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Hedley in his catalogue of the marine mollusea of 
Queensland (1909, p. 371) evidently considered that one 
species alone was present, since his list contains only L. 
anatina, while in hi§ check list of the marine molluscan 
fauna of New South Wales (1917, p. 113) he referred to L. 
rostrum Shaw (syn. L. analina) alone. He, however, 
mentioned (1916, p. 695) that the species of Lingula had 
been discriminated usually from dry and probably distorted 
material and that little attention has been given to change 
in appearance at different stages of growth. “It may be, 
therefore, still a matter for investigation whether the names 
assigned to Australian forms, L. tumidula Reeve, L. mur- 
phiana Reeve, L. exusta Reeve, and L. hirundo Reeve, 
represent distinct species, geographical races, or growth 
forms of a single species.” 
Lingula rostrum Shaw. 
This is better known as L. anatina Lam. but Hedley 
(1916, p. 694) has recently shown that Shaw’s name has 
priority. The latter author described material from the 
Philippine Islands under the name of Mytilus rostrum in 
Lin. 
Hediey evidently inclines to the view that there is 
only one species on the Queensland coast, since, as already 
stated above, he listed only L. anatina in 1909 (p. 371). 
Von Martens (1889, p. 263) stated that while the * Gazelle ”’ 
was in quarantine at Peel Island, Moreton Bay, her natural- 
ists found ZL. anatina to be common in the mud there ; 
but the reference should be to L. murphiana King which is 
the representative of LZ. anatina in south-eastern Queens- 
land. Thomson (1918, p. 438), following Hedley (1916), 
quoted Moreton Bay as an Australian locality for L. rostrum, 
but both of these records relate to L. murphiana. 
Brazier (1879a, p. 390) rejected Schmeltz’s record (in 
Mus. Godefroy Catalogue 5, p. 171) of ZL. anatina from 
Sydney, pointing out many other inaccuracies in the cata- 
logue in regard to the localities given for certain mollusca. 
He stated, however, that ZL. anatina was rather common 
in mud flats in Moreton Bay and in New Caledonia. The 
former record may refer to either L. hians or L. murphiana: 
