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Shellness. Pectunculus gly timer is ; single valves at 

 Shellness,-- Area lactea ; single valves all round the 

 coast, but I have never met with a perfect specimen. 

 Loripes lacteus ; occasionally at Margate. Cardium 

 cehinatum ; single valves at Shellness. C. exiguum ; 

 very seldom at Margate. C. fasciatum ; now and 

 then at Margate during the winter months. C. edulc ; 

 on muddy shores in great profusion, such as off the 

 Reculvers and at Pegwell Bay. The var. ruslieurn 

 occurs in the marshes at St. Nicholas. C. Norvegi- 

 cum ; single valves at Shellness. Venus ovata; 

 Margate and Shellness, but this species is by no 

 means common. Tapes pullastra ; extremely 

 common all round the coast. The var. perforans is 

 not rare. Tellina crassa ; two single valves at 

 Shellness. T. Balthica ; all round the coast, but in 

 great profusion at Pegwell Bay and Shellness. T. 

 tenuis ; Shellness and Birchington, but only now and 

 then. T. fabula ; very abundant at Shellness and 



as the other species. Corbula gibbet ; single valves all 

 round the coast. Two perfect specimens at Shell- 

 ness. Mya arenaria ; alive at the Reculvers. One 

 small specimen at Pegwell Bay. M. truneata ; 

 common all round the coast. I have found it alive 

 in the holes made by Pholas dactylus at Margate. 

 M. Binghami ; occasionally at Margate. Saxieava 

 rugosa ; common all round j the coast, wherever 

 there are rocks. Pholas dactylus; with Saxieava 

 rugosa, but usually nearer low-water mark. P. can- 

 didus ; Reculvers, Margate, and Shellness, in abun- 

 dance. 



SOLENOCONCHIA. 



Dentalium Tarentinum ; very common at Shellness, 

 but not elsewhere. 



Gasteropoda. 

 Chiton faseicularis ; on the rocks at Margate and 



broadstair: 



RAMSGATE 



SANDWICH0 



EAST KENT 



Fig. 126. 



also now and then at Margate and Birchingto.i. 

 Psannnobia vespertina; a single valve at Shellness. 

 Donax vittatus ; extremely common at Shellness, and 

 at Margate very seldom. Macira solida ; single 

 valves at Shellness. The var. elliptica is much more 

 frequent, and good specimens are no exception at 

 Shellness. Mactra stu/iorum ; very common at 

 Shellness, and now and then at Margate. The var. 

 cinerea occurs at Shellness. Lutraria elliptica ; a 

 single valve at Shellness. Scrobicnlaria prismatica ; 

 one good specimen at Margate. S. alba; often in 

 abundance at Shellness, and now and then all round 

 the coast. *S". tenuis ; often abundant at Pegwell 

 Bay. S. piperata ; Pegwell Bay, but all the shells, or 

 nearly all, that I have found, seem to be post-tertiary. 

 So/en ens is ; all round the coast. S. siliqua ; Shell- 

 ness. I have found this species in abundance between 

 Ramsgate and Pegwell Bay. S. vagina ; by no 

 means rare at Shellness, but elsewhere not so common 



Ramsgate. Chiton cinereus ; with the last, but more 

 abundant. Chiton lavis ; occasionally at Margate. 

 Patella vulgata ; everywhere in rocky places. The 

 var. elevata also occurs. Helcion pellutidurn ; Margate, 

 Ramsgate, and Shellness, often very large and fine. 

 The var. /avis occurs now and then at Margate. 

 Tectura virginea ; common, especially in the winter 

 months, all round the coast. Emarginula fissura ; 

 one large specimen at Margate. Shellness now and 

 then. Emarginula rosea ; Shellness only, and never 

 in any quantity. Fissurella Graca ; common at 

 Shellness. Often large and fine. Also at Broad- 

 stairs. Troehus tumidus ; common at Pegwell Bay 

 and Shellness. T. cinerarius ; very abundant all 

 round the coast. T. striatus ; worn specimens at 

 Shellness. T. zizyphinus ; all round the coast. 

 At Shellness I found three perfectly white speci- 

 mens. 



At Shellness a very conical form of T. cinerarius 



