This genus, which at first sight is confounded with the Solens, differs
from them particularly by the singular disposition of the ligament
placed at the short side of the shell.
Solenimya Australis.
Solenimya Mediterranea.
_S. Australis._ The Australian Solenimya. Pl. 6, fig. 2.
Shell covered with a thick brownish epidermis, regular, thick, elongated
oval, edges straight and parallel, equally rounded at both extremities;
valves equal, very inequilateral.
_S. Mediterranea._ The Mediterranean Solenimya.
Transversely oblong; dark brown, ribbed longitudinally, with imbricated
projecting foliations; inside white.