PLATE LXXXIII. 



VENUS GRANULATA. 



SPECKLED VENUS, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 and the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



SYNONYMS, 



Shell rotund, sulcated longitudinally and decussated with transverse 

 striae ; margins crenulated. Outside whitish, variegated with livid 

 and purple spots. Inside violet, 



Venus Granulata : testa rotundata decuflatim striata anterlus 

 ct margine crenulato violacea. Gnicl. Linn. 

 Sj/sL Nat. p. 3277. sp. 33, 



Venus marica. Born. Mas. des. vind. test. t. 4. /. 5. 6. 



Born has figured and described this shell as Venus Marica, and to 

 distinguish it from a Llnnaean species of the same name some cou- 



