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1841. Venus gallinula, Delessert. Recueil de Coq., No. 



25, pi. 10, £. la, b, c. 



1842. Venus gallinula, Hanley. Cat. Rec. Biv. Shells, 



p. 119. 

 1853. Venus gallinula, Sowerby. Thes. Conch., vol. ii., 

 p. 730, No. 79, pi. 162, f. 225, 226. 



1863. Venus gallinula, Reeve. Conch. Icon., vol. xiv., 



pi. 22, f. 106. 



1864. Venus tasnianica, Reeve. Id., pi. 24, f. 121. 

 1878. Venus (Chione) gallinula, T. Woods. P.R S. 



Tas., p. 51. 

 1897. Chione gallinula, Tate. T.R.S. S.A. vol. xxi., 



pt. 1, p. 47. 

 1902. Chione gallinula, Hedley. Mem. Austr. Mus., 

 vol. iv., pt. 5, p. 323. 

 Hab. — Portsea, Port Phillip; Anderson's Inlet (W. H. Fergu- 

 son). 



Ohs.- — We think that Mr. Hedley is probably correct in 

 including V. coelata, ^Menke, as a synonym of this species, though 

 Menke appears to have only had a young specimen. 



Hanley indicates that on the authority of Deshayes, V. lago- 

 pus, Lamarck, and A'^. gallinula, Lamarck, are identical, and the 

 habitat of each is given as New Holland. The former of these 

 two species is numbered 23 in Lamarck and the latter 25, but as 

 the description of V. lagopus is more exactly that of V. aus- 

 tralis, Sowerby, we think that an examination of the types will 

 show that it is the same as Sowerby's species. We do not agree 

 with Tate and May in including V. tasmanica, Reeve, as a 

 synonym of V. australis, Sowerby, but include it as above. 



Chione lagopus, Lamarck. 



1818. Venus lagopus, Lamarck. Anim. S. Vert., vol. v., 



p. 591, No. 23. 



1819. Venus lagopus, Lamarck. Id. (ed. De.sh.). vol. vi.) 



p. 347, No. 23. 

 1835. Venus australis, Sowerby (non Gmelin). P.Z.S. 



Loud., p. 22. 

 1839. Venus lagopus, Lamarck. Anim. S. Vert. (3rd ed. 



Deshayes and Edwards), vol. ii., p. 610, No. 23. 



