206 VENUS. VENUS-SHELL. Class VI. 



slightly striated transversely. Circumference 

 above eleven inches. 



[Not uncommon on many parts of our coast, 

 but seldom taken alive except by deep dredg- 

 ing. Tab. lvi. Ed. 



15. chione. Gm. Lin. 3272. Mont. Test. Br. 115. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 84. 



* V. with a shell somewhat wrinkled trans- 

 versely ; of a bright chesnut color ; hind hinge- 

 tooth lance-shaped; length three inches, breadth 

 three inches and three quarters. 



Common on the Cornish coast, also on the 

 Dorsetshire coast, in Cheshire, and on the 

 south west coast of Anglesey. Tab. liv. Jig. % 



16. ovata. Lin. Tr. viii. 85. i. 2. f. 4. Mont. Test. Br. 120. 



oval. 



V. with ovated shells, striated elegantly from 

 hinge to margin, and slightly striated trans- 

 versely. Size of a horse-bean. Tab. lix. 

 fig- 3. 



