204 VENUS. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean. Chemnitz. Bay of Naples. 

 Ulysses. 



This shell, as figured by Chemnitz, appears to be about seven 

 lines long, and twice as broad, and marked with fine decus- 

 sated striae ; the colour is whitish, ornamented with irregu- 

 lar zic-zac stripes, which cross each other, so as to form a 

 kind of net-work. Dr. Turton says, it inhabits the British 

 coasts, but [ know not on what authority. 



rotundata. 105. Shell ovate, slightly angulated 

 on the anterior side, and remotely striated 

 transversely ; posterior depression lanceolate, 

 and obliterated at the end ; margin rounded, 

 entire, and spotted. 



Venus rotundata. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1135. Schroeter 



Einl. iii. p. 149. Gmelin, p. 3294. 

 Venus ala papilionis. Chemnitz, vii. p. 46. t. 42. f. 441. 

 Argenville Appendix, t. 3. f. D. Knorr, ii. t. 18. f. 4. 

 Favanne, t. 49- f- t 3. Eric. Meth. t. 281. f. 3. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Linnaus. Coasts of Ceylon. 

 Chemnitz. 



Shell generally about an inch and three quarters long, and 

 three inches and a quarter broad, but is sometimes con- 

 siderably larger ; the colour is pale reddish brown, with 

 four radiated rows of dark brown, or chocolate spots. 



undulata. 106. Shell oval, very smooth, ante- 

 rior and posterior depression lanceolate ; mar- 

 gin very entire, rounded, and spotted. 



Venus undulata. Born Mus. p. 67- / 



Venus textrix. Chemnitz, vii. p. 48. t. 42. f. 442 and 



443. 

 Venus textile. Gmelin, p. 3280. 

 Venus polita. Solanders MSS. 

 Venus literata Var. Ulysses' Travels, p. 486. 

 Venus, No. 48. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 17 1- 

 Chama textilis. Museum Geversianum, p. 454. No. 1719. 

 Lister Conch, t. 400. f. 239- Knorr, ii. t. 28. f. 4. Fa- 

 vanne, t. 49- f. I. 2. Enc. Meth. t. 283. f. 1. 



Inhabits the coasts of Malabar and the Red Sea. Chemnitz. 

 Coromandel. Solander. Bay of Naples. Ulysses. 



Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and two inches and a 

 quarter broad, yellowish, or pale flesh-colour, with undu- 

 lated reticulated purplish brown veins. In Montagu's Tes- 



