LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



Anomia patelliformis Liime. 

 PI. I, figs. I a — c. 



Anomia patiUi/orm is Limie, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, I, 2, 1767, p. 1151; Jeffreys, Brit. Condi. II, 1863, p. 34, 



pi. 20, fig. 2; vSars, Moll. Reg. Arct. Norv., 1878, p. 15. 



^iiioinia patcllifonnis Morch, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhi.st. Foren. 1867, p. 99. 



Iceland. 



At this island, from which it has not been known earlier, the species has been taken in recent 

 years mostly on the south coast, rarely on the southernmost part of the west coast, from the beach 

 down to a depth of ca. 70 fm. 



West Iceland: 



64°45.8' N. L., 23°55.2' W. L., 30 fm i valve. 



64°ii'-64°i8.5'N. L., 22°3o.5'— 22°46' W. L., 14-29 fm i — 



Reykjavik i spec. 



South Iceland: 



Grindavik 2 valves. 



Vestmannaeyjar, shore 2 spec. 



— 10 — 20 fm 2 — 



— ca. 20 fm I — 



— 30 fm., gravel with shells 12 valves. 



— Heimaey, shore 13 — 



63°3o' N.L., 2o°i4' W.L., 42 fm 6 - 



63°2i' — , i7°3i' — , 69 fm., black .sand i spec. 



63°2i' — , I7°i5' — , 58 fm I valve. 



63°3o' — , 17° — , 57 fm I spec, (from stomach of a cod). 



The largest specimen has a length of 47 



mm 



The Faeroes. 



When Alorch published his list of the moUuscan fauna of the Fseroes, only one specimen was 

 known, locality not stated; during the latest years it has been taken at the following places: 



62°29' N. L., 7°37' W. L., 60 fm., sand and shells i spec. 



Ejde, 5—6 fm., coarse black sand i valve. 



Skaalefjord, 4 — 10 fm 2 — 



Solmunde, on Scrpiila tubes 5 — 



Kongshavn, 12 — 16 fm 9 — 



Vestmanhavn, 10—30 fm i — 



5 miles N. of east point of Myggenas.s, 50 fm i spec. & i \'alve. 



7 miles N. by E. of east point of Myggentes, 57 fm 2 valves. 



6i°4o'N. L., 7°4o'W. L., 135 fm i valve. 



Akralejte in N. 57 W. 12 miles, ca. 150 fm i — 



Fseroe Bank, 58 fm 2 \alves. 



6i°N.L., 8°52'W.L., 90 fm i spec. 



