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fpecimens : thefe we took out of TcUiJ from FalmoiUk 

 harbour. 



It has generally been confidered as an American fliell. 



Venus deflorata. Lin. Sjft. p. 1 1 33. 1 32. D f f i. o r a t a. 



Giuel Syji. p 3274. ■J^. — Fava^!. t. 4 J. P. Tab. 3. f. 4. 

 Br. Zool. t. 57. i'.5-i. — Turt. Lhi. iv.p.224. 

 Chem. Conch, vi t. 9. f. 79.— S2. & 33 ? 

 Lijler Conch, t 425. f.273.—Gnalt. t.S5,f.G ? 



V. with an oblong, fub-oval, thin fhell, of a yellowifl^- 

 Avhite colour; tinged, or faintly radiated, with purple, 

 flrongeft about the umbo; with undulated, longitudinal 

 fhiae, and a few tranfverfe wrinkles, which gives it a re- 

 ticulated appearance, particularly at the anterior end: 

 uvibo placed a little to one fide, not very pointed, nor 

 reclined. Infide purplifli, mod fo at the fmaller end, and 

 is frequently on that part highly coloured; hinge with 

 two teeth in each valve, one of which is large, the other 

 extremely fmall. 



Mr. Pf.vnant is the only one who has mentioned this 

 as a Britijli fhell. 



We found a perfef}, recent, fpecimenat Falmouth, it was 

 dredged from the harbour of that place, but is no doubt 

 a very rare fpecies in England. Length one inch ; breadth 

 an inch and three-quarters. Foreign (hells are generally 

 higher coloured and more radiated. 



R 2 Venus 



