CONCHOLOG^. 



example which Dr. Solander had described than to give a larger 

 figure. 



It appears to be a point of much uncertainty what region of the 

 globe this species inhabits ; all the information upon this subject 

 which Dr. Solander himself expresses, is confined to its being an in- 

 habitant of the ocean — "habitat in oceano." 



FIG. II. III. IV. 



TEREBRATULA RUBICUNDA 

 RUDDY TEREBRATULA 



OR 



LAMP COCKLE. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Shell subrotund, somewhat truncated at the base and longitudi- 

 nally striated ; upper valve convex and subtrilobate, lower conico- 

 convex. 



Anomia RUBICUNDA: subrotunda, basi subtruncatalongitudi- 

 nahter striata ; valva superiore convexa triloba^ 

 inferiore conico convexa ; foramine amplo. 



