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This fpecies is found with the lafl:, is frequently eaten 

 by the common people, and in fome parts of DevonJIiire 

 indifcriminately called FulL-rs or Pullets. 



There is very little doubt foine of the elegant varieties 

 of this fhell, have been defcribed under other denomina- 

 tions: the figjure we have referred to in Chemnitz is ex- 

 a6lly the fhape of ours of that fize; and we have feen it 

 very fimilar in markings. In our polTeirion are other va- 

 rieties, with all the markings oi' Venus Textrix of the fame 

 author, vol, vii. tab. 42. fig. 443. the firft is quoted by 

 Gmelin for the Venus litter ata; whether ours is a de- 

 pauperated (hell of that fpecies, is not eafily determined. 



17. 

 V. with a fub-rhomboidal fliell, concentrically ftriated, Perforans. 

 running into ft rung wrinkles or ridges at the anterior fide ; Tab. 3. f. 6. 

 fometimes, though rarely, wiih very fine longitudinal 

 flrias; colour light brown: umbo very near to one end, 

 fmall, and turned a little fideways : the longer fide much 

 truncated : hinge futniflied with three teeth in each valve, 

 one of which is fmall, the others very long, fiender, and 

 curve outwards, middle tooth a little bifid. Infide fmooth, 

 white, with generally fome purple at the truncated end; 

 margin plain: cicatrix large, running from the anterior 

 fide half way acrofs to the oppofite end ; valves mode- 

 rately concave. 



This fpecies, at firll fight, might readily be confounded 



with 



