PLATE LXXXIII. 



VENUS GRANULATA. 



SPECKLED VENUS. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



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

 and the third divergent from the beaks, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell rotund, sulcated longitudinally and decussated with transverse? 

 striae ; margins crenulated. Outside whitish, variegated with livid 

 and purple spots. Inside violet. 



Venus Granulata : testa rotundata decmTatim striata anterius 

 ct margine crenulato violacea. GmcL Linn- 

 Syst. Nat. p. 3277. sp. 33. 



Venus marica. Born. Mus. Cces. vind. test, t. 4. /. 5. 6. 



Born lias figured and described this shell as Venus Marica, and to 

 distinguish it from a Linnaean species of the same name some con* 



