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BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 
B. Donacina. 
6. Donax. 
Donax, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 682, 1758, ed. 12. 1126, 1797 ; 
Gmelin, S. N. 3262; Scopoli ; Brug. E. M. i. 14; Forbes fy 
Hanley , Brit. Moll. 331 ; Sow. Gen. Donax , f. 1-4. 
Donax (rugosa), Lamk. Syst. A. s. V. i. 22, 1801 ; Ann. Mus. vii. 
139. 
Cuneus ( ), Da Costa , Brit. Shells ; Humph. Mus. Calonn. 
Peronaea, part., and Peronaeoderma, part., Poli, Test. Sicil. 
Capisteria, Gevers. 
Hecuba (scortum), Schum. N. S. 157, 1817. 
Donax (scortum), Swainson , Malac. 1840. 
Chion (denticulata), Scopoli , Introd. H. N. 1777. 
Latona (cuneata), Schum. N. Syst. 156, 1817, not Straus nor 
Guerin. 
Capsa (complanata), part.. Sow. Gen. 
Potamomya ( ), J. Sow.; D’Orb. 
Donacidae, Forbes fy Hanley , B. Moll. 331. 
* Margin denticulated. Cuneus. 
1. Donax vittatus. 
Cuneus vittatus. Da Costa , Brit. Conch. 207. t. 14. f. 3. 
Donax asiaticum, Lamk. Hist. ed. 2. vi. 249 ; Blainv. Man. t. 71. 
f, 2 ; Forbes fy Hanley, Brit. Moll. i. 332. t. 21. f. 4, 5, 6, t. K, 
f. 7 (animal) ; Hanley, Recent Shells, i. 83. 
D. trunculus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1127, partly, not Mus. 
Ulric.; Dillw. R. S. i. 150 (not Lam. 24); Penn. Bril. Zool. 
ed. 4. iv. 79. t. 55, f. 45, ed. 1812, t. 58. f. 1; Donov. B. S. i. 
t. 29. f. 1 ; Wood, Linn. Trans, vi. 1. 16. f. 13 ; Flem. Brit. An. 
433 ; Forbes, M. G. S. i. 410. 26 ; Turt. Conch. Diet. 41 ; Brit. 
Biv. 123; Brown, III. Conch. G. B. 97. t. 39. f. 11 ; Ind. Test. 
t. 6. Donax, f. 5 ; Mawe, Conchology, t. 9. f . 5 ; Pulteney 
Hutchins’ Dorset, 32; Mont. Test. Brit. pt. 1. 103; Dorset 
Cat. 33. t. 6. f. 3 ; Macgilliv. Moll. Aberd. 275 ; Thorpe, Brit . 
Mar. Conch. 77 ; Crouch, Introd. Conch, t. 6. f. 5. 
Peronaea brevirostris and Peronaeoderma trunculus, Poli, ii. 251, 
257= List. Ang. t. 5. f. 35 ; Conch. 376. f. 217. 
Young. Donax ruber, Mont. Test. Brit. Supp. 38; Turt. Brit. 
Biv. 12 7. 1. 10. f. 14 ; Flem. Brit. An. 434 ; Thorpe, Brit. Mar , 
Conch. 79; Brown, III. Conch. G. B. 97. 1. 13. f. 13. 
D. trunculus, junior, Thomp. Rep. B. Assoc. 1843, 261 ; Forbes <§* 
Hanley, B. Moll. 332. 
Var.? D. fabagella, Lamk. Hist. ed. 2. 
a—f, very large. Stornoway. 
