PLATE LXVIL 



VENUS DECUSSATA, 



RETICULATED* 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 the third divergent from the beaks. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Somewhat oval, wrought with transverse and longitudinal striae, or 

 prominent ridges, which cross or decussate each other; outside 

 brown, inside white, with violet spots near the hinge. 



Cuneus reticulatus, iongitudinaliter et transversim vel decussatim 

 striatus, subrufus, intus ex parte violaceus. Reti- 

 culatus. Reticulated Purr. Da Costa Br. Conch, 

 p. 202. tab. 14. fig. 4. 4. 



Venus Decussata : testa ovata antice angulata decussatim striata. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1 133. No. 1 49. Mus. Reg. 

 p. 509. No. 77 ? 



Concha quasi rhomboides, in medio cardine utrinque circiter tribus 

 exiguis denticulatis donata. List. H. An. AngL 

 p. 171. tit. 20. tab. 4. fig. 20. 



