226 WORMS. TESTACEA. 62. Venus. 



Shrctt. Eini, in conch. 3. tab. S.fig. 8, 9. 

 Inhabits the Red Sea; refembles V. quineenfis.' 

 oW/blueim on the fore-part outwardly, within deeper; hind- 

 part generally dirty white. 



Granulata\ Shell rounded, with decuflate ftrise, the fore-part and cre- 

 nulate margin vio'et. 



Bern. Muf. Caf. Find. teft. tab. 4. fig. 5, 6, 



Chemn. conch. 6, tab. 30. fig. 313. 



Inhabits the A?nerican Ocean ; refembles V. marica, but the an- 

 terior Hope is glabrous and fometimes livid fometimes varied 

 with white and blueifh; JJiell white varied with livid or 

 blackifh fpots and angular lines : pofterior impreffion heart- 

 fhaped and blackifh or blueifh. 



Imbricatci, Shell with perpendicular imbricate ribs tranfverfely ftriate; 

 the margin crenate 

 Lister conch, tab, 497. fig' 52. 

 Chemn. conch. 6. tab. 30. fig. 314* 3*5' 



Found in a foffile ftate in France: the hinge is that of a Venus, 

 but in its general appearance it more refembles a Cardium. 



Divaricata Shell with thin tranfverfe longitudinal ftriae eroding fome 



divergent ones towards the margin : pofterior impreffion 



ovate: margin crenate. <f 

 Lifter tab. 310. Chemn. conch. 6. tab \ 30; fig. 316. 

 Inhabits Eafi India: white with brown lines veins and fpots: 



anterior flope oblong gaping veined blackifh-brown ; hinge 



with 4 teeth. 



Contraria* Shell oblong flattifh with tranfverfe ftria; contrary on the 



hind-part: margin crenate. 

 Chemn. conch. 6. tab, 30. tig. 3 1 7— 3 1 9. 

 Inhabits Guinea; refembles Cardium ^Eolicum. 

 Shell of various colours; the anterior flope and inner margin of 



the pofterior fpottted with black. 



Gallus, Shell oblong-ovate radiate, with thick crowded tranfverfe 



ftrias: anterior«#ope broad ovate: pofterior impreffion 



heart-fhaped. 

 Chemn, conch. 6. tab. $i.fig. 324, 325. 

 Inhabits Malabar, 1 ~ inch long and above 2 broad; the 



younger ones cinereous, the old ones yellowifh with 4 



darker rays. 



Flammea* 



