A Manual of Conchology / According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with the Late Improvements by De Blainville. Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students.

by Thomas Wyatt

This family is divided into N. Solenaria and N. Tellinaria, from their resemblance to the Solen and the Tellina.

N. Solenaria. Three genera.

1. Sanguinolaria. Four species.

This genus may be distinguished from the Solen by never having the transverse oblong shape, or the edge of the valves parallel to the base.

Sanguinolaria occidens.

S. rosea.

S. livida.

S. rugosa.

S. rosea. The rosy Sanguinolaria.

Semi-orbicular, smooth, shining and convex; near the umbones of a beautiful rose colour, which becomes paler as it descends; acute transverse striæ.