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Show 1881.] 'LIGHTNING'AND'PORCUPINE'EXPEDITIONS. 935 Family XIX. ANATINID^E. 1. THRACIA PRATENUIS, Pulteney. Mya pratenuis, Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 28, pi. iv. f. 7. T. pratenuis, B. C. iii. p. 34; v. p. 190, pi. xlviii. f. 3. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 10 (young), GalwayB., 17 (young). DistriBution. Iceland and Loffoden Is. to Algiers and Sicily • 0-50 fms. ' Fossil. Pliocene: Coralline Crag, Italy, Rhodes. Post-tertiary : Norway, England, Calabria ; 0-130 ft. 2. THRACIA PAPYRACEA, Poli. Tellina papyracea, Poli, Test. Sic. i. p. 43, t. xv. f. 14, 18. Thracia papyracea, B. C. iii. p. 36, pi. ii. f. 2 ; v. p. 191, pi. xlviii. f. 4, 4a. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 10, 25, 33, 36 (fragment), 68. 1870: Atl. 10, Vigo B „ 26-28a; Med. Cartagena B., 55 (fragment). DistriBution. Iceland and Loffoden Is. to the iEgean, Adriatic, Morocco, Madeira, Canaries, ? G . Mexico ('Blake' Exp.); 0-640? fms. Fossil. Miocene : Vienna Basin. Pliocene: Coralline Crag, Italy. Post-tertiary: Norway, Sweden, Great Britain and Ireland,' Calabria ; 0-130 ft. 3. THRACIA PUBESCENS, Pulteney. Mya puBescens, Pult. Cat. Dors. p. 27, pi. iv. f. 6. T. puBescens, B. C. iii. p. 38; v. p. 191, pi. xlviii. f. 5. ' Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. Setubal B., C. Sagres (fragmentary), 36 (valve) ; Med. Capo de Gata (fragment). DistriBution. S. England to G. Egina, Adriatic, Morocco, Canaries ; 1-130 fms. Fossil. Pliocene: Coralline Crag, Italy. Post-tertiary : York-shire, Scotland, and Ireland, Calabria. 4. THRACIA CONVEXA, W. Wood. Mya convexa, W. Wood, Gen. Conch, i. p. 92, pi. 18. f. 1. T. convexa, B. C. iii. p. 39 ; v. p. 191, pi. xlviii. f. 6. 'Porcupine'Exp. 1869: St. Loch Torridon. 18/0: Atl. 10,16, C. Sagres, 27-28a ; Med. off Rasel Amoush. All the specimens are fragmentary. DistriBution. Bergen to Sicily and the Adriatic, Sitka {Dall as T. curta of Conrad) ; 4-628 fms. Fossil. Miocene : Vienna Basin and Switzerland. Pliocene : Coralline Crag, Italy. Post-tertiary: Norway, Scotland and Ireland Calabria ; 0-500 ft. Besides the synonyms given in ' British Conchology,' I may mention T. trigona of Aradas and T. hiatelloides of Brusina. |