154 Pelecypoda. — Luciuacea. Tellinacea. 



Quarnero (Brusina), Piraiio (v. Maktens), Zara (Sandki), .Scoglio Kakan, 80 m, 

 Rovigno 28 m (Wimmer); Creta (Spratt, Jeffbeys); Aegyptus: Eamleli (Schneider). 



m 6. Lucina transversa Bronx {Loripes tmnsversus Monter., Axinits 

 transversits (Jeffr.). Testa convexiuscula, transversa, aequilatera, angulato-rotun- 

 data, antice angulosa, producta, albida, nitida, umbonibus acutis protuberantibus, 

 incurvis , lunulam profundissimam involventibus ; cardo edentulus , ligamentum in 

 fossa profunda margini parallela insertum. — Diam. 13, alt. 12 mm. 



H a b 1 1. : Litora Africae ( Jeffreys) ; litora Provinciae (Dubreuil, Martin, 

 MoNTEROSATo), St. Tropcz, Antibes (Dubreuil); Spezia (,dagli scavi', Tapparone- 

 Canefri); Sicilia (Jeffreys), Palermo, Pantellaria (Munterosato) ; mare Aegeum: 

 Amorgo, 10 — 25 org. prof. , frequ. (Forbes). — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis 

 Siciliae. 



Subgen. Loripes Poli {Litcinida d'Okb.). Siplio analis elongatus, orificiura 

 branchiale sessile; pes perlongus, vermiformis; testa orbicularis, tenuis; lunula 

 brevis. 



7. L. leucoma Turt. {Tellina lactea Poli, nec L. , Amphidesma lucinalis 

 Lam., L. amphidesmmdes Desh., var. L. Desmarestii Payr., L. luteola Desh.). Testa 

 lentiformis, orbicularis, compressiuscula, solida, vix pellucens, aequilatera, laevius- 

 cula, concentrice tenuissime et irregulariter striata, lactea et intus saepe flaves- 

 cens, rosea aut crocea; umbones parvi uncinati; lunula parva, distincta, impressa, 

 lanceolata, cardo in valva dextra denticulo conico, in sinistra 2 ; ligamentum inter- 

 num. — Long. 22, alt. 21 mm. 



Distrib. : Atlanticum. — Fossilis in stratis tertiariis. 



Habit. : Litor. ad 628 org. prof. ; litora Hispaniae: Algesiras (Hidalgo), 

 Gibraltar, Malaga, Cartagena (McAndrew), Mataro, Barcelona (Hidalgo); ins. 

 balear. : Menorca , Formentera , Iviza , Palma , Andraitx , Santa Galdana , Adaj^a, 

 Mahon (Hidalgo); Alger (Deshayes); litora Galliae (Petit, Dubreuil), Eoussillon 

 (Locakd), Cette, etang de Thau (Granger), Aigues-mortes (Cli5ment), les Martigues, 

 Fos (Lo(^ard), Marseille (Ancey), fort St. Jean, Pharo (Marion), Toulon (Doubliek, 

 Gay), St. Nazaire, Porquerolles (Locard), Cannes (Dautzenberg) ; Nizza (Risso, 

 V^irany); litora pedemontana (Jeffreys); Corsica (Payraudeau, R^^quien); Sar- 

 dinia (v. Martens); Spezia (Tapparone-Canefki) ; Livorno (Appelius); stagno 

 di Orbetello (Pantanelli); Napoli (Poli, Scacchi, Philippi) ; Ustica (Calcara); 

 Sicilia (Philippi, Aradas et Benoit) ; PanteUaria, Malta (McAndrew); Adria: 

 Venezia (Weinkauff); Pirano (v. Maktens), Trieste (Sars), Eovigno, Cherso, 

 Unie, Smergo, Ossero, Zara, Curzola (Stossich), Corfu (Martini); Morea (Des- 

 hayes); mare Aegeum: Paros, Amorgo (Forbes), Smyrna (Fleischer [Weinkauff]); 

 Syria (Ehrenberg). 



m 8. ?L. orbicularis Desh. ,,Testa lenticulari depressa, obliqua, crassa, um- 

 bonibus acutis, obliquis, lamellis tenuissimis, simplicibus, concentricis ornata; lunula 

 magna; cardine bidentato, dentibus lateralibus inaequalibus, marginibus tenuissime 

 crenulatis." Diam. 17 mm. 



Habit. : Morea (^Expedition"). (An praecedens species?) 



Subgen. Divaricella v. Mart. (Lncinella Montkr.). Pes vermiformis, per- 

 longus; valvae striis divergentibus angulosis ornatae; lunula nulhi; dentes pri- 

 marii bini, hiterales debiles. 



9. L. divaricata F. et H. {Tellina divaricata L., L. commutata Phil., 

 Cardium discors Mtg., C. arcuatum Wood, L. arcuata Eeeve, Loripes divaricatus 

 Jeffr., Lucinella commutata Monter.). Testa minuta, suborbicularis, inaequihitera, 

 latere postico breviore, alba, striis obliquis medio divaricatis sculpta, margo 

 dorsalis anticus sub apice sinuatus et lunuhim parvam oblongam formans; area 



