CORBULA.
LITHOPHAGA.

"The family Corbula contains two genera.

Corbula——
PandoraTellìna.

"Corbula comes chiefly from the Asiatic Seas. There is one species, formerly Mya inequivalvis, from the British Ocean; fossil species several. Pandora rostrata is British, and is said to be met with at Weymouth. It is a pretty shell. The ligament of these is internal.


"Lithophaga includes

SaxicavaMytilus.
Petricola
Venerupis, or Venus of the rocks.

VENERUPIS PERFORANS.
PSAMMOBIA.