PLATE XVII. 
VENUS CHIONE, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth; two near each other, 
the third divergent from the beaks. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Shell smooth with fine transverse wrinkles, a strong cartilage on one 
slope, and a long pointed oval depression on the other. 
Venus CHIoNE: testa transverse subrugosa lzvi, cardinis dente pos- 
teriori lanceolato. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. Conch. 
p. 3272. sp. 16. 
P, GLaBER, SMOOTH Pectunculus major crassus, politus, castaneus, 
lucide radiatus. Da Costa. Br. Conch. p. 184, 
sp. 22. 
Pectunculus maximus crassus, levis fere radiatus. Mus. Petiv. p. 
86. No. 333.—Curvirostrum. Leigh. Lanca- 
shire. tab. 3. fig. 5. 
Venus Chione, 6 Rumf. Mus. ¢.42. f. G. 
Venus Chinone, y Chemn. Conch. 6. t. 33. f. 334. 
‘s This species,” says Da Costa, “ is rare in England. I found 
it at Mount’s Bay in'Cornwall, where the fifhermen told me they call 
