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VENUS. 
verse striae between the ridges, which are stronger and 
more remote, and the teeth are different. 
Scotland, coast of Devonshire, and Bantry bay. v. r. 
6. Venus Gallina. Wrinkled Venus. 
Lister , pi. 282. f. 120, and pi. 225. f. 132— Pennant , 
1. 52. f. 2 —Da Costa, pi. 12. f. 2 —Dorset Cat. pi. 8. f. 2. 
Venus striatula. Donovan , pi. 08— Montagu , p. 113. 
Shell strong, convex, produced on the cartilage side, 
which runs nearly straight from the hinge, with the slope 
on that side deeply but equally indented in both valves, co¬ 
vered with numerous close-set fine concentric strife which 
are very slightly recurved, especially at the sides near the 
beak, and in young shells : color whitish or yellowish, rarely 
plain, but mostly with darker or paler rays, and marked 
with fine minute zigzag ches nut-brown lines ; inside white, 
with the margin finely notched: beaks large, inclining to 
one side, with a deep heart-shaped depression beneath 
them : hinge strong ; the outer tooth on the posterior side 
thin and laminar, the two others close together and a little 
curved: length about an inch; breadth an inch and a quar¬ 
ter. 
Variety. Larger, much more elongated and straight on 
the cartilage side, with the striic much finer and more in¬ 
distinct, and of a rich uniform yellow color. It very much 
resembles a large specimen of the V. laminosa, but it wants 
the fine longitudinal striae. Fig. 65. 
Qn most sandy shores, v. v . 
# /. Venus fnsciata. Thick-ribbed Venus. 
Lister, pi. 277- f- 114 —Da Costa , pi. 13. f. 3 — Donovan, 
ph 170 —Dorset Cat. pi. 7- f« 3. 
Venus Paphia. Montagu , p. 110. 
Shell flattish, rounded, with broad flat transverse ridges 
'which are very unequal, sometimes very broad and striate 
concentrically, sometimes narrow and slightly reflected, 
but generally broader than the interstices, and reaching 
quite across the shell: color yellowish white, or various 
shades of brown or reddish purple, with'generally brown 
or reddish longitudinal rays ; inside white, with the* margin 
