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Show 1877.] MOLLUSCA OF PORT JACKSON. 193 PECTINACEA. Fam. TRIGONIID^E. 26. TRIGONIA MARGARITACEA, Lam. Twofold Bay (Brazier). Fam. ARCID^E. 27. PECTUNCULUS GEALEI, Angas, P. Z.S. 1873, pl. xx. fig. 5. Dredged off Port Macquarie (Admiral Loring). 28. LIMOPSIS CANCELLATUS, Reeve. Outside Port-Jackson Heads, 45 fathoms (Brazier). Fam. NUCULID^E. 29. NUCULA PUSILLA, Angas,P.Z.S. 1877,p. 177,pl.xxvi. fig. 26. Port Jackson, in shell-sand (Brazier). 30. NUCULA SIMPLEX, A. Ad. P. Z. S. 1856. Port Jackson (F. Strange). Fam. LEDID^E. 31. L E D A CRASSA, Hinds, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 99. Dredged off Port-Jackson Heads in 25 fathoms (Brazier). 32. L E D A ENSICULA, Angas, P.Z.S. 1877, p. 177,pl. xxvi. fig. 27. Off Port-Jackson Heads, 45 fathoms (Brazier). A very remarkable shell, with the anterior side produced into a long narrow beak, curving upwards. Fam. PECTINIDJE. 33. PECTEN ASPERRIMUS, Lam. Green Point, Port Jackson, and Twofold Bay (Brazier). 34. VOLA FUSCA, Klein. Port Jackson and Port Stephens (Brazier). Also Moreton Bay. 35. AMUSSIUM BALLOTI, Bernardi, Journ. de Conch. 1861. Neutral Bay, Port Jackson, obtained alive in the trawl in 6 fathoms, sandy mud (Brazier). Common in New Caledonia. Fam. SPONDYLID^E. 36. PLICATULA IMBRICATA, Menke. Port Jackson; Port Stephens (Brazier). Fam. OSTREID^E. 37. OSTREA ANGASI, Sow. Conch. Icon. Ostrea, pl. xiii. fig. 27. Neutral Bay, Port Jackson, sandy mud, 6 fathoms. In my former list (Nov. 28, 1867) I gave this fine species as Ostrea purpurea (Ostrea edulis, var. purpurea, Hanley, Conch. PROC. ZOOL. SOC-1877, No. XIII. 13 |