Class VI. CARDIUM. COCKLE. 



by a thin epidermis. Circumference six inches 

 and an half. Common. Tab. liv. /ig. 1. 



Lin. Syst. 1124. No. gO. 

 Gm. Lin. 3252. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 65. 

 Mo?it. Test. Br. 76. 



Q. EDULE 

 edible. 



Faun.Suec. No. 2141. List. 







Angl. tab. v.fg. 34. 







C. with twenty-eight depressed ribs, trans- 

 versely striated; one side more salient than 

 the other. 



Common on all sandy coasts, lodged a little 

 beneath the sand ; their place marked by a de- 

 pressed spot. Delicious and wholesome food. 

 Tab. liii. Jig. 3. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 66. ' Mont. Test. Br. 83. 10. rubrum. 



* C. with a shell somewhat circular, convex ; 

 the primary hinge teeth faint, the lateral more 

 discernible ; size one-eighth of an inch. . ._'_'[ 



Devonshire and Kentish coasts. /: .' ' 



Lin. Tr. viii. 66. Mont. Test. Br. 81. 11. Nopo- 



. SUM. 



* C. with a shell somewhat circular, compress- 

 ed, with twenty-four obtuse tuberculated ridges; 

 diameter three quarters of an inch. 



Discovered at Falmouth by Mr. Montagu. 



