•212 VENUS. VENUS-SHELL. Class VI. 



31. VIRGI^ 



Gm. Lin. 32g4. 



Mont. Test. Br. 12g. 



2>TEA. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 89- t. 2. 



V. rhomboides. Br. Zool. 





/.8. 



iv. 97. 



V. with depressed rhomboidal shells, marked 

 with concentric and very neat stria, of a pale 

 brown color variegated. Length three quarters 

 of an inch, breadth an inch and three quarters. 

 Tab. lviii. fig. 5. 



32. danmo- Mont. Test. Br. Sup. 45. 



NEA. 



* V. with a thick shell, transversely ovate, 

 sub-compressed, with many regular concen- 

 tric, smooth ridges ; margin crenated, an effec- 

 tual distinction between it and V. scotica, which 

 it otherwise resembles; length one inch, breadth 

 an inch and a quarter. 

 Devonshire. 



33. aurea. Gm. Lin. 3288. Tellina rugosa. Br. Zool. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 90. t. 2.f. Q. 4to. iv. 75. 



Mont. Test. Br. \2Q. 



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

 lished, delicately ridged, striated lengthways; 

 groove indistinct. Tab. lx. Jig. 1. 



