48 WEST AMERICAN SHELLS 
Venericardia barbarénese, 
Stearns, the Santa Barbara 
Venus-heart, shown in Fig- 
ure 29, resembles the last 
species, but is more cireu- 
Fig. 30 (*) 
/ lar, has more ribs and a less 
prominent beak. Dredged 
off Santa Barbara Islands 
in green mud, at 276 fath- 
oms depth. 
Figure 30 gives an inside view of Venericardia 
crassidens, Brod. & Sby., the Heavy-toothed Ve- 
nus-heart. The figure is of the natural size, and 
the specimen from which it was made was obtained 
in the vicinity of Iey Cape. Notice the very heavy 
hinge-teeth, from which the species received its 
name. 
The last member of this family to be noticed is 
named Milnéria minima, Dall, the Least Milner- 
shell. It was discovered by Dr. Wm. H. Dall in 
1866, at Monterey, where it was found nestling on 
the backs of abalones. It is a curious little bi- 
valve, about as large as a grain of wheat, light 
brown in color, very strongly angled, and marked 
Fig. 29, x 7 (4) 
