PLATE LXXXIII. 



VENUS GRANULATA. 



SPECKLED VENUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other, 

 and the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell rotund, sulcated longitudinally and decussated with transverse 

 striae ; margins crenulated. Outside whitish, variegated with livid 

 and purple spots. Inside violet. 



Venus Granulata : testa rotundata decuflatim striata anterius 

 et margine crenulato violacea. Gmcl. Linn. 

 Sijst. Nat. p. 3277. Sp. 33. 



Venus marica. Born. Mas. C<es. vind. test. t. 4. /. 5. 6. 



Born has figured and described this shell as Venus Marica, and to 

 distinguish it from a Linnaean species of the same name some con* 



