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tunculi, and he has alfo placed feveral 

 among his Tellens. Argenville, Davila, and 

 Meufchen call them Games ; and Davila 

 divides them into [four genera. Gualtieri 

 alfo calls them Chamas ; and Linnsus dif- 

 perfes them into feveral of his genera. 



Genus 2. Cordlformes, or Heart Cockles, 

 are fuch Cockles whofe beaks are very pro- 

 minent, and carve np greatly towards the 

 hinge, thereby forming a figure perfeclly 

 like a heart, as vulgarly painted. 



This genus is pretty numerous. Lifter 

 intermixes them with the others. Argen- 

 ville makes them his fourth family, Coeurs 

 or Boucardes. It is alfo Davila's fourth 

 family, who calls them Coeurs, and di- 

 vides them into three genera, of v^^hich only 

 the firft is this my genus. They are the 

 twenty-eighth genus of Meufchen. Gual- 

 tieri places them among his Conchse Cor- 

 dlformes : and by Linnaeus they are ranked 

 in his Cardium genus. 



Genus 



