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LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



The "Ingolf has taken this species at: 



vSt. 87. West Iceland (Brede Bugt) no fm. i valve (height 4 """.). 



Fnrther, Pcctcii piisio has been taken dnring recent years at several places on Sonth-VVest 



and South Iceland, namely: 



S o u t li-W est Iceland: 



Brede Bugt, off Hellissandur ... 20 fni. 



Faxafjordr 17 -, coarse shell-sand. 



— mouth of Kollafjordr g'/a-ii - , fine black sand and mud. i fragment. 



Hafnarfjordr, i mile W.3/^N. of Hel- 



gasker Vager 1472 fm. i spec. 



Skagi 21 - 2 valves. 



1 valve (small). 

 10 — — 



South Iceland: 



Grindavik 



Vestmannaeyjar 10 — 20 fm. 



I valve. 



I spec, and i valve. 



30 - , gravel with many shells. 4 valves. 



49 - . clay. 



Heimaey shore. 



Numerous valves. 

 17 valves. 



The largest specimens are from the A'estmannaeyjar and measure: 



length 30 """., height 35 "'"'. 



— 33-5- — 36 - 



The largest specimen from the west coast (that from Hafnarfjordr, 1472 fm-) measures: 

 length 15 "'"'., height 18.5 """. 



The fragment from Faxafjordr, g'/a — n fm., however, has been of considerably larger dimensions. 



The Faeroes. 



When Morch wrote his "Faunula Molluscoruni Insulanim Fteroensium" he knew a specimen 

 and a valve from the Fasroes, but the locality is not stated; the specimen, which contains the remains 

 of the soft parts, is 32 nun. high and 27 nun. long; the valve is 38 mm. high. In recent years Pcctcn 

 pnsio has been taken with the dredge at the following places: 



Ejde 5 — 6 fm., coarse, black sand. 



Vestmanhavn 10 — 30 - 



Nolso, deep hole at north end ca. 100 - 



7 miles N. by E. of east point 



of Myggen9es 57 - 



5 miles N. of east jwint of 



Myggenses 50 - 



13 miles W. by S. of Mnnken ca. 150 - 



Foeroe Bank 58 - 



1 valve (small). 



2 — 

 2 — 



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4 — 



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