PLATE CXXIV. 



FIG. L 



ARDIUM EDULE. 



COMMON COCKLE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Two teeth near the beak 5 and another remote one, on each side of 



the shell. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell antiquated : about twenty-six grooves, with obsolete recurved 



scales. 



Cardium edule : testa antiquata; sulcis viginti sex obsolete re- 



curvato imbrieatis. Linn. — Gmel. T. 1. p. 6. 



p. 3252. sp. 20. 

 Pectunculus vulgaris, albidus, subrotimdus, circiter viginti-sex 



striis majusculis at planioribus donatus. Da Costa, 



Brit. Conch, p. ISO. sp. 19. 

 Cardium Edule, Edible Cockle, Perm. Brit. Zool No. 41. tab. 50. 



fig.U. 



