WORMS. TESTACEA. 62, Venus. 



M\ 



* Geogra- Shell inequilateral thin, with fine decollate ftriae, white re- 



fbka. ticuiate with brown. 



Gualt. teft. tab. 86. fig. . H. 



G&«»». w«^- 7- '*£• 4 2 '7%' 44°* 



Inhabits the Mediterranean and 2?r/7(^ <*a/W. 



Kotundata. Shell ovate, a little angular before, with tranfverfe Mxt 



middle tooth of the hinge bifid, 

 Argent. Zoom, tab. if. D. Olear gotl. tab. 2<j.f?g. 2. 

 Khorr. Vcrgn. 2. tab. lS. Jig. 4. 

 Chemn. conch, y. tab. ^2. fig- 441. 

 Inhabits the ./*//«* 0«w ; 1 } inch long and 3 broad ; brown- 



ifli or yellowifh with rays compofed of brown and yellow 



fpots ; pofterior Hope ovate lanceolate. 



•becuAia. Shell ovate with decuflate ftriae^angular before. 

 • Gualt teft. tab. %$.fig* E, I, L. Brit. Zool. IV. t. j£j 



. £<?r« Ma/. Cas. Find. test. tab. $.fig. 2, 3* 



Chemn. conch. 7. /. 43>/* 45 5 » 4£°« 



Inhabits the Mediterranean ; 1 § inch long and 2 broad. ^ 

 &&<?// thick ftrong convex, varying in colour, radiate fpotted or 

 ftreaked; within white mixed with yellow: pofterior flope 

 verv minute and retufe : anterior Hope long narrow witn ge- 

 nerally an inner blue margin : hinge With generally 2 cleft 

 teeth. 



firgitiea. Shell fubovate, fubangular before, with unequal tranfverfe 

 ftria? : anterior Hope tumid. 

 Chemn. 7. tab. 42. Jig. 447- K' 43*/- 457> 45 8 ' a — c ' 

 Inhabits the Adriatic, and other feas : refembles the lait, but is 



lefs and without the perpendicular ftria?. 

 Shell reddilh, fometimes radiate, with cinereous fpots or angular 

 brown lines, within white or yellowifh, fometimes blue at the 

 fides or margin,' more or lers ovate, and the tranfverfe ftrfce 

 more or lefs confpicuous : the fiih. is eatable. 



Virgimca, Shell ovate tranfverfely wrinkled : hinge with 2 teeth. 



Inhabits Virginia. Ltfier conch, t. 390./. 229; 

 Shell about an inch long and r § broad. 



*Rhomboi- SHell deprefled rhomboid, with concentric and very neat 

 aeSt flrire ; pale brown variegated. 



Inhabits BritiJJi Coafis. Brit. Zool. iv. p. 97. n. 55. 

 'Shell I of an inch long and I J broad. 



Crmntata. Shell ovate inequilateral, tranfverfely ftriate and fpotted with 



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