Piet Eb VI. 
CARDIUM ACULEATUM. 
SPIKED COCKLE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Two teeth near the beak; and another remote one on each side of 
the shell. 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Shell nearly heart-shaped. Ribs high, sulcated dames the middle, and 
beset with long canaliculated spines. 
Carpium*AcuLEeaTum: C. testa subcordata: sulcis convexis linea 
exaratis: exterius aculeato ciliatis—Gmel. Linn. 
| Syst. Conch. p. 3247. 7. 
Pectunculus maximus insigniter echinatus. Wallace, Orkney. p. 44. 
Coeur de boeuf. Argenville. Conch. I. p. 335. fiz. B. 
Coeur de beuf Epineux. D’ Avilla Cab. p. 355. No. 817. 
Concha cordiformis zequilatera, umbone cardium unito, striata, strits 
latis canaliculatig muricata aculeis longis et acutis, 
aliquando recurvis in summitate striarum positis, al- 
bida, et parvis maculis luteis obscure fasciata. Gualt. 
I. Conch. tab. 72. fig. A. 
Cardium Aculeatum. Aculeated. Penn. Br. Zool.137.tab.50. fig. 37. 
Cardium Aculeatum, SpikedCockle,A. Da Costa, Br. Conch. p. 175. 
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