63 MOLLUSCA OF THE GuLF OF MEXICO 



atnericaniis Lam., An. s. Vert. 6, p. i8S, 1819 ; Reeve, 



Conch. Icon., pi. 4, fig. 17, '56. 

 ec/miahis Dall, T. W. I., 3, pt. 4, p. 759, '98. 

 Distribution. — Hatteras to Brazil. Pleistocene to Recent. 

 West Florida and Texas. 

 giissoni Costa, Cat. Sist , p. 42, 1829 ; Philippi, Moll. Sicil., i, p. 

 87, pi. 5, f. 16, 1836 ; Dall, B. M. C. Z., 12, p. 227, '86 ; 

 Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 32, '89. 

 Distribution. — Antilles and Mediterranean. Gulf of Mexico, 

 Yucatan Strait, 640 fms. A small, colorless, deep water 

 species. 



Genus LIMA Bruguiere 

 tenera Sowerby, Thes. Conch., p. 84, No. 2, pi. 21, f. 10, 11, 

 1847 ; Dall, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 6, p. 341, '83 ; Bull. 

 37, U. S. N. M., p. 36, '89; Tr. W. I., 3, pt. 4, p. 768, 

 1898. 

 Distribution. — Florida to Barbados. Pliocene to Recent. Gulf 

 coast. — Cedar Ke5'S. Pliocene : Caloosahatchie. 

 inflata Lamarck, An. s. Vert., 6, p. 156 ; Dall, B. M. C. Z., 12, 

 p. 224, '86; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 36, '89. 

 fasciata Sowexhy , Thes. Conch., i, p. 85, pi. 21, f. 16, 17. 

 Not Ostrea fasciata Linnaeus. 

 Distribution. — Hatteras to Trinidad. Gulf coast. — Cedar 

 Keys, and dredged off west Fla,, 19 fms. 

 lima Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. X, p. 699, 1758, (as Ostrea); Dall, 

 Tr. W. I., 3, pt. 4, p. 767, '98. 

 radula Chemnitz, Conch. Cat., 6, p. 349, pi. 68, f. 651, 1784. 

 squamosa Lamarck, Sj'St. An, s. Vert., p. 136, 1801 ; vSower- 

 by, Thes. Conch, i, p. 84, pi. 21, f. i, 18 ; Dall, B. M. C. 

 Z.. 12, p. 224, '86 ; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 36, '89. 

 Distribution. — Florida to Brazil and almost world wide. Gulf 

 coa.st. — West Florida, shallow ; Yucatan Strait, 640 fms. 

 vLimatula) confusa E. A. Smith, Chall. Rept. Lam., 1886; Dall, 

 B. M. C. Z., 12, p. 226, '86 ; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 36, 

 i88q. 



