PLATE XXXI. 



Essex, Sussex, and many other of the Englilli sliores as well as In 

 Scotland, tlie Orkneys and many of the Irish shores also. On the 

 Dorset coast it is rare. 



It is frequently drawn up with oysters, and Is sometimes eaten ; 

 but as it is coarse food, it more commonly furniflies bait to fiflier- 

 men. 



The largest shells of this sort, found in our seas, sometimes ex- 

 ceeds five inches in length ; it Is a strong, thick, and heavy shell ; of 

 a whitifli colour on the outfide; within of a most lovely yellow, 

 inclining to orange, smooth, and very gloffy. 



