The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . PLATE LXVII. VENUS DECUSSATA. RETICULATED. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other,the third divergent from the beaks. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Somewhat oval, wrought with transverse and longitudinal strife, orprominent ridges, which cross or decussate each other; outsidebrown, inside white, with violet spots near the hinge. Cuneus reticulatus, longitudinaliter et transversim vel decussarimstriatus, subrufus, i
The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . PLATE LXVII. VENUS DECUSSATA. RETICULATED. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bivalve. Hinge furnished with three teeth ; two near each other,the third divergent from the beaks. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Somewhat oval, wrought with transverse and longitudinal strife, orprominent ridges, which cross or decussate each other; outsidebrown, inside white, with violet spots near the hinge. Cuneus reticulatus, longitudinaliter et transversim vel decussarimstriatus, subrufus, intus ex parte violaceus. Reti-culatus. Reticulated Purr. Da Costa Br. Conch,p. 202. tab. 14. fig. 4. 4. Venus Decussata : testa ovata antice angulata decussatim Syst. Nat. p. 1133. No. 149. Mus. 509. No. 77 ? Concha quasi rhomboides, in medio cardine utrinque circiter tribusexiguis denticulatis donata. List. II. An. 171. tit. 20. tab. 4, fig. 20. PLATE LXVII. Chama fusca striis tenuissimis donata. List. Hist. Cojich. tab. 423*fig. 21\* Chama Purrs anglice dicta, et Tellina fasciata compactilis radiat
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