VE^US. 179 



Venus maculata. Linnccus Syst. Nat. p. 1132. Born 

 Mus. p. 64. Chemnitz, vi. p. 347. t. 33. f. 345. Schroe- 

 ter Mini. iii. p. 125. Gmelin, p. 3272. 



Venus Chione Var. 0. Hammerer Cab. Ritdolst. p. 206. 



Bonanni liec. Supp. f. 7- Lister Conch, t. 270. f. '06. 

 Gualter, t. 86. f. I. Argenville, t. 21. f. H. Adanson 

 Senegal, t. 17- f. 15. Knorr, ii. t. 28. f. 5. and v. t. 20. 

 f. 4. Regenfuss, i. t. 8. f. 16. Favanne, t. 46. f. F. 1. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 265. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Brazils. D' 'Avila. 



Senegal Adanson. Guinea. Regenfuss. New South 



Wales. Solander. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and two inches broad ; 



white, more or less tinged with reddish brown, and marked 



with darker somewhat tesselated quadrangular spots, and two 



indistinct longitudinal rays ; the inside is white. 



casta. 47. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, com- 

 pressed at the posterior end ; anterior slope 

 rounded, and the posterior depression ovate; 

 margin very entire. 



Venus casta. Chemnitz, vi. p. 349. t. 33. f. 346. Gmelin, 



p. 3278. 

 Venus, No. 20. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 162. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and an inch and a half 

 broad ; very white, tinged with violet both inside and out at 

 the anterior end, and the posterior depression is violet ; the 

 cartilage slope is rounded, and has a large oblong cleft ; the 

 anterior tooth of the hinge is crenulated in both valves. 



meretrix. 48. Shell triangular-heart-shaped, shin- 

 ing, compressed at the posterior end ; carti- 

 lage slope rather protruded, and the poste- 

 rior depression obsolete ; margin very entire. 



Venus Meretrix. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1 132. Bom Mus. 

 p. 65. Chemnitz, vi. p. 350. t. 33. f. 347 to S52. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. iii. p. 126. Gmelin, p. 3273. Brooks's Introd. 

 p. 66. t. 3. f. 26. 



Meretrix labiosa. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 122. 



Gualter, t. 76. f. C. Argenville, t. 2 1 . f. F. Knorr, vi. 

 t. 6. f. 3. Enc. Meth. p. 268. f. 6. 

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