NORTH SIDE OF THE BAY OF BISCAY, IN AUGUST, 1906. 367 



Radula lata, Dautzenberg et H. Fischer, 1897. In Mem. Soc. ZooL, 

 France, x, p. 186. 



Apparently a very widely distributed deep-water species. 

 Challenge!', N.E. of Brazil, Philippine Islands. 

 Hirondelle and Princess Alice. Off the Azores. 

 Travailleur. West of Portugal. 

 Talisjnan. West coasts of Morocco and the Soudan. 



Station VII. 444 fathoms. Eight Hvmg, of various sizes. 



,, XIII. 412 fathoms. Seven living, of various sizes, one curiously 

 malformed. 



(3) Lima subauriculata (Mont.). 

 Pecten subauriculatus, Montagu, 1808. Test. Brit. SuppL, p. 63, 

 pi. xxix, fig. 2. 



Lima subauriculata, Turton, 1822, Conch. Insul, Brit., p. 218. 

 „ sulcata. Brown, 1827. 111. Conch. Gt. Britain, pi. xxxi, 

 fig. 4-5. 

 nivea, Philippi, 1836. Enum. Moll. Sicily, vol. i, p. 78. 

 Found on both sides of the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean, and off 

 the Canary Isles. 



Station V. 109 fathoms. One valve. 



EULAMELLIBRANCHIA. 

 SUBMYTILACEA. 



ASTARTID^. 



AsTARTE, J. Sowerby. 



Astarte sulcata (da Costa). 



Pectunculus sulcatus, da Costa, 1778. Brit. Conch., p. 192. 

 Venus danmonana, Montagu, 1808. Test. Brit. Suppl., p. 45, 

 pi. xxix, fig. 4. 



Astarte sulcata, Fleming, 1828. Hist, of Brit. Anim., p. 439. 



„ „ Forbes and Hanley, 1853, Hist. Brit. Moll, i, p. 452, 



pi. XXX, fig. 6 (as A. danmoniensis). 

 A difficult species, very variable, and provided with many synonyms. 

 Generally distributed in European seas, Siberia, East Greenland, 

 North-east America, Gulf of Mexico, Canaries. 



Station I, 75 fathoms. One odd valve. 



,, II. 75 fathoms. One living. 



,, IX. 240 fathoms. One living, and several odd valves. 



,, XII. 246 fathoms. One living, and several odd valves (small). 



