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50. TaPES TENUISTRIATA. 



T. testa subquadrata, depressiuscula, teuui, latere postico latiore , 

 oblique truncato, transversim multisulcata ; sulcis parvis ; lu- 

 nula ovata, vix distincta, violaceo tincta sub apicibus, albido- 

 flavis puncticulis radiata vel fulva albo biradiata. 



Tapes tenuistriata, Sow. Thes. Conch. p. 687- pl. 148, f. 78, 79. 



Hab. ? 



II. Testa decussata. 



51. Tapes decussata. B.M. 



T. testa ovato-transversa, inaequilaterali, postice subangulata, 

 albida, lituris maculisve, aut radiis fuscis vel ruSs picta, de- 

 cussatim striata, striis longitudinalibus eminentiojibus ; intus 

 alba; margine cardinali violaceo maculato. 



Bonan. Recr. pt. 2. f. 68 ; Mus. Kirch. f. 67- 

 Lister, Anim. Angl. pl. 4. f. 20; Conch. pl. 423. f. 271. 

 Gualt. Ind. pl. 85. f. L. 

 Regenf. Choix de Coq. pl. 4. f, 40. 



Venus decussata, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. p. 690. no 126; Mus. 

 Ulr. p, 509. no. 77 ; Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p, 1135. no. 149. 



Donov. Brit. Shells, ii. pl. 67. 



Wood, Linn. Trans. vi. 168. pl. 17- f. 11, 12, 



Mont. Test. Brit. p, 124. 



Maton 8f Rack. Linn. Trans. viii. 88, pl, 2. f, 6. 



Dillw. Cat. i. 205. no. 108. 



Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 597. no. 46. 



Turt. Conch. Dict. p, 244. 



Gerville, Cat. Moll. Manche, p. 27, no. 12. 



Blainv. Malac. pl. 75, f, 1, 



Turt. Dithyr. Brit. p, 158, no, 20. pl. 8. f. 10. 



Payr. Cat. Moll. de Corse, p. 50. no, 85. 



Wood, Ind. Test. pl, 8, f, 107. 



Desh. Encycl. Meth. Vers, iii. 1120. no. 22; in Lamk. An. 

 s. Vert. ed. 2. vi, 356, no, 46 ; Exped. Sc. Mor^e, Zool. 

 p. 100, no, 52. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. ed, 2, p, 210. pl, 60, 



Chemn. Conch. vii, 58. pl. 43, f 455, 456, 



Pulteney, Hutchins Dorset, p, 34. 



Dorset Cat. p. 36, pl. 6. f. 4. 

 Venus literata, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 196. pl, 57. f, 53. 

 V, deflorata, Born, Mus. p. 68. pl. 5. f. 2, 3. 

 Cuneus reticulatus, Da Costa, Brit. Conch. p. 102, pl, 14. f. 4, 

 Ulysses, Trav. in Nap. p, 486, no, 140. 

 Schrot. Einl. iii. 14. no. 45. 



