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GEN. XIL 



CHAMA. 



Animal a TETIIYS. 

 SHELL ; bivalve, ftrong. 



Hinge rugged, gibbous ; teeth obliquely inferted into 

 the oppofite valve. 



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Cor, Chama Cor= Lin. Syji. p. 1137.— Gmel. Syji. p. 3299. 1. 



C/tem. Conch, vii. t. 4S. f. 483. 

 Lijier Conch, t. 275. f. 111. — Favan. t. 53. G. 

 Gualt. t. 7] . f. E.— Turt. Lin. iv. p. 244. 



C. with a fub-globofe, cordated, thick, flrong fhell; 

 fmooth, or (lightly wrinkled tranfveifely, covered with 

 a yellowifh-brown epidermis: umbo large, prominent, 

 much contorted or incurvated, and turned to one fide, 

 not touching when the valves are clofed : hinge fhong; 

 teeth flattifli, Infide fmooth, white; margin plain. 



This (hell received its name from its rcprefenting a 



heart vhen viewed fideways. 



It 



