WORMS. TESTACEA. 62. Venus; 
* G 
Shell inequilateral thin, with fine decuffate ftriae, white re- 
ticulate with brown. 
Gnalt. tefl. tah, P6. ftg. H. 
Chemn. conch. 7. tab. 42, /if. 44 °' 
Inhabits the Mediterranean and Britijh coajlsi 
Shell ovate, a little angular before, with tranfverfe ftrise; 
middle todth' of the hinge bifid. 
Argcnv.'/.oom. tab, \ z. D. Olear gotl. tab, 25. fig. 2. 
Knorr. Vergn. 2. tab, l8./f. 4. 
Chemn, conch, 7. tab, ^i. fg, 441* 
Inhabits the Indian Qeean ; i ^ inch long and 3 broad ; brown- 
ifli or j'cllouifli with rays conipofed of brown and yellow 
fpots : pollerior Hope ovate lanceolate. 
‘^’^ffata. Shell ovate with decufiate ftriae/ angular beford. 
Gualt teft. tab. 85./^. E, I, L. Brit, Zoo/, iv. t, $6./, 56.? 
Born Muf, Cas, yind. test,\tab, ^ fig. 2, 3. 
Chemn, conch, 7. t. 43, f, 455* 45^* 
Inhabits the Mediterranean •, 1 \ inch long and 2 broad. 
thick lirong convex, varying in colour, radiate fpotted or 
ftreaked ; within white mixed with yellow : poflerior dope 
very minute and retufe : anterior flope long narrow with ge- 
nerally an inner blue margin ; hinge with generally 2 cleft 
teeth. 
* Shell fubovate, fubangular before, with un'cqual tranfVerfe 
ftrise: anterior Hope tumid. 
Chemn, 7. tab, i,z,ftg, xi^rj, t, 43. /. 457> 45^' ® 
Inhabits the Adriatic, and other feas ; refembles the lall, birc is 
Icfs and without the perpendicular ftria:. 
Shell reddifh, fometimes radiate, with cinereous fpots or angular 
brown lines, within white or yellowifh, fometimes blue at the 
fides or margin, more or lers ovate, and the tranfvetfe ftriK 
more or lefs c'onfpicuous : the filh is eatable. 
Shell ovate tranfverfely wrinkled: hinge with a teeth. 
Inhabits Virginia, Lifier conch, t, 390./. 229. 
Shell about an inch long and i \ broad. 
Shell deprefled rhomboid, with concentric and very neat 
ftrix? pale brown' variegated. 
Inhabits Britijh Coajls, Brit. Zaol. iv. p. 97. n. 55. 
Shell I of an inch long and i broad. 
Shell ovate inequilateral, tranfverfely firiate and fpotted with 
red. 
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