234 VENUS. 



verse strise between the ridges, which are stronger ar.d 

 more remote, and the teeth are different. 



Scotland, coast of Devonshire, and Bantry bay. t\ v. 



6. Venus Gallina. Wrinkled Venm. 



Lister, pi. 282. f. 120, and pi. 295. f, 132 Pennant, 

 pi. 59. f. 2 Da Costa, pi. 12. f. 2 Dorset Cat. pi. 8. f. 2. 



Venus striatula. Donovan, pi. 68 Montagu, p. 1 13. 



Shell strong, convex, produced on the cartilage side, 

 which runs nearly straight from the hinge, with the slope 

 on that side deeply but equally indented in both valves, co- 

 vered with numerous close-set fine concentric striae which 

 "are very slightly recurved, especially at the sides near the 

 beak, and in young shells : color whitish or yellowish, rarely 

 plain, but mostly with darker or paler rays, and marked 

 with fine minute zig/ag chesnut-brown lines ; inside white, 

 with the margin finely notched : beaks large, inclining to 

 one side, with a deep heart-shaped depression beneath 

 them : hinge strong ; the outer tooth on the posterior side 

 thin and laminar, the two others close together and a little 

 curved : length about an inch j breadth an inch and a quar- 

 ter. 



"Variety. Larger, much more elongated and straight on 

 the cartilage side, .with the striae much finer and more in- 

 distinct, and of a rich uniform yellow color, it very much 

 ; resembles a large specimen of the V. laminosa, but it wants 

 the fine longitudinal striae. Fig. 65. 



On most sandy shores, v. v. 



7. Venus fasciata. Thick-ribbed l r jnu$. 



Lister, pi. 277. f. 1H Da Costa, pi. 13. f. 3 Donovan, 

 pi. 170 Dorset Cat. pi. 7- f. 3. 



Venus Paphia. Montagu, p. 110. 



Shell flattish, rounded, with broad flat transverse ridges 

 which are very unequal, sometimes very broad and striate 

 concentrically, sometimes narrow and slightly reflected, 

 but generally broader than the interstices, aud reaching 

 quite across tfle shell : color yellowish white, or various 

 shades of brown or reddish purple, with generally brown 

 or reddish longitudinal rays ; inside white, with the margin 



finely 



