DESCRIPTIONS of some NEW or NOTEWORTHY 

 SHELLS IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



By Charles Hedley, Assistant Curator. 



(Plates xl.-xlv.) 



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The size and habitat of Nucula loringi, Adams anu Augao y 

 correspond to that of iV^. superba, but their phrase " margine 

 intus simplice," is inconsistent. The crenulation of the inner 

 margin of N. superba is only visible on good specimens and 

 under a lens. But had it been overlooked by the authors, Mr. 

 E. A. Smith would have referred to N. loringi in discussing the 

 large Queensland Nucula"^. 



Hah. — The examj)le figured is 19 mm. long, 15 mm. high, the 

 single valve 4 mm. deep; it was taken by Mr. A. U. Henn in 

 10| fathoms near Bow Reef off Cape Sidn)outh, North Queens- 

 land. I have obtained the species in 15 fathoms off the Paln> 

 Islands, in 5-10 fathoms Hope Islands, and in 4-14 fathoms- 

 Albany Passage, Queensland. 



1 Adams and Angas— Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863(1864), p. 427; Cooke- 

 Cambridge Natural History, Mollusca, 1895, p. 273, fig. 189A. 



2 Smith— Chall.'.Rep., Zool., xiii., 1885, p. 225. 



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