VENUS. 197 



Venus juvenilis. Gtnelin, p. 3287- 

 Venus, No. 36. Schroeter Mini. iii. p. J 67. 

 - Lister Conch, t. 295. f. 131. End. Meth. t. 280. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter in diameter ; white, with 

 brownish chestnut spots forming interrupted rays ; the car- 

 tilage cleft is large, oblong, gaping, and sinuated. It is plain 

 from his references to Chemnitz, that Mr. Montagu consi- 

 dered both this and the following species to be only Varie- 

 ties of V. exoleta. 



histrio. 87. Shell sub-orbicular, with acute trans- 

 verse reflected striae ; anterior depression ob- 

 solete, and the posterior cordifonn, impres- 

 sed and ferruginous ; margin entire. 



Venus Histrio. Gmelin, p. 3287- 



Venus exoleta variegata. Chemnitz, vii. p. 23. t. 38. f. 407- 



Venus, No. 38. Schroeter Eint. iii. p. 168. 



Enc. Meth. t. 280. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter in diameter ; white, mottled, 



and rayed with brown, and striped with chestnut colour on 



the anterior slope ; the transverse striae are elevated, acute, 



and slightly reflected. 



undata. 88. Shell sub-orbicular, convex, somewhat 

 wrinkled transversely, and slightly undulated 

 longitudinally ; margin entire. 



Venus undata. Pennant ZooL iv. p. 95. t. 55. f. 51. Wood 

 in Lin. Trans, vi. p. 169. t. 17. f. 17 and 18. Montagu 

 Test. p. 117. 'Donovan, iv. t. 121. Maton and Racket, 

 in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 86. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Britain. Pennant, #c. 

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

 more ; thin, somewhat transparent, yellowish white, or slightly 

 tinged with brown, and the posterior slope is without any 

 cordifonn depression ; it may be readily known from Tellina 

 rotundata which it much resembles, by the hinge having 

 three teeth in one valve, aud two in the other. 



tumidula, 89. Shell sub-orbicular, gibbous, with 

 transverse, remote, rather obsolete grooves. 



Venus tumidula. Linnaus Mant. p. 546. Gmelin, p. 3285, 



