YELOBITA. 209 



Genus VELORITA. 



Velorita, Gray, 1834, in Griffith, Animal Kingdom, xii, 1834, pi. 31, 



fig. 6 (misprinted Villerita) ; Synops. B. M. 1842, p. 75 ; P. Z. S. xii. 



1847, p. 184 ; A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xi, 1853, p. 38. 

 Cyrena, Gray, Ann. Phil. n. ser. ix, 1825, p. 137. 

 Venus, Gray, in Wood, Index Test., Suppl. 1828, pi. 2, fig. 14. 

 Villorita, Bunker. 1846 (misprint) ; Cyrenodontce, Johannis, Mag. 



Zool. 1836, pi. 70. 

 Velorita, Deshayes, Cat. Brit. Mus., Conchif. p. 240 ; Prime, Cat. 



Corbiculidee, 1869-70, p. 141 ; Clessin, in Martini & Chemnitz, 



1879, p. 224. 



TYPE, Velorita cyprinoidcs, Gray, from the Philippine Islands. 



Range. S. India and the Philippines. 



Shell triangularly cordiform, solid, with well marked lunule ; 

 umbones prominent; dorsal margin thick ; hinge bearing on each 

 valve three oblique cardinal teeth of which the anterior in the 

 right and the posterior in the left valve are obsolete ; lateral teeth 

 finely striate : the anterior short, strong, triangular, closely 

 situated to the cardinal teeth ; the posterior compressed, elongated, 

 diverging ; pallial line leaving a sinus scarcely noticeable at its 

 junction with the posterior adductor impression of the valves. 

 Animal unknown. 



335. Velorita cyprinoides (Gray}. 



Cyrena cyprinoides, Gray, Ann. Phil. n. ser. ix, 1825, p. 136. 



Venus cyprinoides. Gray, Wood, Index Test., Sappl. 1828, pi. 2, 

 fig. 14. 



Velorita cyprinoides,Gv^,j\n Griffifth, Animal Kingdom, xii, 18o4, 

 pi. 31, iig. 5 ; Deshayes, Cat. Brit. Mus., Conchif. 1854, pp. 240- 

 241; Prime, Cat. Corbiculidse, 1869-70, p. 141, no. 2; Clessin, 

 in Martini & Chemnitz, 1879, pp. 224-295, pi. 42, tigs. 3 & 4. 



Original description: Testa cordato-trigona, gibba, olivacea, 

 concentrice sulcata ; cardine incrassata, dentibus lateralibus 

 Isevibus, anteriori conico caeteris approximate. 



Long 31*5, lat. 33*5 mm. 



The habitat is undoubtedly Southern India, the original locality 

 " Japan " and later " ? Philippines," the latter quoted by Prime 

 in his ' Cat. Corbiculidae,' are certainly both erroneous. 



The following dimensions are taken from authentic Malabar 

 Coast specimens in the British Museum ; 



1. 2. 3. 



Long. . . 41 31 29 mm. 



Lat. ...... 39 29 28'5 mm. 



Diam. 30 22'5 21 mm. 



