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  MARINE 
  MOLLUSCA 
  DESCRIBED 
  BY 
  P. 
  P. 
  CARPENTER 
  

  

  Carpenter's 
  own 
  collection 
  and 
  notes 
  wiiich 
  he 
  made 
  are 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  his 
  monogram. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  mounted 
  specimens, 
  the 
  monogram 
  is 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  right-hand 
  corner. 
  A 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  

   frontispiece 
  of 
  this 
  paper. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  species, 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  is 
  understood 
  to 
  

   be 
  Recent 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  specified. 
  Reference 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  paragraph 
  is 
  inserted 
  for 
  a 
  

   pertinent 
  illustration 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Phylum 
  MOLLUSCA 
  

  

  Class 
  PELECYPODA 
  

  

  Family 
  Solemyidae 
  (Solemyacidae) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Solemya 
  Lamarck, 
  1818 
  

  

  Solemya 
  Lamarck, 
  1818, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  An. 
  s. 
  Vert, 
  vol. 
  V, 
  p. 
  488 
  

  

  Type 
  .<;pecies 
  by 
  subsequent 
  designation, 
  Children, 
  1823, 
  Lamarck's 
  Gen. 
  Shells, 
  vol. 
  14, 
  

   p. 
  300; 
  Reprint, 
  Kennard, 
  Salisbury 
  and 
  Woodward, 
  1931, 
  Smith. 
  Misc. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  82, 
  

   no. 
  17, 
  p. 
  7, 
  Solcnomya 
  [Solemya] 
  mediterranea 
  (Lamarck), 
  1818, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  An. 
  s. 
  

   Vert., 
  p. 
  489 
  = 
  Tellina 
  togata 
  Poli, 
  1795, 
  Test. 
  ut. 
  Sicil., 
  II, 
  p. 
  42, 
  pi. 
  15, 
  fig. 
  20 
  = 
  Alyti- 
  

   lus 
  solcn 
  von 
  Salis 
  Marschlins, 
  1793. 
  Reise 
  Koen., 
  p. 
  405, 
  fide 
  Bucquoy, 
  Dautzenberg, 
  

   AND 
  DoLLFUs, 
  1898, 
  Moll. 
  Marins 
  du 
  Roussilon, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  718; 
  fide 
  Dall, 
  1908, 
  Mus. 
  

   Comp. 
  Zool. 
  Harvard, 
  Bull., 
  vol. 
  43, 
  no. 
  6, 
  p. 
  361. 
  Recent. 
  Mediterranean, 
  Adriatic, 
  and 
  

   Atlantic 
  Ocean 
  at 
  Madiera 
  and 
  Senegal. 
  Crouch, 
  1826, 
  Illus. 
  Intro. 
  Lamarck's 
  Conch., 
  

   pi. 
  4, 
  figs. 
  8a, 
  8b 
  interior 
  ; 
  Bucquoy. 
  Dautzenberg, 
  and 
  Dollfus, 
  1898, 
  Moll. 
  Marins 
  du 
  

   Roussillon, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  pi. 
  XCII, 
  figs. 
  8-10 
  

  

  Subgenus 
  Petrasma 
  Dall, 
  1908 
  

  

  Pctrasma 
  Dall, 
  1908, 
  Nautilus, 
  vol. 
  22, 
  no. 
  1, 
  p. 
  2 
  

  

  Type 
  species 
  bv 
  original 
  designation. 
  Solemya 
  horealis 
  Totten, 
  1834. 
  Amer. 
  Jour. 
  Sci., 
  

   ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  p. 
  366, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  h, 
  i. 
  Living. 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  to 
  Connecticut. 
  Gould. 
  1870. 
  Inver- 
  

   tebrata 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  2d 
  ed., 
  p. 
  50, 
  fig. 
  272; 
  Morse, 
  1913, 
  Biol. 
  Bull., 
  vol. 
  XXV, 
  p. 
  

   279, 
  fig. 
  20; 
  Smith, 
  1937, 
  East 
  Coast 
  Shells, 
  p. 
  25, 
  fig. 
  29a 
  

  

  Solemya 
  (Petrasma) 
  valvulus 
  Carpenter 
  

  

  Solemya 
  valvulus 
  Carpenter, 
  1864, 
  April. 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  XIII, 
  p. 
  311; 
  

  

  Reprint, 
  1872. 
  p. 
  210; 
  1864b, 
  Aug., 
  p. 
  618; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  104 
  

   Solemya 
  (Pctrasm-a) 
  vakndus 
  (Carpenter), 
  Dall, 
  1908, 
  Nautilus, 
  vol. 
  22, 
  no. 
  1, 
  p. 
  2; 
  1908, 
  

  

  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool. 
  Harvard, 
  vol. 
  XLIII, 
  no. 
  6, 
  p. 
  364; 
  Lamy, 
  1909, 
  Jour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  

  

  vol. 
  LVII. 
  no. 
  3, 
  p. 
  208; 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  9; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1924b, 
  p. 
  11, 
  pi. 
  40, 
  fig. 
  10; 
  Keen, 
  

  

  1937, 
  p. 
  25; 
  Hertlein 
  and 
  Strong, 
  1940, 
  Zoologica, 
  New 
  York 
  Zool. 
  Soc., 
  vol. 
  XXV, 
  pt. 
  

  

  4, 
  p. 
  378; 
  Burch, 
  1944, 
  no. 
  ZZ, 
  p. 
  7; 
  1945, 
  no. 
  45, 
  p. 
  3; 
  Vokes, 
  1955, 
  Jour. 
  Paleont., 
  vol. 
  

  

  29, 
  no. 
  3, 
  p.536 
  

  

  A 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  with 
  translation 
  was 
  republished 
  by 
  Oldroyd 
  (1924, 
  p. 
  

   11). 
  The 
  following 
  corrections 
  should 
  be 
  inserted 
  in 
  Oldroyd's 
  copy: 
  line 
  6, 
  insert 
  "postice 
  

   elongate" 
  between 
  "ligamento" 
  and 
  "antice" 
  ; 
  read 
  "cicatricibus" 
  for 
  "cicatricubus" 
  ; 
  add 
  

   "Long. 
  .85, 
  lat. 
  .25, 
  alt. 
  .14 
  poll." 
  

  

  The 
  synonymy 
  and 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  complete. 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  Not 
  found. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  as 
  reported 
  by 
  

   Oldroyd. 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas, 
  Lower 
  California 
  (type) 
  ; 
  San 
  Pedro, 
  California, 
  to 
  Punta 
  

   Penasco, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico 
  (Hertlein 
  and 
  Strong) 
  

  

  Family 
  Nuculidae 
  

   Genus 
  Nucula 
  Lamarck, 
  1799 
  

  

  Nuctda 
  Lamarck, 
  1799, 
  Mem. 
  Soc. 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Paris, 
  p. 
  87 
  

  

  Type 
  species 
  by 
  monotypy, 
  Area 
  nucleus 
  Linnaeus, 
  1758, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  10th 
  ed., 
  p. 
  695. 
  Neo- 
  

  

  type^ 
  of 
  A', 
  nucleus 
  designated 
  by 
  Schenck, 
  1935, 
  Malacol. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  Proc., 
  vol. 
  21, 
  

  

  pt. 
  IV, 
  p. 
  260, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  Recent. 
  Europe. 
  

  

  sNeotype 
  designated 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  official 
  recognition 
  of 
  "neotype" 
  by 
  the 
  14th 
  Inter. 
  Con- 
  

   gress 
  of 
  Zoology 
  (Copenhagen, 
  1953) 
  may 
  be 
  validated 
  by 
  conforming 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  for 
  

   establishing 
  neotypes 
  as 
  formulated 
  by 
  that 
  congress. 
  (See 
  Copenhagen 
  decisions 
  on 
  Zool. 
  

   Nomen.. 
  1953, 
  p. 
  28-32.) 
  

  

  