The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . ine crenato. Linn. Syst. 1143. No. 2 PLATE XXXVII. Chama glycemeris, Bellon. Pectunculus ingens variegatus ex rufo. List. H. Conch, tab. 247. fig. 82. Concha crassa, lasvis, subalbida, luteis macuiis radiata, signata, fas- ciata, et virgulata, intus macula fusca obscu-rata. Conch, tab. 72. fig. &. Glycymeris cornubiensis crassa marmorata. Mas. Petiv. p. 84. No. 816. Bastard, or dogs cockle. Ratty Dublin, p. 379. Area glycymeris, orbicular,
The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . ine crenato. Linn. Syst. 1143. No. 2 PLATE XXXVII. Chama glycemeris, Bellon. Pectunculus ingens variegatus ex rufo. List. H. Conch, tab. 247. fig. 82. Concha crassa, lasvis, subalbida, luteis macuiis radiata, signata, fas- ciata, et virgulata, intus macula fusca obscu-rata. Conch, tab. 72. fig. &. Glycymeris cornubiensis crassa marmorata. Mas. Petiv. p. 84. No. 816. Bastard, or dogs cockle. Ratty Dublin, p. 379. Area glycymeris, orbicular, Perm. Br. Zool. No. 58. tab. 58. Glycymeris. Orbicularis crassa subalbida lineis rufulis sagittaeformi- bus variegata, intus obfuscata marginequecrenato. Orbicularis. Da Cotta. Br. Conch,p. 168, tab. 22. This species is found, of a large size, in the Mediterranean sea;those which inhabit the English coast, as Falmouth and Cornwall,rarely exceed the size of the smallest specimen we have representedIt is found likewise on the shores of Guernsey, and the coast of Ire-land, where it is called the clogs cockle. 38. PLATE XXXVIII. MUREX CORNEUS. HORNY, Or SLENDER CHARACTER. Spiral, rough. The aperture ending in a strait, and somewhat pro^duced gutter, or canaliculation. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. AND SYNONYMS. Slender, white. Spires eight, swelled. Mouth oblong oval, endingin a produced or lengthened deep twirled gutter. Murex corneus : testa oblonga rudi, anfractuum marginibus com- planatis, apice tuberculoso, apertura edentula, cauda adscendente. Linn. Srjst. Nat. p. 1224. Xo. angustius, tenuiter admodum striatum, octo minimum spirarum. List. H. An. Angl. p. 157. tit. 4. tab. 4.—App. H. An. Angl. p. 15, long and smooth whelke, Dale Harw. p. 381. No. 2.— Smith Cork, p. 401. No. whelke, with eight wreaths. Wallis Northumb p. 401. No. corneus, Horny. Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 99. tab. 76. Jig. ca
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