162 VENUS. 



Venus Brasiliana. Gmclin, p. 3289. 

 Bonanni Rec. 3. f. 345. and Kirch. 2. f. 102. Valentyu 

 Abh. t. 16. f. 29. ? Enc. Method, t. 275. f. 5. 



Inhabits the coasts of Brazil. Bonanni. American and Asia- 

 tic Oceans. Limiaus. East Indies. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch or an inch and a quarter long, and the 

 breadth but a little exceeds the length ; it is thickish, white, 

 pale purplish brown, or rose-coloured, and may be at once 

 distinguished from V. cingenda by the want of any longitu- 

 dinal striae ; the posterior depression is heart-shaped, and the 

 anterior oblong. 



tiara. 8. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, and angu- 

 lated towards the anterior end, with a few dis- 

 tant much elevated transverse ribs, striated 

 strongly on their lower sides. 



Venus cancellata. Born. Mm. p. 61. t. 4. f. 9« 



Concha veneris orientalis. Chemnitz, vi. p. 290. t. 27. f. 



279 to 281. 

 Gualter, t. 88. f. D. Argenville, t. 21. f. B. Favanne f 

 t. 47. f. E. 7- 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about fourteen lines long and sixteen broad, or some- 

 times almost twice as large ; of a dull white, frequently more 

 or less tinged with rose colour, and has about seven much 

 elevated remote membranaceous ribs, of which the lower 

 sides are strongly striated, and the intermediate spaces are 

 obsoletely striated transversely ; the transverse ribs are conti- 

 nued so as to form longitudinal laminae on the posterior 

 heart-shaped depression, but the oblong cartilage slope is 

 nearly smooth. 



plicata. 9. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, and an- 

 gulated towards the anterior end, with nume- 

 rous transverse membranaceous ribs, and the 

 cordiform depression nearly smooth. 



Venus plicata. Gmelin, p. 3276. 



Venus foliaceo-lamellosa. Chemnitz, vi. p. 299^ t. 28. f. 



295 and 297. 

 Argenville, & 81. fi K. Valentyn Abh. t. 15. f.Sl. Enc. 

 Meth. t. 275. f. 3. 

 Inhabits the Levant Sea. Argenville. 

 Shell two or three inches long, and about equally broad; thick., 



