BIVALVE SHELLS. 195 



Petricola lamellosa, Requien, Cat. des Moll, de Corse, p. 17- no. 38. 

 Petit, Journ. de Conch. 1851, p. 288. 



Hab. Oceanus EuropjEus ; mare Mediterraneum. 



11. Venerupis distans. 



V. testa ovato-rhombea, alba, fulvo maculata, striis longitudina- 

 libus, tenuibus, lamellis transversis, distantibus. 



Venerupis distans, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 507. no. 5. 



Desk, in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 164. no. 5. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 55. 

 PuUastra distans, Catlow, Conch. Nom. p. 41. no. 6. 



Hab. Australia. 



12. Venerupis brevis. 



V. testa ovato-quadrangulari, valde insequilaterali, apice laevi- 

 gata, basi fortiter plicata, transversim striata ; marginibus den- 

 ticulatis ; valvulis squalide lutescentibus, intus luteis, postice 

 violaeeis. 



Venerupis brevis, Quoy ^ Gaim. Voy. de I'Astrol. iii. 534. pi. 84. 

 f. 21-23. 



Hab. Terra Van Diemenensis in portu Hobart-town dicto. 



13. Venerupis diemenensis. B.M. 



V. testa subtrigona, inflata, crassa, transversim obsolete striata, 

 longitudinaliter plicata ; fusco-lutescente, intus violacea. 



Venerupis diemenensis, Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. de I'Astrol. iii. 535. 

 pi. 84. f. 24-26. 



Hab. Terra Van Diemenensis in portu Hobart-town. 



II. Species striata vel decussates. 



14. Venerupis texta, Desh. B.M. 



V. testa ovaro-transversa, regulariter elliptica, turgidula, tenuis- 

 sima, hyalina,fragili,in8equilaterali, squalide alba,striis tenuibus 

 obliquis decussatis texta; umbonibus tumidis, depressis, parum 

 obliquis, oppositis ; lunula ovata, depressiuscula ; cardine den- 

 tibus tribus inaequalibus, parvis ; valvis intus albis ; sinu pallii 

 maximo, lato profundoque, apice late obtuso, basi vix latiore. 



Hab. Australia. 



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