LAMKLUBRANCHIATA. 



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At West Iceland, at the twu statioiiii in IJrede lUigt (86 and 87) mentioned above, 

 and at Sonth Iceland: 



Vestmannaeyjar 49 (ni., clay with a little nuid. 4 valves. 



63°2i' N. L., i7°3i' \V. L 69 - , sand. i valve. 



At East Iceland the species reaches the considerable size of 10""".; of the shells from the rest 

 of Iceland none are ov'er 5.5 """. 



Faeroes. 

 Here L.sicbauriculata has been taken at the following- places: 



Bordovig 7—10 fm., black sand, small stones, 



Laminaria. 2 valves. 



— 10 - , sand, Laminaria. i valve. 



Ejde 5 — 6 - , coarse black sand. g valves. 



Fundingsfjord 12 — ca. 20 - , coarse sand and clay. 4 — 



Vestmanhavu 31/2 — 5 - , fine black sand. i sj^ec. and 10 valves. 



— 5-6 - , — — — 3 — - 35 — 



— 10—30 - 3 valves. 



vSorvaag 14— 1672 - i valve. 



13 miles S. of IMyggenassholm ca. 70 - 4 valves. 



9 — E. S. E. of Bispen - 70 - 40 — 



16 — E. by S. of sonth point of 



Nolso 80 - 4 — 



13 — W. by S. of Munkeu ca. 150 - ca. 100 valves. 



The maximum size of the shells taken inshore is 5 "'"'., of those taken further out to sea 6 '""'. 



Distribution. On the European side L. subauriculata ranges from West Finmarken') to the 

 Canary Isles, also in the Mediterranean to its eastern part; doubtfully living in the Kattegat at present. 2) 

 On the American side it reaches from the Strait of Florida to Labrador and the southern West 

 Greenland; it is also said to occur on the west coast of North America, according to Jeffreys. 



At Norway, the Fteroes, Iceland and Greenland its vertical distribtition is from 10 — 150 fm. On 

 the other hand, Jeffreys gives its vertical distribution to extend from 10— 1785 fm. 3) and Locard 

 also records it from great depths, down to 2200 m. 4); but as the species of the genus Li}iia are very 

 difficult to distinguish from one another, it is conceivable that erroneous determinations have given 

 rise to the records of these enormous depths (cf. under L.siiiiilis n. sp.). 



1) According to G. O. Sars it has not been found at East Finmarken, but it is recorded from tlie Murman Coast 

 (Herzeustein: Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Fauna der Murmankuste und des Weissen Meeres. I. Mollusca, 1SS5, p. 642J. It 

 is stated by W. L,eche to occur at Nova Zambia and in the Kara Sea, but this comes from an erroneous determination, the 

 specimens in question belonging to Lima hyperborca m. (cf. the latter). 



2) Only a single shell namely has been found at "Fladen" (Eastern Kattegat); as the other specimens taken in the 

 Kattegat (including one living), which were referred by C. G. Joh. Petersen to L. subauriculata (Det videusk. Udb. af "Hauch"s 

 Togter, 18S9, p. 66), do not belong to this species, but to L.guyni Sykes {== L.elliptica Jeffreys, non Whiteaves). 



3) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1879, p. 563. 



4) Exped. scient Travailleur-Tahsman, Moll. Test., 11, 1S9S, p. 417. 



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