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327. Cyrena sinuosa, Beshayes.
CXEENA. 205
Cyrena zeylanica, Mousson, Moll. Java, 1849, p. 89, pi. 12.
Cyrena sinuosa, Desh., P. Z. S. xxii, 1854, p. 18 ; Cat. Brit. Mus.,
Concliif. 1854, p. 249; Prime, Cat. Corbiculidfe, 1863, p. 6,
1869-1870, p. 147, no. 70; Sowerbv, Con. Icon. 1878, pi. 7,
sp. 26; ? ? Clessin, in Martini & Chemnitz, 1879,'pp. 228-229,
pi. 45, fig. 1
Original description:—Testa ovato-rotundata, tumida, cordiformi,
solida, valde insequilaterali, epiderniide fusco-fuliginosa,
transversim tenue lamellosa vestita; latere antico brevi. rotundato,
postico subtruncato, latere supero-posticali siilco, profundo,
sinuoso, decurrente separate ; umbonibus tumidis, brevibus,
ssepius erosis ; ligamento augusto, partim infosso; valvis intus
albis; cardine crasso, utroque latere tridentato, deiitibus obliquis,
mediano et postico valvae dextras bilidis; dentibus lateralibus
brevibus, antico crasso, conico, apice acuto.
Hah. Java. Ceylon_^fZ« Sowerby.
Type in the British Museum.
The following dimensions are those of specimens in the
National Collection, nos. 1 and 2 being the type specimens from
Java and no, 3 a specimen labelled " China."
1. 2. 3.
Long 68 63 73 mm.
Lat 71 68 78 mm.
Diam 43 38 42 mm.
Clessin's figure in the Conch. Cab. 1879, pi. 45, fig. 1 is
certainly not that of Deshayes' species.
328. Cyrena bengalensis, Lamarck.
Cyrena benyalensis, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert, v, 1818, p. 554 ;
Delessert, Recueil, 1841, pi. 7, figs. 6 a-6 d; Prime, Cat. Corb.,
vi, 1865 ; 1869-70, p. 142, Gen. Cyrena, no. 5; Sowerby, Conch.
Icon. XX, 1878, pi. 7, sp. 28 ; Clessin, in Martini & Chemnitz,
1879, pp. 107-108, pi. 13, figs. 1 & 2, pi. 17, tigs. 4 & 6.
Venus benyalensis, Lister, Hist. An. pL 345, fig. 182.
Cyclas benyalensis, Ferussac, Cat. 1837, p. 20.
Cyrena turyida. Lea, Philadelphia, Pa., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc.
V, 18,32, p. 109, pi. 18, fig. 51; Hanley, Descrip. Cat. 1844, p. 93,
pi. 14, fig. 50.
Shell solid, tumid, thick, subtrigonal, blackish-brown, i-oughly
striated; anterior side high, very short, sloped, full; posterior
side produced, dorsal margin with a long slope, truncated at the
end, very slightly excavated in front of the angle. (Sowerby.)
Hob. Bengal.