SOLEN. 137 



SPOTTED RAZOR. 



29. Solen occidens. S. testa transverse striata, ad nates glabra, albo 

 rubelloque radiata, cardine utroque bidentato,foveola intermedia. Linn, 

 Gmel. p. 3228. 



Shell transversely striated, smooth at the apex, with rays of a white and 

 reddish colour; hinge having two teeth in each valve, with an inter- 

 mediate cavity. 



Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 7. f. 61. 



This shell is finely striated transversely, and partially 

 spotted with red and white ; it is obliquely rayed from 

 the apex to the margin ; one end is rounded, the other 

 somewhat truncated ; both ends gape ; the inside is 

 white. It is about two inches and a half in length, and 

 four inches in breadth. 



Inhabits the Western Ocean. 



spengler's razor. 



30. Solen Spengleri. S. testa natibus bipartitis ; cardinis dente primario 

 rotundato, accessoriis longis angustis ; altero curvato. Linn. Gmel. 

 p. 3228. 



Beaks of the shell two-parted, primary tooth of the hinge rounded, ac- 

 cessary ones long and narrow, one of them curved. 



Speng. Catal. Rais. pl.l. f. 8, 9. 



A species described only by Spengler. It is rounded 

 at both ends ; is about an inch from hinge to margin, 

 and two inches and a half from end to end. 



