CARDITA. Panama Shells. 265 



Guaymas ; Lt. Green ! Gould MSS, 

 Panama and Taboga ; C. B. A, ! 

 70 specimens were collected. 



428. Cardita laticostata. 



Synonymy. 



Cardita laticostata Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 195. Dec. 1832. 



- Mull. Syn. Test. Viv. p. 210. May 1836. 



- Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 7. f. 36. Aug. 1843. 

 Hanley Descr. Catal. p. 146. 1845 



- Orb. Voy. Arner. Merid. Moll. p. 582. 1846. 

 arcella Val. Voy. Venus. Moll. pi. 22. f. 1. 1846. 



Reeve Elem. Conch, pi. 35. f. 191. 1849 ? 



Station, In sand, at a depth of 6 to 12 fathoms ; Cuming ! 

 Sowerby. 



In coarse sand and mud at the depth of from 10 to 12 

 fathoms; Cuming! Reeve. 



Our specimens were found partly buried in calcareous sand 

 and gravel, under stones, near the low water mark of spring 

 tides. 



Habitat. Guacomayo, St. Elena, Panama, and Real Llejos ; 



Cuming ! Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 St. Elena, Panama, Real Llejos, Guayaquil, &c. 



Cuming ! Reeve. 

 All the Coast of Peru from Payta to St. Elena in 



Equador; Orbigny. 

 Central America ; Hanley. 

 Guayaquil and Real Llejos ; Jay. 

 Panama ; C. B. A. ! 

 "We collected 150 specimens on the reef. 



429. Cardita radiata. 



Synonymy. 

 Cardita radiata Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 195. Dec. 1832. 



JULY, 1852, 18 AH, LTC. NAT. HMT. 



