The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . testa obovata: striis obsoletis longitudi- nalibus. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3251. sp. maximus, at minus concavus; plurimis minutioribus 8c parum eminentibus striis donatus,. rcstro acuto, minusque incurvato. An. 187. tit. 32. tab. 5. Jig. subfuscis striis leviter tantum incisis. List II. Conch. tab. 332. fig. major striis angustis. Petiv. Gaz. tab. 93. fig. high-beaked Cockle. Wallis North


The natural history of British shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain .. . testa obovata: striis obsoletis longitudi- nalibus. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3251. sp. maximus, at minus concavus; plurimis minutioribus 8c parum eminentibus striis donatus,. rcstro acuto, minusque incurvato. An. 187. tit. 32. tab. 5. Jig. subfuscis striis leviter tantum incisis. List II. Conch. tab. 332. fig. major striis angustis. Petiv. Gaz. tab. 93. fig. high-beaked Cockle. Wallis Northumb. p. Lzevigatum. Smooth. Penn. Br. Zool. No. 40. tab. 51. fig. obovatum striis obsoletis longitudinalibus. ;evigatum. Da Costa. Br. Conch, p. 178. sp. 18,E 3 PLATE LIV. We have observed, that this species is in general discoloured, anddeeply tinged with brown or yellow ; when tine it is whitish, sleek,and covered with an epidermis. It is found on most of our coasts, yet it is by no means Costa notes it from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Dorsetshire,Cornwall, Carnarvonshire, and the


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