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GEN. VIII. 



CARDIUM. 



A7iimal a TETHYS. 



SHELL bivalve, equivalve, convex, for the mofl part 

 longitudinally ribbed. 



Hinge with two teeth near the beak, a larger placed 

 remote on each fide, locking into the oppofite valve. 



Edule, Cardium edule. Lin. Syft. ^. l\2\. 90. 



Grnei. Syft. p. 3252. 20. 

 Chem. ConcJu vi. t. 19. f. 194. 

 Lifter Conch. t,334. f. 111.— Id. Ang. t. 5. 



f. 34. 

 Br. Zool. t. 50. i.M.—Turt. Lin. iv.p.205. 

 Pult. Cat. Dorfct. p. 30.— Gualt. t. 7 1 . F. 

 Cardium vulgare. Da Cofta. p. 180. t. 11. f, 1. 1. 



C. with about twenty-fix antiquated ribs, of a yellow- 

 ifh-white colour; the pollerior end a litttle elongated, and 

 generally of a darker colour. Greatefl diameter rarely 

 exceeds an inch and three-quarters. 



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