PHOLAS.— Plate XL 



angulatd ; parte poslicd concentrice leviter striatd, 

 subtruncatd, ad mmyines integumento protectd, ad 

 terminum in ci/atho corneo, laterihus spathulijbrmi- 

 biis 2>'>'oductd ; ad umbones laminis dvabtts anjuali- 

 hus, postice bilobatis, antice elongatis. 

 Thk spathulate Pholas. Shell elongated, closed, 

 obliquely divided ; aiiterior part radiately ribbed, 

 subangulated ; posterior part concentrically lightly 



striated, subtruncated, protected at the margins 

 by an integument, produced at the end into a 

 liorny cup with spathulate sides ; two equal 

 laniinse, bilobed posteriorly I'longuted anteriorly 

 at the umboes. 



Sowe!:bv. Proc. Zool. fSoc, l.s4'J. 



Hub. New Zealand. 



