194 VENUS. 



Venus, No. 39- Scliroeter Einl. iii. p. 168. 

 Gualter, t. 88. f. B. Enc. Meth. t. 284. f. 2. 



Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Chemnitz. 



This shell in its size and form nearly resembles V. Pen- 

 sylvanica, but differs in being of a yellowish colour, in having 

 the posterior, as well as anterior side, more distinctly sinu- 

 ated ; the posterior depression much smaller, and the margin 

 entire. 



spuria. 81. Shell sub-orbicular, slightly ventri- 

 cose, with crowded concentric striae, and 

 slightly inflected by a longitudinal furrow ; 

 inside striated longitudinally, and the margin 

 entire. 



Venus spuria. Gmelin, p. 3284. 



Venus Pensylvanica Var. Ulysses Travels, p. 485. 



Venus borealis. Donovan British Shells, iv. t. 130. 



Venus, No. 32. Scliroeter Einl. iii. p. 166. 



Tellina radula. Montagu Test. p. 68. t. 2. f. 1 and 2. 



Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 54. Wood's 



Conch, p. 183. t. 42. f. 4 and 5. 

 Luciua. Enc. Method, t. 285. f. 2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 296. f. 133. Petiver Gaz. t. 93. f. 18. 



Favanne, t. 48. f. F. 2. Chemnitz, vi. t. 38. f. 399- 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Ferroe Islands, and Iceland. Chem- 

 nitz. Naples. Ulysses. Britain. Montagu, £rc. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and the breadth but 

 very little exceeds the length ; it is a strong convex shell of 

 a duty white colour, beset with numerous sharp edged con- 

 centric striae which make it very rough to the touch, and the 

 inside is somewhat striated longitudinally, and of a dull 

 chalky white colour, often becoming brighter towards the 

 margin ; it has a longitudinal flexure, and the anterior mar- 

 gin by the hinge almost straight, as in V. Pensylvanica ; the 

 hinge has two small primary teeth in each valve, and no la- 

 teral ones. 



punctata. 8*2. Shell sub-orbicular with longitudi- 

 nal, rather distant grooves, and minute trans- 

 verse striae ; posterior depression minute and 

 excavated ; margin entire. 



Venus punctata. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1 134. Chemnitz, 

 vii. p. 15. t. 37. f. 397 and 398. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 

 140. Gmelin, p. 3284. 



