Class VI. VENUS. VENUS-SHELL. 203 



V. Paphia jS. Gm. Lin. Lin. Tr. viii. 80. 6. fasciata. 



3268.? Mont. Test. Br. 110. 



* V. with a somewhat heart-shaped shell ; ribs 

 transverse, broad, depressed; diameter scarcely 

 one inch ; canaliculated behind the depression ; 

 an inch and an half in diameter; strong; white, 

 streaked, with brownish angular lines. 



Found on the western shores and on the 

 coasts of Wales and of Caithness. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 81. Mont. Test. Br. 121. t. 3.f. 3. 7. minima. 



* V. with a somewhat heart-shaped shell, rather 

 compressed, glossy, transversely striated, with 

 two red spots at the margin ; diameter a quarter 

 of an inch. 



Falmouth. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 81. t. 2./. 2. Mont. Test. Br. 131. • 8. sulcata, 



* V. with a somewhat triangular shell ; smooth, 

 faintly wrinkled; sinus oblong-oval, the inner 

 edge minutely toothed - 3 diameter about an inch. 



North of Scotland. 



