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 D^cussATA. Venus decufllita, Lin. Syji. p.ll35. — G/«<?/. Syfl. p.S294.135. 



Pu!t. Cat. Dorfct. p 34. 

 Don. Br. Shells i i . t . 6 7 . — T//r/. Z//; . i v . p . 2 4 1 

 C/icm. Conch, vii. t. 43. f. 4 55. 456. - 

 Lijl. Conch. t.A23.L27l.—Jd.Ang. t.4.f.20. 

 Gnalf. t. 85. C. E. I. L. 

 Lu!. Trans, vi. t. 17. f. 11. 12. (JVood.) 



Venus litterata. Br. Zoo], t 57. f 53. 



Cuneus reticulatus. Da Cojia-^. 102. t. 14. f. 4. 4. 



V. with a fub-oval, fub-rhomboidal, (Irong, reticulated 

 fheil, fomewhat angulated or cut off' diagonally at the an- 

 terior end: at which part it is mofl lirongly decuffated : 

 umbo placed nearefl to one end : apex turned to one fide; 

 beneath which is a flight, lanceolate, cordifonn depreffion. 

 Infide imooth, white, frequently with a little purple on 

 the margin under the cartilage, and at the truncated end : 

 the front margin is divided from the midflle by a flender 

 fmooth line, that forms a broad border, and furrounds the 

 cicatrix ; this mark is broad, runs nearly into the middle 

 of the flicll, and is divided from the bordtr, to its origin : 

 hinge fuiniflied with three teeih in each valve, one of 

 which is fmall, ar.d in one valve is almofl obfolete in the 

 „. larger (1 ells ; th.e o\her teeth are flrong and moll com- 

 monly bifid ; middle one always fo. 



This fpecies is generally of a plain ruOy-brown colour, 

 but fometimes marked with fort of charaders, or zigzag 

 lines: the longitudinal firias are coarfe, and are fcarcely 

 decufiated in the middlepart of the fliell ; the ends are fre- 

 quently 



