

PLATE XXIV. 



DONAX CRENULATA. 



PURPLE Or TRUNCATED PURR, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Bivalve. One side very obtuse, margin crenated. Hinge various* 

 generally of two teeth. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



One side very blunt or truncated : thickly striated longitudinally. 



Margin serrated. 



Donax rugosa : testa antice rugosa gibba, marginibus crenatis. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1127. No. 104. Mas. 

 reg. p. 494. No. 50. 

 Donax denticulata: testa anterius obtusissima: labiis transverse 



rugosis, margine denticulato, nymphis den- 

 tiformibus. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. Conch, 

 p. 3263. sp. 6. 

 Cuneus ex albo & violaceo radiatus, intus vero violaceus, latere altero 

 gibbo &; truncato. Truncatus. Truncated 

 Purr. Da Costa, Br. Conch, p. 205. sp. 40. 

 Tellina intus ex viola purpurascens, in ambitu serrata. List. Hist* 

 An -AngL p. 190. tit. 35. tab. 5. Jig. 35. 



