192 BIVALVE SHELLS. 



6. Venerupis OBLONGA. 



V. testa ohlongo-elliptipa, ina'qiiilatcrali, pallescente ; radiatim 

 costcllata ; liiu'a dorsali postica. rectiuscula ; lamellis concen- 

 tricis jjluribus, eicctis, liL'vi<;atis. postice eminentioribus; lunula 

 ovato-cordata, stria profunda circumscripta; cardine lato, dente 

 antico valvula; sinistni- conipresso, valde prominente ; sinu 

 pallii i)rofundo, triangulari, apice acuminato. 



Petricola oblonga, Sow. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 46. 

 Haidcy, Descr. Cat. p. 53. 

 D'Orb. Voy. en Amer. Moll. p. 549. no. 56fi. 

 Miiller, Syn. Moll. p. 227- no. 2. 



Hab. Peru. 



(). Venerupis crenata. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-transversa, utrinque obtusa, inicquilaterali. alba, 

 rubro-violascente postice maculata, longitudinaliter dense 

 tenuicostata, transversim lamellosa, lamellis ad apices brevibus, 

 ad niargines latioribus crcnulatis ; dentibus cardinalibus inse- 

 qualibus ; valvis postice iutus violascentibus. 



Venerupis crenata, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 508. 



Desk, in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 1(>4. 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pi. 5. f. 2. 



Hunley, Descr. Cat. p. 55; in l\ ood, Suppl. pi. 12. f. 58. 

 Pullastra crenata, Catloiv, Conch. Nom. p. 41. no. 4. 

 Cypricardia serrata, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 1. f. 5. 



Hab. Mare Novae HoUandiae. 



/. Venerupis carditoides. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-oblonga, ina'quilaterali, albo-grisea, extremitatibus 

 obtusa, antice angustiore, postice longiore, subtnuicata, longi- 

 tudinaliter costata, transversim lamellosa ; lamellis distantibus 

 postice latioribus. 



Venerupis carditoides, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 508. no. 7. 



Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 164. no. 7- 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pi. 5. f. 3. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 55. 



Menke, Moll. Nov. Iloll. p. 45. no. 257- 

 Pullastra carditoides, Catlow, Conch. Nom. p. 41. no. 3. 



Hab. Mare Novae IloUandiffi. 



8. Venerupis fouacea, Desh. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-subqiuulrata, valdc inacquilaterali, compressiuscula. 



