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This coarse, rough-looking shell is found on many 

 parts of the coast of the English Channel, also in the 

 Channel Islands, and in Ireland. 



Mr. Hanley* states, that at Herm, near Guernsey, 

 it is collected as an article of food from the small pools 

 between the rocks at low water ; and Dr. J effreys says 

 that it is habitually eaten in County Clare, and that 

 Weinkauff mentions its being sold in the market at 

 Algiers. 



It is a common species on the south coast of Ireland, 

 and Mr. Damon, of Weymouth, on visiting Henmare, 

 found that owing to the great consumption of Venus 

 verrucosa for food, the species was nearly exhausted. 

 It is dug out of a sandbank at low spring tides, at 

 Bantry. M. Charles Bretagne, Member of the Societe 

 Imperiale d'Acclimatation, wished to try and pro- 

 pagate it on the coasts of France, from Toulon to 

 Menton, and the Due de Monaco conceded the right 

 to establish banks for the rearing of oysters and la 

 Praire, as this Venus is called in France.f The stock 

 of the latter would have to be brought from Mahon, 

 as it is not found in any quantity on the coast of 

 Provence. Dr. Paul Fischer observes that it ought to 

 thrive well at Arcachon if cultivated, as it is in- 

 digenous there. 



It has several names by which it is known in Spain ; 

 viz., Maclo cuadrado, Cameras, Gurrianos y Yeriguetos^ 

 Gredas y Escupinas grabadas, and at Naples, Taratufolo 

 and Camadia, and in Sicily, Vongulo. 



The beautiful Venus Chione, or Cytherea Chione, 



* Forbes and Hanley, * British Mollusca/ vol. i. p. 404. 

 f Notes sur la Praire/ par M. Charles Bretagne, ' Journal de Con- 

 chyliologie/ tome xii. 1864. 



