PLATE CXXIV. 



FIG. I. 

 ARDIUM EDULE. 



GOMMON COCKLE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Two teeth near the beak ; and another remote one, on each side of 



the shell. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell antiquated : about twenty-six grooves, with obsolete recurved 



scales. 



Caedium edule : testa antiquata ; sulcis viginti sex obsolete re- 



curvato imbricatis. Linn. — Gmel. T. 1. p. Q. 



p. 3252. sp. 20. 

 Pectunculus vulgaris, albidus, subrotundus, circiter viginti-sex 



striis majusculis at planioribus donatus. Da Costa , 



Brit. Conch, p. 180. sp. 19. 

 Cardium Edule, Edible Cockle. Perm. Brit. Zool. No. 41 . tab. 50, 



