174 SOLEN. RAZOR-SHELL. Class VI. 



7. ANTI- Solen coarctatus. Gm. Lin. S. antiquatus. Lin. Tr. vtii. 

 quatds. 3227? 46. 



kidney. ^.^ Cmch 42J _ MmL ^ ^ ^ 



S. with a kidney-shaped shell; with a single 

 tooth in one valve locking in between two teeth 

 in the opposite. The shell covered with a rough 

 epidermis. Breadth nearly two inches ; length 

 seven-eighths of an inch. 



Inhabits the sea near Weymouth. 



This species borders on the myte, and con- 

 nects the genera. Tab. xlix. Jig. 4. 



■8. fragilis. Mont. Test. Br. 51. id. Sup. 26. 



* S. with an oblong pellucid shell, rounded at 

 the ends ; hinge near the middle ; a single subu- 

 late tooth in one valve, and a double dissimilar 

 recurved in the other ; breadth an inch and an 

 half, length half an inch. 



Found on the Dorsetshire coast. 



i). vesper- Lin. Tr. via. 47. Tellinadepressa. Br. Zool. 4to. 



TINUS. MonL TesL £r# 54- iv> 73- f: 47 jr 2?- 



Gm. Lin. 3228. 



* S. with an oblong-ovate shell, compressed, a 

 single hinge tooth of one valve received into a 



