306 GINGLYMACONCHA. VENERID&. 
v. 587; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 94; Dill. Dese. Cat. 
165; Turt. Conch. Dict. 232. 
This species inhabits the European seas in deep sandy bot- 
toms. 
Genus 48. HERMIONE. 
The shells elongated, anteriorly truncated with the angles 
rounded. The hinge with three teeth in each valve, the ante- 
rior one in the right valve more or less imperfect. The tra- 
cheal tubes joined together, their extremities frmged. The 
foot lance-shaped. 
1. HERMIONE GALLINA. 
Shells cordate-trigonal, rounded above, whitish, radiated 
with red, and concentrically suleated ; the interstices elevated, 
painted alternately with white and red. Length one and a 
quarter ; height one inch. 
Venus Gallina, Lister, Conch. t. eclxxxii. f. 120; Born. Mus. 
5/7. Vig. 6; Linn. Faun. Suec. 2114; Syst. Nat. 1130. 
no. 119; Chem. Conch. vi. t. xxv. f. 308-310; M. & R. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 82; Lam. Hist. Nat. des Anim. 
sans Vert. v. 591; Dill. Desc. Cat. 168; Turt. Conch. 
Dict. 234. 
Venus rugosa, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 95. t. lvi. f. 50. 
Pecten striatulus, Da Costa, Brit. Conch. 191. t. xu. f. 2. 
Venus casina, Pult. Cat. Dorset. 33. t. vil. f. 2. 
Venus striatula, Donov. Brit. Shells, t. Ixviii.; Mont. Test. 
Brit. 113; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vu. 94. 
This species is very common ; it inhabits the sandy coasts of 
the European Ocean. 
2. HERMIONE LAMINOSA. 
Shells elongated, somewhat compressed, concentrically stri- 
ated ; the interstices elevated, slightly rounded, reflexed near 
the umbones and sculptured with longitudinal, divanicating, 
