VENUS. 205 



tacea Britannica, Chemnitz's figure of V. textrix is quoted 

 for a variety of V. pullastra, but it wants the decussated 

 striae, by which that species is distinguished. 



obsoleta. 107. Shell oval, with transverse striae. 

 which are stronger on the anterior side, and 

 undulated in the middle. 



Venus obsoleta seu decripita. Chemnitz, vii. p. 50. t. 42. 



f. 444. 

 Venus corrugata. Gmelin, p. 32S0. 

 Venus, No. 49. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 172. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean. Chemnitz. 



Chemnitz describes this shell to be an inch and five lines 

 long, and two inches and two lines broad, of a greyish 

 white colour, with the anterior end stained with purple on 

 the inside, and the cartilage cleft oblong, wide, and gaping. 



decussata. 108. Shell oblong-ovate, angnlated 

 on the anterior side, with crowded decussated 

 striae ; margin entire. 



Venus decussata. Linntcus Si/st. Nat. p. 1135. Chemnitz, 

 vii. p. 58. t. 4S. f. 455 and 456. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 

 150. Gmelin, p. 3294. Donovan, ii. t. 67- Wood in 

 Lin. Trans, vi. p. 168. t. 17- f. 11 and 12. Montagu 

 Test. p. 124. Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. 

 p. 88. t. 2. f. 6. Dorset Cat. p. 56. t. 6. f. 4. 



Venus literata. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 196. t. 57. f. 53. 



Venus deflorata. Born Mus. p. 68. t. 5. f. 2 and 3. 



Venus fusca. Gmelin, p. 32S ] . 



Venus obscura. Gmelin, p. 3289> 



Venus sanguinolenta. Gmelin, p. 3295. 



Venus, No. 79". Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 179- 



Cuneus reticulatus. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 102. t. 14- 

 t\4. 



Tellina rhomboides. Gmelin, p. 3237- 



Tellina, No. 45. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 14. 



Bonanni Rec. 2. f. 6S and Kirch, f. 67. Lister Anim. 

 Ang. t. 4. f. 20. and Coach, t. 423. f. 271. Gualter, t. 

 85. f. L. Regenfuss, i. t. 4. f. 40. 

 Inhabits the Indian Ocean. Linmcus. Coasts of Britain. Lis- 

 ter, fyc. Mediterranean. Chemnitz. Naples. Ulysses. 

 Shell an iuch and a half or two inches long, and the breadth 



exceeds the length about one half; the longitudiual stria? 



