V. punctata. Pho. longitudinaliter sulcata.
The G in the reference to Rumphius was a misprint for the written D, from which figure ("Chama pectinata") our author had proposed to borrow the specific name, but subsequently had preferred the published designation. "Klein, 147. Actinobolos æquilatera" has been added to the MS. by Linnæus.
V. exoleta. Pho. decussatim striata.
The original synonymy and details have been so transmuted in the press, that it is manifest that the amended (!) species was perfectly distinct from the shell originally designed. The name of the latter was clathrata, and the declared sculpture was not merely "transversim," but "et longitudinaliter" likewise (in place of "striis retrorsis"). The reference (added by Linnæus) was not to Gualtieri, but to Lister, 335, f. 172, and its copy in Klein (t. 10. f. 52), both which would have more appropriately been assigned to V. reticulata. The V. exoleta having been previously defined in the 'Systema,' this confusion becomes of little importance.
V. ziczac. Pho. striis transversis membranaceis erectis.
The number which indicates the position of this species in the 'Museum' has been subsequently ('Syst.' ed. 12) referred to V. cancellata, yet, judging from the generic appellation (and consequent dentition), it could scarcely have been that well-known species. The "lentiformi" of the 'Systema' (ed. 10), where the name ziczac first appeared, forbids the annexation; but, although the details of the 'Museum' were there referred to, the obnoxious word was not mentioned in that publication. The following are the printed emendations (?): "lævis, et quasi excisa," "compressa," "variat colore albissimo."
V. pectinata. Pho. sulcis longitudinalibus nodosis, antice antrorsum ramosa.
The additional synonym of "Gualt, D. 75, f. A." appears in the MS., where "quam reliquæ" follows "orbiculata," and in place of "In area antica" may be read "et a primo sulco." The details there terminate with the word "lanceolatum," "Ramosa" was the intended name.
V. scripta. Pho. striata, postice angulo recto circumscripta.
The incorrect figure of d'Argenville was not indicated.