438 VENERIDiE. 



(ITyinlman) ; Hebrides (Jeffreys) ; west of Zetland in 

 from four to seven fathoms (jNI'AndreAv and E. F.) ; 

 Orkneys in fifteen fathoms, and almost littoral (Thomas) ; 

 Aberdeenshire in deep water, and cast on the beach (Mac- 

 glllivray) ; St. Andrews and Frith of Forth (E. F.) ; all 

 round the Irish coast in suitable localities (W.Thompson); 

 in from three to ten fathoms, Killiries (E. F., R. Ball, 

 and W. T.) ; off Cape Clear alive in thirty fathoms 

 (M'Andrew). 



Abroad it ranges from the shores of Norway to the 

 ^gean. It is a pleistocene fossil. 



