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Family VENERID. 
Venus lincta, Pulteney. Venus, 
Linne. 
Venus lincta, Pult., in Hutch. Dors., p. 34. 
Artemis lincta, F, and H., vol. i, p. 431, pl. xxviii., figs. 5 and 6. 
Venus ;,  Jdeff., Joc. ctt., vol. ii., p. 330; vol. v., pl. xxxviii., 
fig, 2. 
Rare. As a fossil this species has been recorded from 
the estuarine clays at Belfast, Ireland; from Dalmuir; 
from the boulder clay at Wick; from the redeposited 
crag bed of Aberdeenshire; and from the Red and Coralline 
Crag. 
In its living condition it is found on every part of the 
British coast. 
Venus fasciata (Da Costa). 
Pectunculus fasciatus, Da Costa, Brit. Conch., p. 188, tab. xiii., fig. 3. 
Venus fasciata, F. and H., vol. i., p. 415, pl. xxiii., fig. 3; pl. xxiv., 
fig. 7. 
ee a Jeff., Joc. cit., vol. ii., p. 334; vol. v., pl. xxxviii., 
fig. 4. 
Not common. As a Post-Tertiary fossil this species has 
been obtained in the deposit at Ayr; in the estuarine clays 
at Portrush, County Antrim; and in the Coralline and 
Mammalian Crag. 
As a living species it is common everywhere. 
Tapes pullastra (Montagu). Tapes, 
Miihlfeldt. 
Venus pullastra, Mont., Test. Brit., p. 125. 
Tapes pullastra, ¥. and H., vol. i., p. 382, pl. xxv., figs. 2 and 3. 
“- - Jeff... foc. cu., vol. 1., p. 335; vol. v., pL xxxix., 
fig. 6. 
Rather rare. This species has been obtained in the 
deposit at Largo; in the estuarine clays at Portrush, County 
Antrim, and Belfast; and from the Tertiary beds at 
Sussex. 
In its living condition it is found on all the British 
coasts. 
