36 



IIVALVE SHELLS. 



Testamajore; Meretrix formosa, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 620. 

 pl. 129. f. 47. 



Hab. Oeeamis Inclo-Chinensis. 



4. Meretrix petechialis. B.M. 



M. testa ovato-cordata, tumida, Isevi, albo-glaucescente, maculis 

 fulvis, punctiformibus, subsparsis ; latere postico angulato ; 

 intus candida ; dente lunari maximo, trigono-pyramidali, apice 

 acuto ; nympliae rugis numerosis, tenuibus, parallelis ; impres- 

 sione pallii, margine remota, sinu lato, arcuato, brevi. 



Meretrix petechialis, Encycl. Meth. pl. 268. f. 5, 6, 

 Cytherea petechiahs, Lamk. An. s. Vert. t. v. p. 661. 



Desh. in Lamk. An. s. Vert. 2 ed. t. vi. p. 299. 



Sowerby, Genera of Shells, f. 1. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 96 ; in Wood, Sup. pl. 15. f. 9. 



Reeve, Conch. Systeni. t. i. pl. 69 & 70. f. 1. 



Sowerby, Thes. Conch. p. 619. pl. 129. f. 51. 



Hab. China. 



5. Meretrix impudica. 



M. testa ovato-subtrigona, cordata, crassa, inaequilaterali, postice 

 angulata, alba, sub epidermide flavo ahquantisper subradiata, 

 vel macuhs fuscis ad umbones notata, vulva fusco-caerulescente ; 

 umbonibus tumidis obliquis ; lunula nulla ; intus alba, postice 

 fusco maculata; cardine angusto, in valva sinistra bidentato, 

 nymphis brevibus, regulariter corrugato-plicatis ; sinu pallii 

 latissimo, semicirculari. 



Venus Meretrix, var., Chemn. Conch. t. vi. p. 352. pl. 33. f. 347, 



348. 

 Cytherea impudica, Lamk. An. s. Vert. t. v. p. 561 . no. 3. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 96; in Wood, Ined. Sup. pl. 11. 



f. 10? 

 Kiister in Chemn. C. C. 2 ed. p. 8. pl. 3. f. 4, 5. 

 Var. Testa majore, latere postico minus angulato. 

 Cvtherea meretrix, Lamk. An. s. Vert. t. v. p. 562, no. 6 ; 2 ed. 

 "p. 300. no. 6. 



Delessert, Rec. rfe Cog. pl. 3. f. 1. 



Anton, Verz. Conch. p. 7- no. 241. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 96 ; in Wood, Sup. pl. 15. f. 8. 



Gray, Cat. Cyth. Anal. t. viii. p. 303? 



Sow. Thes. Conch. p. 619. pl. 129. f. 48, 49. 



Hab. Oceanus Chinensis; insulse Philippinae. 



