550 Transactions. 



Chione toreuma (Gould). 



Venus toreuma Gould, Pro. Bost. Soc. N.H., iv, 277, 1850. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 72, 1910. 

 Habitat. — Single valves occasionally washed up on the beaches at Sun- 

 day Island. ' 



Fossil. — In volcanic gravel cemented by calcite, Titi Knob, Sunday 

 Island. {Chione sp. Oliver, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 43, 530.) 

 Distribution. — Australia, Pacific Ocean. 



Lutraria magna (Costa). 



Chama magna Costa, Brit. Conch, 230. 1778. 



Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 72, 1910 (L. oblonga). 



Habitat. — Valves dredged near Sunday Island. 

 Distribution. — Australia, Indo-Pacific region. 



Protocardia pulchella (Gray). 



Cardium pulchellum Gray in Dieff. N.Z., 252, 1843. 

 Habitat.— Dredged in 30 m. off Meyer Island (W. S. Bell). 

 Distribution. — New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Norfolk Island. 



Chama foliacea Quoy and Gaimard. 



Chama foliacea Q. & G., Voy. " Astrolabe," Zool., lii, 478, 1835. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix.. 72, 1910. 

 Habitat. — Single valves occasionally washed up on the beaches at Sun- 

 day Island. 



Distribution. — Lord Howe Island, Indo-Pacific region. 



Saxicava artica (Linne). 



Mya arctica Linne, Svst. Nat., ed. xii, 1113, 1767. 

 Recorded, Suter, Subantarctic Is. N.Z., i, 48, 1909. 

 Habitat. — Specimens taken from logs washed up on the beaches at 

 Sunday Island. 



Distribution. — New Zealand, Australia, cosmopolitan. . 



Gastrochaena retzii Deshayes. 



Gastrochaena retzii Deshayes, Moll, de Reunion, 7, 1863. 



Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 72, 1910. 

 Habitat. — Dead shells found on the beaches, Sunday Island. 

 Distribution . — Indo-Pacific region. 



Uperotis clava (Gmelin). 



Teredo clava Gmelin, Svst, Nat., ed. xiii, 3748, 1791. 



Habitat. — Colonies attached to coconuts found washed up on the 

 beaches, Sunday Island. 



Distribution. — Indo-Pacific region. 



Nausitoria aurita Hedley. 



Nausitoria aurita Hedley, Mem. Austr. Mus., iii, 507, 1899. 



Habitat. — Plentiful in kauri (Agathis australis) logs washed up on the 

 beaches at Sunday Island. 



Distribution — New Caledonia, Funafuti. 



