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Show 928 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [Nov. 29, and figured the present species as Solen multistriatus ; but that fourteen years after Turton. The late Dr. Nardo referred Renter's shell to Solecurtus candidus of de Blainville; the specific name given by the latter, however, was alBus (Diet. Sc. Nat. xlix. p. 420); and the date of his publication is 1827, five years after that of Turton. 2. SOLECURTUS ANTIQUATUS, Pulteney. Solen antiquatus, Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 28, pi. iv. p. 5. Solecurtus antiquatus, B. C. iii. p. 6, pi. i. f. i. ; v. p. 190, pi. xlvi. f. 2. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 10. 13, Setubal B., C. Sagres, 36, Tangier B. ; Med. Capo de Gata, Cartagena B., 50, 50 a, Benzert Road, G. Tunis, Adventure Bank. DistriBution. Bohuslan (S. Sweden) to the Morea, Adriatic, Madeira, Canaries ; 4-50 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Vienna Basin and throughout a considerable part of the European continent. Upper Tertiaries : Coralline Crag, Belgium, Biot, Italy, Morea. Post-tertiary: Belfast, Calabria, Rhodes, Cyprus. Not Solen coarctatus of Gmelin. The habitat given by Chemnitz (from whose figure Gmelin named it) was the Nicobar Isles, and the size 2\ inches. CERATISOLEN LEGUMEN, Linne. Solen legumen, L. S. N. p. 1114. C. legumen, B. C. iii. p. 10, pi. i. f. 2 ; v. p. 190, pi. xlvi. f. 3. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870 : Med. St. 50. DistriBution. Scandinavia (Milller), S. & W . England and Ireland to Egypt, Adriatic, Mogador, Senegal ?, Guinea ?, Port Said ?; 0-20 fms. Fossil. Miocene : Vienna and Bordeaux Basins, Switzerland. Upper Tertiaries : Italy. Post-tertiary : Belfast, W . Scotland, Rhodes. 1. SOLEN PELLUCIDUS, Pennant. S.pellucidus, Penn. Br. Zool. iv. p. 84, pi. lxvi. f. 23 : B. C. iii. p. 14 ; v. p. 190, pi. xlvi. f. 4. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 2, 9, 18, 33, 68, Little Minch, near Belfast. 1870: Atl. Tangier B.; Med. 51, G. Bona (var. minor, rectior = »S'. tenuis). DistriBution. Loffoden Is. to the iEgean and Adriatic; 0-85 fms. Fossil. Upper Tertiaries : Coralline and Red Crag, Belgium, Italy. Post-tertiary: Aldeby, Belfast. S. pygmaus, Lamarck : Var. S. tenuis, Philippi: Cultellus sut-tonensis, Searles Wood ; not his G. tenuis (afterwards C. cultellatus). Not S. pellucidus, Spengler, from Chemnitz. 2. SOLEN ENSIS, L. S. ensis, L. S. N. p. 1114 : B. C. iii. p. 16 ; v. p. 190, pi. xlvii. f. 1. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Med. St. 50, 50a. |