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Show 714 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [June 7, Calabria. Upper Tertiaries: Coralline and Red Crag, Belgii {Nyst, as Cytherea trigona), S. France, Italy, Greece, Khod Post-tertiary: Calabria. ium es. Family XIV. V E N E R I D ^ E. 1. V E N U S E X O L E T A , Linn 6. Venus exoleta, L. S. N . p. 1134: B. C. ii. p. 327; v. p. 184, pi. xxxviii. f. 1. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1869 : St. Galway B. Distribution. Finmark to the Morea and Adriatic ; 0-50 fms. Fossil. Miocene and Upper Tertiaries : throughout Europe from England to Greece, Rhodes, and Cyprus. Post-tertiary: Norway, Calabria; 0-50 ft. 2. VENUS LINCTA, Pulteney. V. lincta, Pult. in Hutch. Dors. p. 34 : B. C. ii. p. 330 ; v. p. 184, pi. xxxviii. f. 2. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 1, 9, 10, 14, 18, 35, The Minch. 1870: Atl. 10, Vigo B. (var. lupinus), C. Sagres, Tangier B.; Med. Algesiras B., 50, Benzert Road, Adventure Bank (all these belong to the variety lupinus). Distribution. Iceland, Faroe Is., arctic Norway to the coast of Syria, Adriatic, Morocco ; 0-90 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Vienna Basin and Switzerland. Upper Tertiaries and Post-tertiary : Norway, British Isles, Belgium, S.W. and S. France, Italy, Greece, Rhodes; 0-130 ft. V. exoleta (3, Linne. Dr. Mdrch must have been mistaken in considering the present species V. spuria of Gmelin, which latter was founded on Lister's and Chemnitz's figures of Lucina borealis. There are numerous synonyms, including V. lupinus of Poli, and Cytherea lunaris of Lamarck. 3. VENUS RUDIS, Poli. V. rudis, Poli, Test. utr. Sic. ii. p. 94, t. 20. f. 15, 16. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870 : Atl. St. 10, Setubal B., C. Sagres, 26, 29, 36, Tangier B., Gibraltar B.; Med. 45, Capo de Gata, Cartagena B., 50, off Jijeli, G. Bona, Benzert Road, Rasel Amoush, Adventure Bank, off Rinaldo's Chair. Distribution. Bay of Biscay to E. Mediterranean and Sea of Marmora, Black Sea, Adriatic, Canaries; 2-120 fms. Fossil. Upper Tertiaries : Coralline, Red, and Norwich Crag, Belgium, S. France, Cos, Italy, Rhodes, Madeira. Post-tertiary: "Middle Glacial " at Hopton, Calabria. Nine synonyms. 4. VENUS EFFOSSA, Bivona. Venus effossa (Biv. MS.), Philippi, En. Moll. Sic. i. p. 43, t. iii. f. 20. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Med. St. 50 (valve only). |