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Show 1871.] MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. 99 The shell of this species is f of an inch in length, being three times as large as D. pacifica, Pease. Class PTEROPODA. Fam. SPIRIALID^E. 92. HETEROFUSUS BULIMOIDES. Limacina bulimoides, D'Orbigny, Voy. Am. Merid. pl. 12. f. 38. Cook's River, Botany Bay (Brazier). Class CONCHIFERA. Fam. PHOLADIDiE. 93. B A R N E A SIMILIS. Pholas similis, Gray, MS. Brit. Mus.; Thesaurus Conch, pl. 103. f. 12-14. " Bottle and Glass " rocks, in sandstone (Brazier). Fam. CORBULID_3. 94. CORBULA VENUSTA, Angas, P. Z. S. 1871, PL I. f. 29. Stouter than C. zelandica, with a cornelian-coloured ray at the umbones. Dredged on the " Sow and Pigs " bank, Port Jackson. 95. CRYPTOMYA ELLIPTICA. Sphcenia elliptica, A. Ad. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 88. A transverse, oval, white shell, with the posterior side radiately sulcated, and the hinge of Mya. Lane Cove, Port Jackson; in sandy mud, 3 fathoms (Brazier), 4 fathoms, mud (F. Strange). Fam. ANATINID__. 96. T H R A C I A SPECIOSA, Angas, P. Z. S. 1869, pl. xx. f. 12. An elegant elongated species, with the space beyond the umbonal ridge strongly granulated. Port Jackson ; dredged off the " Sow and Pigs " reef in 4 fathoms water (Brazier). 97. NE^ERA (LEPTOMYA) PURA, Angas, P. Z. S. 1871, PL I. f. 30. A thin, subovate shell, sculptured with rather distant, fine, concentric, raised lines, and having the posterior side obliquely truncate. Lane Cove, Port Jackson; in sandy mud (Brazier). Mr. A. Adams refers Leptomya to the family Tellinida?, and considers it nearly allied to Scrobicularia. |