I,AMICI,I,inRANCIIIATA. 



75 



l\I>Te Bugt 58 fni., sand mixed with ooze. i valve. 



Loiisvik 40 - , ooze and clay. 4 spec. &. g valves. 



C. iiiiiiiiinoii is thus fairh- conmion and even occurs in considerable nuuit)crs off the western 

 and southern coasts of Iceland, at depths of 40 — 293 fni.'). The niaxiuiuni len>;th is 10""". 



The Faeroes. 



Nor was the species known from here formerl}-, but in recent years it has been taken at the 



following places: 



Fundingsfjord i2 — ca. 20 fni., coarse sand and clay. i spec. 



Vestmanliavn 5—6 - , fine, black sand. i — 



6i°4o' N. L., 7°4o' W. L 135 - i — & 75 valves. 



6i°i5' — 9°35' — ca. 475 - ca. 600 spec. 



6i"'7' — 9°3o' — 440 - - 400 — 



16 miles E. by S. of south point of Nolso 80 - i spec. 



Akralejte in N. 57 W., 12 miles 150 - 40 — & a number of 



valves. 



The sjjecimen from shallow water (Vestmanliavn, 5—6 fni. j is very small (2 """.); at the other 

 localities the species reaches a length of 7 — 9 """. Large numbers still occur at a depth of 475 fm. 



Distribution. Cardiiim i/iiiiiiiuii/i is distributed along Europe from the North Caj^e to Gibraltar, 

 also in the Mediterranean; through the Kattegat it reaches down to the north coast of Funen and 

 the Sound; over the Fteroes it extends to the south and west coast of Iceland. It has been taken at 

 depths of 10 — ca. 800 fm. 



Cardium fasciatum :\Iontagu. 



PI. Ill, figs. 9a-k. 



Cardium fasciatum Montagu, Test. Brit. SuppL, 180S, p. 30, PI. 27, fig.6; Jeffreys, Brit. Conchol. II, 



1863, p. 281, PI. 35, fig. 3. 

 Cardium fasciatum Morch, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn. 1867, p. 93; ibid. 1868, p. 220. — 

 Cardimii edule Morch (non Linne), ibid. 1867, p. 93. 



The "Ingolf" has taken this species at: 



St. 98. W. of Iceland 138 fm. 5.9° C. 2 valves. 



. 86. - - — (Brede Bugt). . . 76 - 4 spec. & 80 valves. 



- 87. - - — — — .■■ no - ca. 70 valves. 



These valves are up to 11 



mm 



[West Greenland. I 

 According to Posselt^) there are 2 specimens of this species in the Riksmuseum of Stock- 

 holm, which are stated to have been taken at Julianehaab in southern West Greenland. I feel cou- 



') A single specimen indeed has been taken at a depth of 7S8 fm. ("Ingolf' St. 10), but it was dead. 

 2/ Mcdd. om Gronland, XXIII, 1S98, p. 60. 



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