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26. Familia Ledidae* 



1. Genus Leda Schumacher. 



T. aequivalvis, inaeqiiilatera, postice producta, umbonibus 

 contiguis; cardo utrinque denticulis numerosis acutis armatus, 

 cartilagine plerumque interno; linea pallialis distincte sinuata. 



1. Leda commutata Philippi. T. ovata, gibba, tu- 

 mida, antice rotundata, postice in rostrum acutissimum producta, 

 parum inaequilatera, concentrice rugoso-striata , ante rostrum 

 plerumque leviter sinuata, utriuque carinata, carinis posticis ex 

 umbonibus usque in rostrum productis et aream ovatam utrin- 

 que acutam includentibus, anticis spatium quam area multo 

 majorem; striis ad carinas squamosis; color sub epidermide 

 pallide cornea albidus. — Long. 10, alt. 6 Mm. 



Nucnla striata Philippi Eiium. I p 6.5, nec Lam. 



Nucula minuta Scacchi Cat p 4 nec Miill. — Philippi Enuui. II 



p. 46. - (L.) Weinkauff J. C. X p. 327. 

 Leda commutata Philippi Zeitsclir. f. Mal. 1844 p. 101. — Hanley 



in Sow. Thes. III T. 228, F. 80. 81. - Weiukauff Mittelm. p. 



207. — Locard Cat. p. 486. — (Lembulus) Monteros. Enuni. e Sin. 



p. 7. 

 Arca fragilis (Chemnitz) Conch. Cab. VII p. 199 T. 55, F. 546? — 



(L.) Jeffreys Pr. Z. S. 1879 p. 579. - Locard Cat. p. 486. 

 ?Lembulus deltoideus Risso Europe merid IV p. 320. 



Hab. Mare mediterraneuin et lusitanicum. 



2. L e d a p e 1 1 a L i n n e. T. ovato-oblonga, aequilateralis, 

 superne postice abbreviato-cuneiformis, ventricosa, polita, alba, 

 striis arcuato-obliquis et antice divaricatis undique sculpta; 

 regio postica superior angusta, subito excavata, angulo inferne 

 circumscripta, superne costa imbricato-squamosa sculpta ; margo 

 dorsalis utrinque subdeclivis, antice rectiusculus , postice sub- 

 retusus, demumque emarginatus; area sulco profundo definita, 

 transversim lirato-corrugata ; lunula impressa, lanceolata. — 

 Diam. 12, alt. 7 Mm. Hanley. 



Arca pella Linne ed. 12 p. 1141, nec Brug. — Hanley Ipsa Linu. 



Conch. p. 93. - (L.) Sow. Thes. T. 228, F, 65. 66. - Weinkauff 



Mittelm. p. 209. - (A.) Brocchi Conch. foss. T. 11, F. 5. — Desh. 

 . Expl. Algerie II pl. 115. - Hidalgo Esp. T. 74, F. 9. 10. — 



Locard Cat. p. 486. — (Lemb.) Monteros. Enun. e Sin. p. 6. 

 Arca interrupta Poli Test. Sicil. II T. 25, F. 4. 5. 

 Nucula emarginata Lamarck ed. I vol. VI 1 p 60. — Payraudeau 



Corse p. 65. - Philippi Enum. I p. 64. — Desh. Lam. p. 508. — 



Chenu Man. F. 893 (nec 900). 

 Nucula bicarinata Borson Saggio p. 254 T. 1, F. 1. 

 Nucula fabula Sowerby Conchol. III. p. B F. 13. 

 Lembulus Rosseanus Risso Europe merid. IV p. 326 F. 166. 



Hab. mare mediterraneum et lusitanicum. 



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