159 255 



Cardium (Bucardium) Asiaticuni, Brug. 



Cardiiim Asiaticiim, Bhuciière, Eiicyelop. method. Vers, Totn. I, 17i(2, p. 224, No. 19, pi. 293, lig. 2. 



— — — Reeve, Conchol. icon., 11, Cardium, Sp. yo. 



— — — Martini u. Chemnitz, Coiichyl. Cabin., X, 2 Abth., p. (i(i, pi. 2, ligs. 4 — .'). 



— — — BÜLOW, Nachrichtsbl. d. Deutsch. Malakozool. Gesellsch., 1905, p. 81, pi. 2, 



fig. 7. 



— lima, Si'iiNGi.ER, Schröter, Einleit. in d. Conchylienkeniitn., 111, 178(i, p. 53. 



— — Gmelin, Systeraa Naturae, ed. XIII, p. 3253, No. 31). 



— lamellatiim, Spengler, Skrivter af Naturhistorie Selskabet, V, 1799, p. 8. 



North ot Koh Kam, 5 fathoms, gravel. Koh Chuen, 30 fathoms. 



Long. 30—46 mm. 



Distribution: — Nicobar Isis., Ceylon arid Madras, South Africa (Natal, 

 Port Elisabeth). — China. 



Dunker ' undoubtedly erroneously records Guinea as the locality for the present 

 species. Spengler's original specimens in the Zoological Museum of the University 

 of Copenhagen are labelled "Card, lamellatiim Spengl., Niquebar." 



Cardium (Bucardium) coronatum, Spengl. 



Cardium coionalum, Spkngler, ,1. S. Schröter, Einleit. in d. Conchylienkenntniss, 1786, 111, p. 53, pi. Vll 



(in II Bd. , fig. 13 a, b. 



— — — Skrivter af Naturliistorie-Selskabet, 1799, V, p. 9, pi. 1, fig. 1. 



— — — Römer in Martini u. Chemnitz, Conchyl. Cabin., X Bd., 2 Abth., p. 08, 



pi. 12, figs. 3-5. 



— — — BÜLOW, Nachrichtsbl. d. deutsch. Malakozool. Gesellsch., 1905, p. 81, pi. 2, 



fig. 6. 



— — — Daiitzenberg et Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl., vol. 54, 1906, p. 214. 



— fimbriatum, Woou, General Conehology, 1835, p, 235, pi. 56, ligs. 4— 5. 



— — — Reeve, Concliol. icon., II, Cardium, Sp. 91. 



— — P. Fischer, Catal. d. Moll, de llndo-Chiiie, p. 229. 



Commonly distributed from Koh Chang to Koh Samit, 3—30 fathoms, clay, 

 mud and sand. 



Long. 4—39 mm. 



Pavie in 1884 took it at the islands in the Gulf of Siam (Journ. de Conchyl., 

 vol. 37, p. 168). 



Distribution: — Mergui Archip. (v. Martens), Bay ofBengal (Madras, Aracan 

 coast), from Goa to Bombay, Karachi. — Annam (Crosse, Fischer, Boutan), China 

 (Hong Kong). 



Spengler's original specimens in the Zoological Museum of the University of 

 Copenhagen are labelled "aus Niquebar." Melvill and Standen (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1906, p. 838) write: "After detailed examination of many examples in all 

 stages of growth, it is the opinion of Mr. Alexander Abercrombie that coronatum 

 Spengler is synonymous (with Cardium Asiaticum, Chemn.);" at present I cannot agree 

 with this opinion. 



' Index molluscor. quae in itinere ad Guineam infer, coll. G. Tams, 1853, p. 50, No. 134. 



