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  NOTE 
  ON 
  SOME 
  HOLOCENE 
  MAEINE 
  SHELLS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  

   ARAN 
  ISLES, 
  CO. 
  GALWAY. 
  

  

  By 
  J. 
  R. 
  LE 
  B. 
  ToMLiN, 
  M.A., 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  Read 
  14th 
  April, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kennard 
  sent 
  me, 
  some 
  little 
  time 
  ago, 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  blown 
  sand 
  

   of 
  Holocene 
  age 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  I'eceived 
  from 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Phillips, 
  of 
  

   Cork. 
  The 
  latter 
  writes 
  that 
  he 
  collected 
  it 
  from 
  a 
  low-lying, 
  sandy 
  

   marsh 
  at 
  Killeany 
  Bay, 
  Inishmore, 
  Aran 
  Isles, 
  Galway, 
  where 
  there 
  

   was 
  blown 
  sand 
  covered 
  with 
  grass, 
  and 
  the 
  material 
  was 
  actually 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  a 
  pit 
  excavated 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  in 
  this 
  ground. 
  

  

  For 
  convenience 
  of 
  reference 
  the 
  names 
  are 
  given 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  last 
  Conchological 
  Society's 
  list 
  (Journ. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  1901, 
  

   pp. 
  10-26). 
  The 
  remains 
  of 
  bivalves 
  are 
  in 
  such 
  fragmentary 
  

   condition 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  possible 
  to 
  identify 
  them 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   cases. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mytilus 
  edulis, 
  L., 
  several. 
  

   Cardiuni 
  sp. 
  (?), 
  fragments 
  common 
  

   Saxicara 
  arctica, 
  L., 
  one 
  valve. 
  

   AcnifBa 
  virginea 
  (Miill.), 
  two. 
  

   Gibbula 
  cineraria 
  (L.), 
  two. 
  

   Phasianella 
  pidlus 
  (L), 
  common. 
  

   Lacuna 
  divaricata 
  (F.), 
  one. 
  

   L. 
  parva 
  (da 
  C), 
  one. 
  

   Littorina 
  rudis 
  (Maton), 
  several. 
  

   Hissoa 
  parva 
  (da 
  C.) 
  and 
  var. 
  

  

  interrxipta, 
  Ad., 
  both 
  equally 
  

  

  common. 
  

   Alvania 
  punctura 
  (Mont.), 
  two. 
  

   Manzo7iia 
  costata 
  (J. 
  Ad.), 
  three. 
  

   Onoba 
  striata 
  (J. 
  Ad.), 
  very 
  

  

  common. 
  

  

  var. 
  acideus, 
  Gld., 
  one. 
  

  

  Vinffida 
  semistriata 
  (Mont.), 
  

  

  three. 
  

   Jiarleeia 
  rubra 
  (Mont.), 
  one. 
  

  

  Bittium 
  reticulatum 
  (da 
  C), 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  

  

  Triforis 
  perversa 
  (L.), 
  one. 
  

  

  Cerithiopsis 
  concatenata, 
  Conti, 
  

   one. 
  

  

  Odostomia 
  turrila, 
  FTanley, 
  one. 
  

  

  Brachystomia 
  rissoides 
  (Hanley), 
  

   one. 
  

  

  Pyrgidina 
  interstificfa 
  (Mont.), 
  

   three. 
  

  

  JEidinia 
  bilineata 
  (Alder), 
  one. 
  

  

  Cccctim 
  imper 
  for 
  alum 
  (G. 
  Ad.), 
  

   four. 
  

  

  C. 
  glabrtim 
  (Mont.), 
  one. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  nndatum, 
  L., 
  one. 
  

  

  Purpura 
  lapillus, 
  L., 
  one. 
  

  

  Jiang 
  dia 
  costata 
  (Don.), 
  one. 
  

  

  Clathurella 
  linearis 
  (Mont.), 
  two. 
  

  

  Tornatina 
  truncatida 
  (Brug.), 
  

   three. 
  

  

  