172 VENUS. 



Inhabits the coasts of Britain. Pennant, fyc. 



Shell about three-eighths of an inch long, and half an inch 

 broad ; of a dirty white or pale brown colour, and the in- 

 side is glossy white or flesh-colour, more or less tinged with 

 purple. 



paupercula. 31. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, 

 smooth, with the anterior depression oval, 

 and the posterior cordiform. 



Venus paupercula. Chemnitz, xi. p. 227. t. 202. f. 1977. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Coromandel. Chemnitz. 

 Shell near an inch long, and an inch and a quarter broad ; of 



a pale brownish yellow colour, sprinkled over with reddish 



brown veins and dots, and the cordiform depression tinged 



with violet. 



flexuosa. 32. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, pro- 

 duced at the anterior end, and marked with 

 transverse crenulated grooves, becoming bifid 

 towards the anterior slope. 



Venus flexuosa. Solander's MSS. ? Linnceus Syst. Nat. 



p. 1131. Born. Mus. p. 62. t. 4. f. 10. Chemnitz, vi. 



p. 330. t. 3 1 . f 333 and 334. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 



1 19- Gmelin, p. 3270. 

 Listei Conch, t. 281. f. 119-? Petiver Gaz. t. 75. f. 8. 



Quaker, t. 83. f. I, Eric. Method, t. 266. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica, and other West India Islands. 



Chemnitz. 

 The shell figured by Chemnitz is about an inch long, and an 

 inch and a quarter broad ; of a dirty white colour, shaded 

 with brown, and has the anterior depression surrounded by 

 an elevated keel. Linnaeus appears to have taken the name, 

 and described this species, from a specimen which he re- 

 ceived from Dr. Solander, who, in his MSS. has referred to 

 Lister, t. 281. f. 119- and Petiver, t. 25. f. 9- in which there 

 is no appearance of the anterior end being produced, nor is 

 it mentioned in either of their descriptions. 



mactroides. 33. Shell triangular-heart-shaped, 



rounded at the ends, and obsoletely striated 



transversely ; depressions heart-shaped on 



both slopes ; margin very entire. 



Venus mactroides. Born, Mus. p. 65. Chemnitz, vi. p. 



324. t. 31. f. 326. 



