pr den tagcii subfossil. Dei! !)atbynietriske udln-edelse er 

 2— 17(J fv. Fossil er den kjcndt fra Gronland, Island, 

 Si)itslier,iicn, nordlige Rusland og SibiriiMi. 



Off the British coasts. it is suh-fossil. Its bathymetrical 

 distribution is from 2 to 17u fatlionis. It is found as a 

 fossil in Greenland. Iceland. Spitsbergen, the north of 

 Russia. and Sil)eria. 



Venus casina, Linné. 

 Yfmis casina. Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 17ii(i, p. IK-So- 



— — Forbes & Hanley, Brit. Moll., vol. 1. lSo3, p. 4u5, Pl. 24. tigs. 1, 5, (5. 



— — Jeffreys. Brit. Conch . vol. 2. 181)3, p. 337, vol. .o. p. 184. Pl. 38, fig. 5. 



— — Pfeiffer. Mart. Chcmn. Conch. Cab., vol, 11. part I. 186U. p. 137. Pl. 8, figs. 4. 5. 



Findested. Huso. 40—60 fv. 



Den forekommer spredt langs vor syd- og vestkyst 

 op til Trondhjemsfjorden, desuden anforer Loven den fra 

 Vardø. Ymns casina er on østatlantisk art. der gaar mud 

 syd til Middelhavet, Madeira, Canariske øer og Azorerne. 

 Den bathymetriske udbredelse er — 450 fv. Fossil er 

 den funden i Norge, Britiske oer. Belglen, Frankrige, 

 Italien og Grækenland. 



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Locality. Huso (40 — (iO fathoms). 



It occurs spiirsely nlong the south coast of Norway 

 and the west coast up to the Trondiijem Fjord; aud it is 

 also mentioned liy Loven as found at Yardo. Te/; /(.■•■ 

 casina is an east-Atlautie species, whicli extends south- 

 wards to the Mediterranean, Madeira, the Cauary Isles, 

 and the Azores. Its bathymetrical distriljution is from 

 to 450 f".thoms. It is a fossil in Norway, the British 

 Isles. Belgium, France. Italv. and Greece. 



Venus OVata, Penuant. 



ypHns ovata. Pennant. Brit. Zool, vol. 4, 17i)7, p. 97, Pl. 5(3, fig. 56 



— — Forbes & Hanley, Brit. Moll., vol. 



— — Jeffreys, Brit. Conch, vol. 2. I8h3. 

 Timocha — G. 0. Sårs, Moll. Reg. Aret. Norv. 



61) fv. Oii ved station 173 b. 



Findested. Huso, 40 

 300 fv. 



Tcmis ovata forekommer langs hele den norske kyst, 

 men er dog sjelden i Finmarken. Den har omtrent samme 

 udl)redelse som foregaaende art; den forekommer langs de 

 europæiske kyster fra Finmarken og Island til Middel- 

 havet. Nordafrikas vestkyst og Azorerne. Den bathyme- 

 triske udbredelse er — 1324 fv. Fossil er den funden 

 over en storre del af Europa, Algier og Madeira. 



1. 1853, p. 4iy, Pl. 24. fig. 2, Pl. 26, fig. 1. Pl. L. fig. (>. 

 p. 342. Pl. 3t. fig. 1. 1 a. 

 1878, ]). 56. 



Locality. Huso (4<) — 60 fatlioms). and at Station 

 173 li i3(.»(i fathoms). 



Venus ovata occurs all along the Norwegian coast, 

 hut is rare in Finmark. It has about the same distribution 

 as the preceding species, occurring off the European coasts 

 from Finmark and Iceland to the Mediterranean. the north- 

 v,'est coast of Africa. and the xA.zores. Its bathymetrical 

 distribution is from to 1324 fathoms. It is a fossil in 

 niany parts of Europe. in Algiers and Madeira. 



Venus fluctuosa. Goukl. 



Venus Jlnctaosa. Gould, Rep. Invert. ^lass., 1841, p. 87, fig. 70. 



— astartoidcs. Middendorff. Beitr. Malac. Ross, part 3, 1849, p. 56. 



_ _ Middendorff Sibir. Reise, 1851, p. 252, Pl. 20, figs. 5 — 13. 



Tapes — Gould & Binney, Rep. luvert. Mass., ed. 2. 187u, p. I3l). 



Findested. Norskoerue. Kl — 20 fv. Ved station 

 312, 656 fv. og station 353. 1333 fv., toges desuden nogle 

 fragmenter, som antagelig er fort ud paa dybet af isen. 



Loeality. Norwegian Islands (lo — 2( 

 Stations 312 (656 fathoms) and 353 (1333 

 fragments were also found. whicii had prol 

 ried out into di-ep water l)y the ice. 



> fathoms). At 

 fathoms), some 

 )ablv beeu car- 



