DESCRIPTION. 
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shell, paler and pellucid towards the base ; valves 
finely striate. 
Two larger valves three-sided, curvilinear ; two 
upper ones nearly triangular ; connecting one 
curved, narrow, rounded on the back. 
Inhabits nearly all seas. 
The specimen from which the annexed drawing 
was made, being a dried one, the peduncle is not 
inflated, nor does it preserve its original colour; 
but the skin which adheres to the margin of the 
valves is of a reddish orange. 
Fig. 4. Pholas Candida. 
Shell oblong, muricate on all sides with decus- 
sate striae. 
Lister Conch. Tab. 435. Fig. 278. 
Specimen white, very thin, within smooth, and 
rather silvery, both ends rounded ; tooth of the 
hinge long, thin, and curved ; margin of the hinge 
turgid, and projecting with a sharp curved fold 
towards the anterior part. One accessory valve 
lanceolate. 
Inhabits the English coast. 
