PLATE XVII. 



VENUS CHIONE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other 

 the third divergent from the bealcs. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell smooth with fine transverse wrinkles, a strong cartilao-e on one 

 slope, and a long pointed oval depression on the other. 



Venus Chione : testa transverse subrugosa laevi, cardinis dente pos-^ 

 teriori lanceolato. Gmel, Linn. Si/st. Nat. Conch, 

 p. 3272. sp. 16. 



P. Glaber, Smooth Pectunculus major crassus, politus, castaneus, 

 lucide radiatus. Da Costa. Br. Conch, p. 184. 

 sp. 22. 



Pectunculus maximus crassus, laevis fere radiatus. Mus. Petiv. p. 

 86. No. 833. — Curvirostrum. Leigh. Lanca- 

 shire, tab. 3. Jig. 5. 



Venus Chione, /3 Rumf. Mus. t. 42./. G. 



Venus Chinone, 7 Chemn. Conch. 6. t. 33./. 334. 



" This species," says Da Costa, " is rare in England. I found 

 it at Mount's Bay ii^ Cornwall, where the fifliermen told me they call 



