32 CARDIAD^. 



tion to the body ; its base is tinged with tawny, the rest 

 being white. 



This species must be regarded on the whole as scarce, 

 though found in many localities. Usually the number of 

 specimens taken is but small. It inhabits chiefly the lami- 

 narian region, and is, perhaps, rather to be considered as 

 more at home in southern than in northern localities. On 

 the south coast it has been taken at Southampton and 

 Portsmouth (Jeffreys); Weymouth (S. H.); Dartmouth, 

 in seven fathoms (M'Andrew and E. F,); Torbay, Fowey, 

 and Falmouth harbours, — at the last of which spots it is 

 notable for size and frequency (Alder). Swansea (Jeffreys) ; 

 Tenby (Lyons); and Milford Haven, in ten fathoms water 

 (M'Andrew and E. F.), are Welsh localities. Mr. Jeffreys 

 has found it at Scalloway and Lochs Torridon and Kihon, 

 on the west coast of Scotland, and Mr. M'Andrew has 

 taken it alive (a variety) in from five to ten fathoms water, 

 in Balta Sound, Uist, Zetland, and dead in fifty fathoms off 

 Cape Wrath. In Ireland, it has been dredged in Belfast 

 and Strangford Loughs, in from four to ten fathoms on 

 muddy and shelly ground (Hyndman and Thompson) ; and 

 on the west coast, in Clew, Clifton, Killery, and Roundstone 

 Bays, in from three to ten fathoms, weedy ground (R. 

 Ball, W. Thompson, and E. F.) ; Bantry Bay and Cork 

 Harbour (Humphreys). 



It does not appear to range north of Britain, but extends 

 southwards to the Mediterranean, and as far as the ^gean, 

 where it is plentiful in from seven to thirty fathoms water, 

 usually among weeds. 



The Cardium muricatulum of authors (Mont. Test. Brit., 

 p. 85, — Lin. Trans, vol. viii., p. 68, — Wood, General Conch., 

 p. 215, — DiLLWYN, Recent Shells, vol. i., p. 131,) is now 

 generally regarded as the fry of this shell. It is a worth- 



