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Show Crista pectinata (L.). P.G. Generally distributed ; at about 7 fathoms, rock and sand. Shaikh Shuaib I., very line. C irce corrugata (Chemn.). P.G. Gulf of Oman. Maskat. M.C. General: usually at 5-20 fathoms, on sandy mud, close to rocks. Circe nana Melv. P.G. Gulf of Oman. Lat. 26° 10' N., long. 52° 50' E .; sand and coral-rock. Allied to some forms of C. sulcata Gray, e. g. Artemis Desh. Circe scripta (L.) (= per sonata Reeve). P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. Dredged at 5 fathoms, mud bottom. M.C. Charbar. At 3 fathoms, sand. Var. fulgurata Reeve (sp.). P.G. With the type ; but in deeper water, 30-35 fathoms. I. Bombay southwards (Lt.-Col. II. D. Olivier). Circe sulcata Gray. P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. At 37 fathoms. I. Angrias Bank (Captain Tindall). Section ii. Venus L. S unetta CONTEMPTA E. A. Smith. (Mero'e Schum.) I. Bombay (Abercrombie). Bombay southwards to Ratnaeiri [Lt.-Col, II. J). Olivier). S unetta effossa Hanley. I. Bombay (Abercrombie), southward to Goa (Olivier). Karachi (Major Baker). S unetta hian s Wood. I. Bombay, abundant (Abercrombie). S unetta ku rachen s is Sowb. Sunetta kurachensis Sowerby, Proc. Mai. Soc. Lond. i. p. 216 pi. xiii. fig. 1 (1895). 1. Karachi. A fine new form, found upon sand-banks, which are only uncovered at spring tides, just below the surface (t\ IF. T.). S unetta meroe (L.) (-picta S ch um .). P.G. Dabai, 8-10 fathoms. 1906. ] MOLLUSKS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF. 831 |