110 

 GEN. XL 



VENUS. 



Animal a TETHYS. 



SHELL ; bivalve, the anterior margin of the lip oi 

 one valve fometimes incumbent on the other. 



Hinge, with three approximating teelh ; the lateral, di- 

 verging from the apex. 



Umbonal, and fub-umbonal regions diftin61. 

 1. 



Paphia. Venus Papliin. Lin. Syft. ^.1129.. —Gmd. Syft. ^.32b^. 



Chcm. Conch, vi. t. 27. f". 274 278. 

 l?ult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 33,— Gualt. t.S5.A. 

 Turt. Lin. iv. p. 2 IS. 

 Petlunculus fafciatus. I)a Cojia. p. 188. t. 13. f. 3. 

 Vetula, /,/. p. 190, t. 13. f. 5. 5. 



V. with a (Irong, fomewhat flat, fub-orbicular fliell, 

 with feveral broad and much elevated ridges, varioully 

 llreaked, or rayed with brown, purple, red, or yellow, 

 intermixed with white: umbo central, apex much turned 

 to one fide, beneath which is a cordiform deprefiion : the 



cartilage 



