﻿PELECYPODA 
  95 
  

  

  ing. 
  Woodring 
  (1938, 
  p. 
  54) 
  discussed 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  an 
  alliance 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  

   "Venus" 
  angustifrons 
  Conrad 
  (1849) 
  from 
  the 
  Miocene 
  of 
  Oregon. 
  In 
  such 
  a 
  case 
  Conrad's 
  

   name 
  would 
  have 
  priority 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  Carpenter 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  Recent 
  shells. 
  

  

  Holofype. 
  — 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  no. 
  4541 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Recent. 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  Washington 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Sannakh 
  Islands, 
  Alaska, 
  to 
  the 
  

   Cedros 
  Islands, 
  Lower 
  California 
  (Hertlein 
  and 
  Strong). 
  ? 
  Aliocene 
  — 
  Pleistocene. 
  California. 
  

   ? 
  Pliocene. 
  Oregon 
  (Grant 
  and 
  Gale.) 
  ? 
  Miocene. 
  Oregon 
  (Woodring) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Humilaria 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  1931 
  

  

  Hnmilaria 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  1931, 
  San 
  Diego 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Mem., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  325 
  

   Type 
  species 
  by 
  original 
  designation, 
  Venus 
  kennerlcyi 
  "Carpenter 
  in 
  Reeve" 
  := 
  H. 
  perla- 
  

   minosa 
  kennerlcyi 
  Carpenter 
  in 
  Reeve. 
  1863, 
  Icon. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  14, 
  pi. 
  XII, 
  fig. 
  41 
  ; 
  Grant 
  

   AND 
  Gale, 
  1931 
  = 
  H. 
  kennerlcyi 
  (Reeve). 
  Recent. 
  Kodiak 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  to 
  Carmel 
  

   Bav, 
  California. 
  Reeve, 
  1864, 
  Icon. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  14, 
  Venus, 
  pi. 
  XII, 
  fig. 
  41; 
  Oldrovd, 
  1924, 
  

   pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  4 
  (PI. 
  9, 
  figs. 
  14-15) 
  

  

  Humilaria 
  kennerleyi 
  (Reeve) 
  

   (PI. 
  9, 
  fig. 
  14, 
  15) 
  

  

  Venus 
  Kennerleyi 
  [Carpenter 
  ms.]. 
  Reeve, 
  1863, 
  Conch. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  14, 
  Venus, 
  pi. 
  XII, 
  fig. 
  

  

  41 
  : 
  Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  553. 
  569, 
  600, 
  602 
  (/'. 
  kennerleyi), 
  641 
  ; 
  Reprint, 
  1872. 
  p. 
  39, 
  55, 
  

  

  86, 
  88, 
  127; 
  on 
  p. 
  602, 
  641, 
  Carpenter 
  credits 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  Reeve; 
  1865, 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  

  

  Philadelphia, 
  Proc, 
  17, 
  p. 
  57 
  

   Mercenaria 
  Kennerleyi 
  Reeve, 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  Moll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  California, 
  p. 
  7 
  

   Mareia 
  kcnncrlexi 
  (Carpenter 
  ms.) 
  Reeve, 
  Dall, 
  1902, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  no. 
  

  

  1312, 
  p. 
  396. 
  "pi- 
  NIV, 
  fig. 
  1 
  (Carpenter 
  ms.) 
  Reeve; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1924, 
  Pub. 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  

  

  Biol. 
  Station, 
  vol. 
  4. 
  p. 
  47, 
  pi. 
  24, 
  fig. 
  4 
  

   Mareia 
  kennerlyi 
  (Carpenter) 
  Reeve, 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  42; 
  Oldrovd, 
  1924b, 
  p. 
  155, 
  pi. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  4 
  

   Vencrupis 
  (Humilaria) 
  pcrlaminosa 
  kennerlcyi 
  (Carpenter 
  in 
  Reeve), 
  Grant 
  and 
  Gale, 
  

  

  1931, 
  p. 
  325 
  

   Vencrupis 
  (Humilaria) 
  kcnnerlxi 
  (Reeve), 
  Baily, 
  1935, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Shells, 
  Keep, 
  p. 
  90. 
  

  

  fig. 
  61 
  

   Humilaria 
  kennerleyi 
  (Carpenter 
  in 
  Reeve), 
  Keen. 
  1937, 
  p. 
  21 
  ; 
  Burch, 
  1944, 
  no. 
  42, 
  p. 
  11 
  ; 
  

  

  1945, 
  no. 
  45, 
  p. 
  15 
  ; 
  Smith 
  and 
  Gordon, 
  1948, 
  California 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Proc, 
  ser. 
  4, 
  vol. 
  

  

  XXVI, 
  p. 
  174 
  

  

  "Shell 
  oblong 
  oval, 
  somewhat 
  square, 
  dull 
  opake 
  white, 
  concentrically 
  plicately 
  ribbed, 
  

   ribs 
  close-set, 
  a 
  little 
  recurved, 
  rather 
  irregular, 
  lunule 
  and 
  ligamentary 
  area 
  narrow. 
  

   "Carpenter, 
  MS. 
  in 
  Mus. 
  Cuming. 
  

   "Hab.— 
  ? 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  characteristic 
  chalk-white 
  shell, 
  strongly 
  plicately 
  concentrically 
  ribbed, 
  the 
  ribs 
  

   being 
  very 
  crowded 
  and 
  irregular." 
  [Reeve, 
  1863] 
  

  

  Carpenter's 
  complete 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  1865 
  after 
  Reeve 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  the 
  form 
  in 
  1863. 
  As 
  Carpenter 
  explained, 
  his 
  description 
  was 
  written 
  but 
  delayed 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  war. 
  Carpenter's 
  authorship 
  was 
  unfortunately 
  lost 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  vi- 
  

   cissitudes 
  which 
  prevail 
  in 
  publication. 
  Reeve's 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  hold 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  

   so 
  that 
  Carpenter's 
  description 
  is 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  case. 
  Carpenter 
  considered 
  Reeve 
  the 
  

   author 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  did 
  not 
  record 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  but 
  Carpenter 
  furnished 
  that 
  information 
  

   (1864b, 
  p. 
  569, 
  602). 
  The 
  shell 
  had 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Kennerley 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  properly 
  

   belonged 
  in 
  the 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  — 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  district 
  (Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  569, 
  602, 
  641). 
  

   The 
  holotype 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  is 
  labelled 
  from 
  "Van 
  Couver's 
  

   [sic] 
  Is. 
  (Mus. 
  Cuming) 
  ."*o 
  "Puget 
  Sound" 
  is 
  written 
  faintly 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  valves." 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Vancouver 
  Island, 
  British 
  Columbia 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Kodiak 
  Island, 
  Alaska, 
  to 
  

   Carmel 
  Bay, 
  California 
  (Burch) 
  

  

  •*o 
  (G. 
  L. 
  Wilkins, 
  April 
  11, 
  1950, 
  personal 
  communication) 
  The 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  hinge 
  

   of 
  the 
  holotype 
  with 
  a 
  tracing 
  of 
  the 
  \alve 
  for 
  measurement 
  were 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  Mu- 
  

   seum 
  (Natural 
  History). 
  

  

  