PLATE LXXX1II. 



chologists have denominated it Venus Marica spuria. It is the Venus 

 granulata of Gmelin, who refers to Bom's figure in the synonyms. 



Gmelin describes another shell under the name of Venus Violacea ; 

 which nearly agrees with V. granulata, V. Violacea : testa intus 

 violacea : striis perpendicularibus squamosis, margine denticulato. 

 Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. p. 3288. sp. 94. This shell is figured in Lister's 

 Conch, t. 338. f. 175. and is destitute of those external marks and 

 specklings we have invariably observed on specimens of Venus gra- 

 nulata. 



V. granulata is very rare on our coast. The smallest shell in the 

 annexed plate was found in Cornwall. The large specimen is pro- 

 bably an old shell of this species. 



