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thirty-five depressed ribs, of which the first few anterior ones are 

 flat and imbricated, a few posterior ones flattened and without the 

 numerous scaly striae, which cross the central ribs, which have one 

 side rounded and are angular on the other. 4 J. — 8. Carolina. 



C. Rugosum. Lam. 23.— C. I. f. 32, 39, 41.— Ch. f. 191. 

 —E. t. 297. f. 2.— An. C. Flavum ? Lin.— W. t. 5. /. 24. 

 Ovate, slightly rounded, longer than broad, inequilateral, whitish 

 (with sometimes a rusty or tawny tinge) with from twenty-eight to 

 thirty-two rounded and transversely wrinkled ribs which anteriorly 

 are rough with scales. 2\ . . 2\. — Ceylon, Java. 1 



C. Sulcatum. 24. — C. Serratum. Brug. p. 229. — C. Ob- 

 longum. D. p. 122.— Ch. f. 190.— E. t. 298. /. 5.— W. t. 5. 

 f. 23. — C. Flavum. Born. t. 3. f. 8. Longitudinally oblong, 

 inequilateral, turgid, greenish yellow with the beaks reddish and 

 smooth, grooved longitudinally except at the sides which are nearly 

 smooth and the anterior one depressed ; umbones obliquely in- 

 curved towards the posterior side, and the inner margin serrated. 

 3 . . 2\. — Mediterranean. 



C. Levigatum.* Pennant. — Lin. 1123? — D. p. 123. — 

 Wood. Q. C. t. 54./. l.—W. t. 5./. 21.— Don. 2. t. 54.— 

 C. Serratum. Lam. 25. — List. t. 332. f. 169. Obliquely 

 triangular, obovate, longer than broad, pale chesnut or brownish 

 under an olive epidermis, anterior slope obliquely subtruncated, 

 with obsolete radiating ribs except on the sides : pale flesh-colour 

 within. 2 . . If. — England. . 



C. Serratum.* Lin. 1123. — D. p. 124. — C. Levigatum. 

 Lam. 26.— Ch. f. 189.— Turt. Biv. t. 13. f. 5.—Knorr. 2. 

 t. 20. /. 4. 8f 5, t. 10./. 7.-C. Citrinum, Wood. G. C. t. 54. 

 f. 3. — W. t. 5. f. 22. Obovate, longer than broad, rather oblique, 

 convex, glossy, thin, pale yellow with the anterior slope chesnut, 

 with obsolete minute longitudinal striae, except at the sides, a pink 

 stain in front of the beaks : within stained with purplish rose near 

 the hinge, the margin finely serrated. 1 J . . 1^. — W. Indies, fyc. 



C. Biradiatum. Brug. Diet. p. 231. no. 28. — Lam. 21. — 

 C. Lineatum. D. p. 123.— Ch. f. 185, 6.—E. t. 298. /. 6. 

 Ovate oblong, compressed, longitudinally striated, white with large 

 orange or reddish spots and sometimes with irregular interrupted 

 bands of the same colour : white within, with two purple rays ex- 

 tending two-thirds downwards from the beaks. 2 . . 1 \. — Ceylon. 



C. iEc-LicuM. Lam. 28.— Wood. G. C. t. 57. /. 1.— Ch. 

 f. 187.— W. t. 5./. 40.— C. Pectinatum. Lin. 1124.— D. 

 p. 129.— Kn. 5. t. 26. /. 2.-E. t. 296. /. 4. Somewhat 

 heart-shaped, gibbous, rounded ovate, with longitudinal striae 



1 Compare with this the Pectiniforme (W. t. 5. jf. 37.) of 

 Born. t. 3./. 10.— (D. p. 156.) 



