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Show 1881.] 'LIGHTNING' AND 'PORCUPINE' EXPEDITIONS. 705 2. DlPLODONTA TRIGONULA, Bl'Onn. Diplodonta trigonula, Bronn, Ital. Tertiargeb. (in Leonhard's Zeitscbr. f. Mineral, p. 485), p. 96, t. 3. f. 2; Philippi, En, Moll. Sic. t. iv. f. 6 (as D. apicalis). 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. Vigo B., C. Sagres, Tangier B. (var. intermedia) ; Med., Adventure Bank. Distribution. Mediterranean, Adriatic, iEgean, Canaries, and Madeira; 4-120 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Calabria. Upper Tertiaries: Coralline, Red, and Mammaliferous Crag, Belgium, Austrian Empire, Switzerland, Touraine, Italy, and Rhodes. Post-tertiary: Calabria. Syn. and Vars. D. astartea, Nyst; Tellina triyona, Scacchi; D. apicalis, Philippi; D. intermedia, Biondi. Variable in size and comparative breadth. Family X. CARDITID^E. 1. CARDITA ACULEATA, Poli. Chama aculeata, Poli, Test. utr. Sic. ii. t. xxiii. f. 23. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. C. Sagres, 36, Tangier B.; Med. Capo de Gata, 50, Benzert Road, Rasel Amoush, Adventure Bank, off Rinaldo's Chair. Distribution. Mediterranean, Adriatic, iEgean ; 20-150 fms. Fossil. Pliocene : France, Italy, Rhodes. Post-tertiary : Calabria. Several useless synonyms of Lamarck, Risso, Requien, and Reeve. 2. CARDITA CALYCULATA, Linne. Chama calyculata, L.S.N, p. 1138; Poli, Test. utr. Sic. ii. t. xxxii. f. 7-9. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1870 : Atl. St. Cadiz Harbour; Med., Benzert Road. Distribution. Mediterranean, Adriatic, iEgean, Syria, Mogador, Madeira, Senegal, Canaries, Azores ; 0-120 fms. Fossil. Miocene and Upper Tertiaries: S.W. and S. France, Austria, Italy, Rhodes, Cyprus, Madeira. A few synonyms. 3. CARDITA CORBIS, Philippi. Cardita corbis, Phil. En. Moll. Sic. i. p. 55, t. iv. f. 19. 'Porcupine'Exp. 1870: Atl. St, 26 ; Med. 50,55, Adventure Bank. DistriBution. Bay of Biscay (De Folin and ' Travailleur' Exp.), throughout the Mediterranean and Adriatic, Canaries; 6-552 fms. F'ossil. Upper Tertiaries: Coralline, Red, and Norwich Crags, Belgium, Touraine, Italy. Post-tertiary : Hopton, Calabria. C. minuta of Scacchi, and G. nuculina of Dujardin fide Wein-kauff, |
