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DONAX TRUNCULUS., 
RIBEBAND, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bivalve. Frontal margin very blunt. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Shell shallow, glossy. Outside fasciated_ with brown and purple. 
Inside purple. Margin crenated. 
DonAxX TRUNCULUS: testa antice levi intus violacea, marginibus 
crenatis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Tellina subfusca angustior, inter purpurascens. List. H. Conch. 
tab. 376. fig. 217. 
Cuneus angustior levis subfuscus vittis purpurascentibus fasciatus 
vittatus. Da Costa, Br. Conch. p. 207. sp. 41. 
Donax trunculus. Yellow. Penn. Br. Sool. No. 45. tab. 55, 
jig. 45. 
Se RE 
This pretty species is about one inch and a half in length. It is 
found on the coasts of Essex, Sussex and Cornwall, and also on 
those of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 
