CARDIUM. 233 



SOLEN COCKLE. 

 PI. 56./. 3. Dr. Coombe. 



35. Cardium soleniforme. C. testa transverse ovata, fragili, longitudi- 

 naliter striata, utrinque muricata, antice Mans. Brug. Encyc. Meth. 

 Hist. Nat. 6. p. 235. 



Shell transversely oval, brittle, longitudinally striated ; both valves 



prickly, gaping before. 

 Solen bullatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1115. Linn. Gmel. p. 3226. 



List. Conch, pi. 342. f. 179. Gualt. pi. 85. f. H. Chem. Conch. 6. 



pi. 6. f. 49, 50. Encyclop. Method, pi. 296. f. 6. a. b. 



A thin, oblong-oval shell, rough, with minute spines at 

 each end, produced, and gaping before ; the ribs are 

 numerous, rather distant on the gaping end, which is 

 strongly serrated at the margin ; the colour is white, 

 stained, almost entirely, with purple. Inside smooth, 

 glossy, and marked with purple and pink ; the hinge has 

 three teeth in each valve, one central, and two lateral. 



Inhabits the South American ocean, and the coasts 

 of Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Martinique. 



PECTEN COCKLE. 



36. Cardium pecteniforme. C. testa rotundata, complanata, costis tri- 

 angulis, lateralibus muricatis. Born Test. pi. 3. f. 10. 



Shell round, flattish ; ribs triangular ; sides spiny. 

 Gualt. Conch, pi. 71. f. H. Chem. Conch, pi. 17. f. 180. 



An orbicular shell, white, spotted with blackish 

 brown, deeply grooved, and furnished with rough scaly 

 longitudinal ribs ; the margin is crenated ; the inside 



