WORMS. TESTACEA. 57. -Soldi.- 



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Difhos. Shell oval ftraight fmoothy with prominent membranes. 



Patent Muf. tab. l$-fig. $. 



Chemn. Conch . 6 tab. J ''fig* 5$> 54* 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean-, refembles S. radiatus: 2 f inches 

 long and 5 inches broad : covered with a greenifh cuticle 

 under which it is violet with numerous rays,- 2 of which are 

 more diftinct : hinge with 2 teeth in one valve ani one in 

 the other. 



Minimus. Shell linear-oval ftraight; hinges lateral 2~toothed, one of 



them bifid. 

 Chemn, Conch. 6. tab. $*fig* 31. a, b. 

 Inhabits Tranquebav, refembles S. legumen but is much lefs ; 



cuticle yellowim, under which it is clear white; inner rib 



running down the whole ihell. 



Maxii 



imus. 



Shell linear oval ftraight, with arched ftrise : hinges lateral 



2-toothed. 

 Chemn. Cogch. 6, tab, 5. fig. 35. 

 Inhabits fhores of Nicobar, 2 very rare fpecies. 

 Shell thin pellucid, white covered with a yellowim cuticle: 4 



inches broad, 1 and a half long; gaping at both ends: teeth 



of the hinge not receiving one another. 



Goarclatus, Shell tranfverfeiy wrinkled, contracted in the middle, 

 rounded at Doth ends: hinge in the middle, with fqme^ 

 times one, fometimes 2 teeth in either valve. 



Chemn. Conch. 6. tab. 6. fig. 45, 



Schrczt. Flu/conch, tab. y.Jig. IJ. 



Inhabits Nicobar Iflands : J of an inch long, 2 and a half broad, 



Shell dirty white and gaping at both ends. 



Rofeus. 



Sanguino* 

 lentus. 



Striatus. 



Shell rofy, equivalve : tooth of the hinge fubbifid, and in^ 

 ferted in a hollow of the oppoiite valve. 

 Chemn. Conch. 6. tab. 7. fig. 55. 



Inhabits the Red Sea; refembles Tellina radiata, but is open at 

 both ends. 



Shell oval quite fmooth : hinge callous 2-toothed. 

 Lift. tab. Wf.fig* 236. Knorr. Vergn. 4, t. 3 f. 4. 

 Chemn. Conch. 6. tab. J. fig. 56. 

 Inhabits Jamaica', beaks rofy without and within. 



Shell equivalve, tranfverfeiy ftriate: hinge with 

 tooth. 

 Chemn. Conch, 6. tab. J'ftg* 57, 58. 

 Inhabits Nicobar Iflands; middle-lized* 

 Shell thin, rofy with white rays. 



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