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FAMILY TEREBRATULIDA, Gray. 
TEREBRATULA, Bruguiere. 
* Terebratula caput-serpentis, Linné. 
Anomia caput-serpentis and A. retusa, Linné; Terebratula 
aurita, Fleming; Terebratula pubescens, O. F. Miiller ; 
Terebratula costata (young), Lowe. 
Habitat—On stony ground, from 15 fathoms downward, 
generally distributed in our firth. In Rothesay Bay I have 
taken it alive off Bogany Point outside the buoy, and at 
Ardmaleish Point; also off the Garroch Head and St. Ninian’s 
Bay in Bute; outside the Tan Spit in Cumbrae (where it is 
scarce); off Moll Dhu and Silvercraigs, Loch Fyne; and at 
Lochgoilhead, about half a mile below Douglas Pier, on 
steamboat cinders, plentiful and fine, but restricted to a very 
small area. Mr. Norman reports it from Lamlash, between 
Holy [sland and Hamilton’s Rock. Forbes and others have 
found it very plentifully in Loch Fyne. 
British distribution—The headquarters of this species 
are in the western and northern seas of Scotland, extending 
to northern, western, and south-western Ireland. 
Abroad, it is recorded from the northern and Arctic seas 
of both hemispheres, including Norway, Spitzbergen, Iceland, 
Greenland, Labrador, and Maine (the American specimens 
belong to the variety septentrionalis) ; and, farther south, 
we have it from the Mediterranean (Mus. Risso) and the 
Adriatic (Brusina). Itdoesnot, however,appearin M‘Andrew’s 
list from Vigo and northern Spain (Liverpool, 1854). Still 
farther afield it is said to inhabit the seas of Australia 
(J. W. Flower), Jamaica (Barret fide Davidson), and Japan 
(Adams). 
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