COniUCTL.V. 211 



SSliell subtrigoiuil or conlifonii, subequilateral ; willi uinbones 

 prominent, conceutrically grooved ; hinge bearing three divergent 

 cardinal teeth in each valve; lateral teeth elongated, compressed, 

 lamelliform, finely striate; right valve having two Literal teeth 

 both anteriorly and posteriori}^ the left valve having but one oa 

 eiich side; pallial line usually continuous. 



Animal having the edge of the mantle ornamented with small 

 conical tentacles ; siplions very short, closely situate ; orifices 

 papillary ; foot tongue-shaped, rather large, laterally compressed ; 

 palpes triangular, huge ; gills joined behind. 



^J37. Corbicula fluniiualis (Muller). 



TeUina fhiminali^, Miill. Verm, ii, p. 205. 



Venus fiumiiHtlis, Ohemii. iu Concli.-Cab. vi, p. 319, pi. 30, fi?. 320 ; 



Wood, Lid. Test. pi. 8, lig. 113. 

 Telliua Jluiinnnlis, Schrciter, riussconch. p. 195, no. 20; Gmel. 



S. N. p. 3242, no. 79. 

 Cyclas flmninalis, Blainv. D. S. N. xii, p. 280. 

 Cvrena fuscatd, var.?, Lamk. An. s. Vert, v, p. 522, no. 4. 

 Corhicvla flumiuali^, Deshayes, Cat. Brit. Mus., Cuiicliif. 1854, 



pp. 222-223. 



Original clescriptioH : — Testa crassa, dura valde gib'na, opaca, 

 antice versus cardinem latior, quam postiee, extus viridis crebro 

 striatim imbricata ; strias aperturae parallelae, Intus cyanea ; 

 oardinis dentes medii sex cum fossulis, tres nempe in quavis 

 valvula, utriusque ligameoto proximus emarginatus est; laterales 

 utrinque elongati, sulcique excipientes, crenulati sunt. 

 Hah. India, etc. 



Tbe following dimensions are those of two specimens in the 

 British Museum ; — 



L 2. 



Long 39-25 38 mm. 



Lat.' 45 43-25 mm, 



Diam 26 23-n mui. 



Yar. holstiana, ScJdesch, Calcutta, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, 1908, 

 p. 108. 



Said to be more arched than the typical form. 

 Hab. Hoti-Mardan, near Peshawar. 



338. Corbicula fluminea (MUller). 



Tellina Jluminea, Miill. Verm, ii. p. 206; Gmel. S. N. p. 3243, 



no. 80. 

 Cyclas Jlmninea, Blainv. D. S. N. xii, p. 280. 

 Venus Jluminea, Chemn. in Conch.-Cab. vi,p. 320, pi. 30, figs. 322, 



323, an eadem species?; Schroter, Einl. iii, p. 159, no. 13; 



Wood, Ind. Test. pi. 8, fig. 114. 

 TcUinaJluviatilis, Schroter, Fliissconch. p. 193, pi. 4, ties. 2« & h. 



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