SOLEN. 127 



This shell is an inhabitant of warm climates. In the 

 catalogue of Dr. Pulteney's shells, it is said to have 

 been found at Weymouth, in Dorsetshire, and on Stud- 

 land beach, in the same county. 



STRIGILATED RAZOR. 

 PL 30. /. 1. Mrs. Mawe. 



12. Solen strigilatus. S. testa ovali, oblique striata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 



ed. 12. p. 1115. Linn. Gmel. p. 3225. 

 Shell oval, obliquely striated. 

 Lister. Conch, t. 416. f. 260. Bonan. Recr. 2. f. 77. Gualt. Tetf.pl. 91. 



f. C. Knorr. Vergn. 6. pi. 5. f. 4. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 6. f. 41, 42. 



Encyclop. Method, pi. 224. f. 3. 

 j3. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 6. f. 43, 44. item 11. pi. 198. f. 1938. (S. Sanctae 



Marthae.) 



This is a strong ventricose shell, round at one end, 

 and somewhat truncated at the other. It is of a 

 reddish colour on the outside, with two white rays 

 diverging from the umbo to the margin, and numerous 

 distinct striae, passing in a curvilinear direction over the 

 shell ; a few of these striae cross the others at one end. 

 The inside is white, the hinge towards the middle of 

 the shell, and the teeth three in number, two in one 

 valve, and one in the other. This species is subject to 

 vary considerably; some are entirely white, without 

 rays, and fewer striae. Others, though coloured, are 

 small, and also without rays, but are striated. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the 

 Indian Seas. 



