PLATE XXIX. 



FIG. I. 

 DONAX TRUNCULUS. 



RIBBAND. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bivalve. Frontal margin very blunt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell shallow, glossy. Outside fasciated with brown and purple. 

 Inside purple. Margin crenated. 



Donax trunculus : testa antice laevi intus violacea, marginibus 



crenatis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 Tellina subfusca angustior, inter purpurascens. List. II. Conch. 



tab. 376. fig. 217. 

 Cuneus angustior laevis subfuscus vittis purpurascentibus fasciatus 



vittatus. Da Costa, Br. Conch, p. 207. sp. 41. 

 Donax trunculus. Yellow. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 45. tab. 55 s 



fig' 45 « 



This pretty species is about one inch and a half in length. It is 

 found on the coasts of Essex, Sussex and Cornwall, and also on 

 those of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 



