196 VENUS. 



Junior. Venus Lupinus. Linnaus Syst. Nat. edit. 10. p. 689. 

 Venus lincta. Solander's MSS. Pulteney's Dorset Cat. 



p. 34. 

 Venus sinuata Var. Gmelin, p. 3285. 

 Lister Conch, t. 289- f. 125., t. 290. f. 126. and t. 292. f. 

 128. Petiver Gaz. t. 76. f. 1 . Pennant Zool. iv. t. 56. 

 f. 49. Chemnitz, vii. t. 38. f. 403. 

 Variety. With the valves equilateral. 

 Venus exoleta equilatera. Chemnitz, vii. p. 22. t. 38. f. 



406. 

 Venus albida. Gmelin, p. 3287. 

 Venus, No. 37. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 1 68. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica, and Great Britain. Lister, fyc. 

 Shell about two inches in diameter ; white, slightly stained, and 

 sometimes obsoletely radiated with reddish brown. Mr. 

 Montagu has observed, that young shells slope more from 

 the umbo on the anterior side, and in this stage of its growth 

 it has been considered a distinct species. 



concentrica. 85. Shell sub-orbicular, compres- 

 sed, shining-, with concentric equal striae ; 

 cartilage cleft lanceolate and gaping, and the 

 posterior depression cordiform; margin en- 

 tire. 



Venus concentrica. Born Mas. p. 71. t. 5. f. 5. Chemnitz, 



vii. p. 10. t. 37. f. 392. Gmelin, 3286. 

 Venus dilatata. Solanders MSS. Callones Cat. p. 48. 



No. 905. 

 Venus, No. 31. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 165. 

 Lister Conch, t. 288. f. 124. Gualter, t. 76. f. F. Jdan- 



soti Senegal, t. 16. f. 5. Favanne, t. 48. f. F. 3. Enc. 



Meth. t. 279- f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Portugal. Adanson. 



Carolina, and Virginia. Chemnitz. Brazil. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches and five lines long,- by two inches and 

 a half broad, and may be distinguished from V. exoleta, 

 which it otherwise much resembles, by being considerably 

 flatter. 



juvenis. 86. Shell sub-orbicular, with crowded 

 transverse striae, becoming wrinkled at both 

 ends; posterior depression cordiform, and 

 the margin entire. 

 Venus juvenis. Chemnitz, vii. p. 21. t. SS. f. 405. 



