PLATE XLII. 



FIG. I. 

 VENUS EXOLETA. 



ANTIQUATED. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other, 

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Subrotund. Wrought transversely with numerous regular and minute 

 stria?, margins smooth. 



Venus Ex o let a : testa lentiformi transversim striata pallida, ob- 

 solete radiata, ano cordato. Linn, Syst. Nat, 

 p. 1134. No, 142. 

 Concha testa subrotunda : striis transversis innumeris, margine Isevi. 

 F. Suec. 1, p. 383, No, 1342. 

 Peciunculus rostro productiore, capillaceis fasciis donatus. List. 

 H. Conch, tab. 290. fig, 126. — P. dense fasciatus, ex rubro variega- 

 rus et undatus. Tab. 291. fig, 127. — P. crassus, dense fasciatus, 

 leviter ex rufo variegatus. Tab. 292. Jig. 123. — P. subfuscus tenuiter 

 admodum fasciatus. Tab. 293. Jig. 129. P. planus, crassus, ex- 

 mforadiatus. Tab. 299. Jig. 136. 



Concha marina valvis sequalibus sequilatera, notabiliter umbonata 

 et obji^ue incurvata, subrotunda, vulgaris, striis densissimis et pro- 

 fiindis transversim striata et exasperata, Candida leviter ex fusco vari- 

 fgata et radiata. Gualt, 1. Conch, tab. 15. Jig. F, 



