[taylok] marine MOLLUSCA 41 



Gould's type was from 8aiita Barbarti, and Dr. Cooper dredged the 

 species in that neighbourhood in 12 to 20 fathoms. As stated above our 

 specimens have all been taken between tides. 



65. i'sEPHis LoRDi, Haird, sp. 



Cliioiie Lordi, Baiid, Proc. Zool. Soc. JiOndoii, lS(i;-i. p. (ji). pi. ii.. tij;. 1". 



This shell is quite as common as the last named, but as it inhabits 

 deep water it can only be obtained by dredgino-. It has been found in 

 nearly all the localities in which collections have been made. Dr. New- 

 combe speaks of finding it at extreme low water ; Dr. Dawson, on the 

 other hand, dredged it at a depth of 111 fathoms. Its usual station 

 seems to be in clean sand in 10 to 30 fathoms in company with Mesalia 

 reticulata, Cryptodon sericatus, etc. The absence of the purple stain 

 readily distinguishes this species from P. tantilla. which is moreover a 

 much smaller shell. 



CLKMBNTIA, Gray. 



6fi. Clementia subdiai'IIAnA, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 1868, p. 640 (August, 1864): and Froc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 



186.5, p. o6. 



Generally distributed, but not common. It has been dredged by 

 Dr. Dawson in Quatsino Sound and at the Queen Charlotte Islands ; by 

 Dr. Newcombe at Comox, Clayoquot, etc.; by myself at Departure Bay 

 and Victoria. The young shells are generally coated with sand, like 

 Lyonsia and some other species. 



TAPES, Muhlteldt. 

 67. Tapes staminea, Conrad, sp, 



\'itiii>i sfaminea, Coiir., .Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. vii.. i>t. I, p. 2.50, 

 pi. xix., tig. 14 (18S7). 

 = Venerupis Petitii, Deshayes, 188i). 

 = Vemis rigida, Gould (pars), 18.50. 

 vais. = cUversa, Sby.; ruderata, Desh.; tmnida, Sby.: orbc/fa, Cpr., etc. 



' Ver}' common between tides, generally among stones on mudd}' 

 shores. This species varies much in shape and sculpture. Sometimes it 

 is found in the burrows of Penitella penita and is distorted after the 

 manner of Petricola. The colour is also variable, the common variety 

 being white, but some specimens are almost as brightly coloured as the 

 Californiaii Tapes grata. An extreme variety^ is dai-k cbocolate colour. 

 Tapes staminea is a common article of food. 



