NO. 1704. A COLLECTION OF SHELLS FROM PERU— BALL. 261 



CYRENA MERIDIONALIS Prime. 



18(35. Mon. Corbiculidti?, p. 19, fig. 14. Paita, Peru. 



CYRENA NOTABILIS Deshayes. 



1854. Pi'oc. Zool. Soc, p. 21. — Sowekby, Con. Icon., Cyrena^ 

 pi. 18, fig-. 107, 18T(), Paita, Peru. 



Sup.erfamily CARDITACEA. 



Family CARDITID.^1 



Genus CARDITA Bruguiere. 



CARDITA GRAYI Dall. 



1903. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. for 1902, p. 706.— Reeve, 

 Con. Icon., Cardita^ pi. 7, fig. 32, 1'6-^^. — Cardita crassaGnAY, 

 Beechey's Voy., 1839, not of Lamarck, 1819. Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia to Guayaquil and the Galapagos Islands. 



CARDITA LATICOSTATA Sowerby. 



1832. Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 195. — Reeve, Con. Icon., Cardita, pi. 

 7, fig. 30, 1843. Guaymas, Mexico, to Panama and Guaya- 

 quil, Ecuador. 



CARDITA (GLANS) NAVIFORMIS Reeve. 



1843. Oardlta navlfor//i/'s Ris.KYE, Con. Icon., Card'dn^ pi. 9, fig. 



45. Arica to Valparaiso, Chile. 



Genus CARDITAMERA Conrad. 

 CARDITAMERA RADIATA Sowerby. 



1832. Cardita radiata Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 195. — 

 Reeve, C^on. Icon., Cardita^ pi. 1, figs. i)a-h, 1843. Costa 

 Rican coast and southward to Guayaquil, Ecuador. 



Genus VENERICARDIA Lamarck. 

 VENERICARDIA COMPRESSA Reeve. 



1843. Caidita C0ijijj?\'ssa Rukve, Con. Icon., Cardita, pi. 9, fig. 



46. Valparaiso, Chile, and southward. 



VENERICARDIA CRASSICOSTATA Sowerby. 



1825. Cardita' eras)<ie(»<t<da Sowerby, Tankerville Cat., app. p. 

 iv. — Reeve, Con. Icon., Cardita^ pi. 5, figs. 25-26; pi. 8, 

 fig. 38, 1843. Gulf of California, and southward to P^cuador 

 and the Galapagos Ids. 



VENERICARDIA P.ETELIANA Clessin. 



1888. Cardita jjaeteliana Clessin, Con. Cab., 2d ed., Cardita, 

 p. 20, pi. 6, figs 7-8. Iquique, Chile. 



VENERICARDIA SPURCA Sowerby. 



1832. Proc Zool. Soc, p. 195. — Reeve, Con. Icon,, Cardita, 

 pi. 7, fig. 32, 1843. Callao, Peru, and southward to the 

 Magellanic region. 



VENERICARDIA VELUTINA E. A. Smith. 



1881. Proc Zool. Soc, p. 42, pi. 5, fig. 8. Chiloe Island and 

 southward to Punta Arenas. 



