PLATE LXVII. 



VENUS DECUSSATA. 



RETICULj4TED, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve. Hinge furnished wirli three teeth j two near each other, 

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNOKYMS. 



Somewhat oval, wrought with transverse and longitudinal strire, or 

 prominent ridges, which cross or decussate each other; outside 

 brown, inside white, with violet spots near the hinge. 



Cuneus reticulatus, longitudinaliter et transversim vel decussatlm 

 striatus, subrufus, intus ex parte violaceus. Reti- 

 culatus. Reticulated Purr. Ba Costa Br. Conch, 

 p. 202. tab. 14, fig. 4. 4. 



Venus Decussata : testa ovata antice angulata decussatim striata. 

 Linn. Si/st. Nat. p. m3. No. 1 49. Mus. Beg. 

 p. 509. No. 77 ? 



Concha quasi rhomboides, in medio cardine utrinque circiter tribus 

 exlguls denticulatis aonata. List. H. An. AngL 

 p. 171. tit. 20. tab. 4. fig. 20. 



