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Conrad says of this species that probably it has been confounded with V. tridacnoides. 

 However this may be, it certainly often shows a tendency towards the characteristic folds 



of V. TRIDACNOIDES. 



Plate XXI. Fig. 8, Natural size. 



Locality. Waccamaw. 



Museum, College of Charleston. 



VENUS METASTRI ATA. — d'Okb. 

 Plate XXI. Figs. 1 and 2. 



Venus metastriata, a" Orb., Prod, de Paleontologie, Vol 3, p. 108, No. 2020. 

 Cytherea metastriata, Con., Foss. Ter. For., p. 14, pi. 8, fig. 5. 



V. testa sub-aquilaterali, triangularis concentrice striata; striis concentricis irregularibus; 

 latere anali et buccali radiatim striatis, medio laevigata. 



Description. Shell nearly equilateral, triangular, concentrically striate; stria? irregu- 

 lar; anal and buccal sides radiately striate; middle of the shell smooth. 



This little fossil is easily identified by its equilateral form and the radiating lines on the 

 buccal and anal sides only. The concentric lines are almost obsolete on the umbones, but 

 towards the pallial margin they are more deeply impressed. It is abundant in the fossil 

 state and occurs recent on the Atlantic shores of South-Carolina and Florida. 



Plate XXI. Fig. 1, Natural size. 



" 2, Magnified view, with outline natural size. 



Locality. Pee Dee. 



Museum, College of Charleston. 

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