ; the cleft in the anterior slope jagged 

 (excisa), and the posterior impression ovate ; margin crenu- 

 lated within." It appears from his MSS. that Dr. Solander 

 found a shell in the Portland Cabinet which answered to 

 these characters, and he has added to the description, that it 

 is slightly striated longitudinally, and has the ribs of an equal 

 thickness throughout. 



marica. 5./ Shell somewhat heart-shaped, with de- 

 cussated striae, and lamellated at the margin 

 of the anterior slope. 

 Venus Marica. Linnam Syst. Nat. p. 1130. Chemnitz, 

 vi. p. 292. t. 27. f. 282 to 286. Schroeter EinL iii. p 

 112. Gmelin, p. 3268. 



