Pectunculus. MOLLUSCA. ARCADJi]. 401 



EXTINCT SPECIES. 



1. V. decussalus. — Transversely obovate ; sides rather straight ; surface 

 covered with numerous longitudinal striae ; hinge teeth 25 to 30 ; margin 

 thick, plain. — Sower. Min. Conch, t. xxvii. f. 1. — London Clay. 



2. costatits. — Orbicular, depressed, with 25 longitudinal sharp ridges, and a 

 few transverse striae ; hinge of 14 teeth ; margin serrated witliin. — {Area de. 

 leta of Brander. Sower. Min. Conch, t. xxvii. f. 2 London Clay. 



3. P. Plumstediensis. — Transversely obovate, slightly oblique, with longi- 

 tudinal obscure furrows, and minute transverse striae ; margin serrated with- 

 in Sower. Min. Conch, t. xxvii. f. 3 Plastic Clay. 



4. P. variabilis. — Obliquely suborbicular, rather convex, finely striated 

 longitudinally, becoming smooth or sulcated by wear ; teeth of the hinge 

 and Hues upon the area of the ligament, numerous ; beaks short, nearly close. 

 — Sower. Min. Conch, t. cccclxxi. f. 1 — In Crag. — It is probable that this shell 

 is merely the Pectunculus pilosus, found in modern manne diluvium, instead of 

 a species connected with the anterior epoch. 



5. P. brevirostris — Ti'ansversely obovate, rather oblique, and inequilate- 

 ral, convex, obscurely costated, concentrically striated ; hinge line rather 

 straight ? beaks short, not oblique ; hinge teeth few. — Sower. Min. Conch, 

 t. cccclxxii. f. 1. — London Clay. 



6. P. scalaris Obovate, convex, longitudinally ribbed, ribs narrow, sharii, 



area of the ligament short, projecting at the extremities, with a triangular 

 j)it in its centre ; margin irregularly tooih.eA.— -Sower. Min. Conch, t. clxxii. 

 f. 2. — London Clay. 



7. P. suhltBvis — Transversely obovate, equilateral, rather gibbose, with 

 many slightly'elevated ribs ; beaks short, nearly close ; sides smooth — Sower. 

 Min. Conch, t. cccclxxii. f. 2 In Green Sand. 



8. P. umbonatus Orbicular, gibbose, nearly equilateral, longitudinally 



striated and obscurely costated ; beaks prominent, obliquely curved, a lobe 

 on the anterior side — Cardium umbonatum. Sower. Min. Conch, t. clvi. f. 2, 

 3, 4, and P. umb. ib. t. cccclxxii. f. 3. — In Green Sand. 



9. P. minimus — Orbicular, convex, smooth 4 hinge line straight, promi- 

 nent at the extremities ; margin not toothed — Sower. Min. Conch, t. cccclxxii. 

 f. 5. — In Oolite. 



10. P. oblongus — Transversely oblong, inequilateral, rather convex, smooth; 

 sides obliquely truncated; margin not toothed— 5ozi'er. Min. Conch, t. cccclxxi. 

 £ 6 In Oolite. 



Gen. C. NUCULA. — Shell inequilateral, beaks approximate ; 

 hinge line bent in the middle, with a spoon-shaped pro- 

 jecting tooth at the angle, and numerous lateral sharp- 

 pointed teeth ; ligament internal. 



* Margin crenulated. 

 408. N. miclea. — Shell subtriangular ; beak near the short 

 end with an oval impression beneath. 



Area nucleus, Linn. Syst. i. 114^.. Peun. Brit. Zoul. iv. 08. Mont. Test. 

 Brit. 141 — N. nucleus, Turt. Biv. Brit. IJG, t. xiii. f. 4 — Not un- 

 common. 



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