PLATE XLII. 

 , FIG. I. 



VENUS EXOLETA. 



ANTISIUATED. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Subrotund. Wrought transversely with numerous regular and minute 

 striae, margins smooth. 



Venus Exoleta : testa lentlformi transversim striata pallida, ob- 

 solete radiata, ano cordato. Linn. Sj/sf. Nat. 

 p. 1134. No. 142. 

 Concha testa subrotunda : striis transversis innumeris, margine l^vi. 

 F. Suec. 1, p. 383, No. 1342. 

 Pectunculus rostro productiore, capillaceis fasciis donatus. List. 

 H. Conch, tab. 290. fg. 126. — P. dense fasciatus, ex rubro varlega- 

 tus et undatus. Tab. 291. fig. 127. — P. crassus, dense fasciatus, 

 leviter ex rufo variegatus. Tab. 292. Jig. 12S. — P. subfuscus tenuiter 

 admodum fasciatus. Tab. 293. Jig. 129. P. planus, crassus, ex- 

 rufo radiatus. Tab. 299. Jg. 136. 



Concha marina valvis asqualibus requllateia, notabiliter umbonata 

 et oblique incurvata, subrotunda, vulgaris, striis densissimis et pro- 

 fundis transversim striata et exasperata, Candida leviter ex fusco vari- 

 egata et radiata. Giialt. 1. Conch, tab. 75. fg. F. 



