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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  G. 
  Pecten 
  opercular 
  is, 
  L. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  dead 
  but 
  very 
  perfect 
  valves 
  

   have 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  shingly 
  bottom 
  about 
  8 
  fathoms 
  

   deep. 
  

  

  7. 
  Pecten 
  pes-felis, 
  L. 
  Dredged 
  some 
  dead 
  specimens 
  and 
  valves 
  on 
  

  

  a 
  shingly 
  bottom 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  8. 
  Pecten 
  Jlexuosiis, 
  Poli. 
  Dredged 
  four 
  specimens 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  valves 
  

  

  on 
  various 
  bottoms, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  9. 
  Pecten 
  glaber, 
  L. 
  A 
  few 
  valves 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  bottom 
  

  

  about 
  10 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  10. 
  Pecten 
  bruei, 
  Payr. 
  One 
  live 
  specimen 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  weedy 
  

  

  bottom 
  about 
  10 
  fathoms 
  and 
  several 
  valves 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  bottom 
  

   at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  11. 
  Pecten 
  hyalimis, 
  Poli. 
  Many 
  valves 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  bottom 
  

  

  6 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  12. 
  Pecten 
  testce, 
  Biv. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  from 
  a 
  weedy 
  bottom 
  at 
  a 
  

  

  depth 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms, 
  a 
  few 
  valves 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  bottom 
  

   in 
  Gala 
  Fran 
  a. 
  

  

  13. 
  Pecten 
  jacoheus, 
  L. 
  Valves 
  are 
  pretty 
  common 
  in 
  various 
  sandy 
  

  

  bottoms, 
  5 
  to 
  12 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  14. 
  Lima 
  squamosa, 
  Lamk. 
  Few 
  valves 
  obtained 
  from 
  several 
  sandy 
  

  

  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  depths. 
  

  

  15. 
  Lima 
  inflata, 
  Chemn. 
  Some 
  valves 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

  

  localities 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  16. 
  Lima 
  Mans, 
  Gmel. 
  An 
  odd 
  valve 
  is 
  every 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  met 
  

  

  with 
  along 
  the 
  sandy 
  beach 
  of 
  Birzebbugia 
  and 
  Gala 
  San 
  

   Giorgio, 
  or 
  in 
  shingly 
  corners. 
  

  

  17. 
  Lima 
  suhauriculata, 
  Mont. 
  A 
  live 
  specimen 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  weedy 
  

  

  bottom 
  about 
  8 
  fathoms, 
  and 
  one 
  valve 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  

   beach 
  at 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  18. 
  Avicida 
  tarentina, 
  Lamk. 
  Valves 
  are 
  occasionally 
  cast 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  sandy 
  beach 
  of 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  19. 
  2Ieleagrifia 
  savignyi, 
  Montr. 
  Two 
  small 
  and 
  very 
  imperfect 
  

  

  valves 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Birzebbugia, 
  and 
  another, 
  

   worn, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  shingly 
  corner 
  at 
  " 
  11 
  Gzira". 
  

  

  20. 
  Pinna 
  nohilis, 
  L. 
  This 
  species 
  commonly 
  occurs 
  on 
  several 
  

  

  sandy 
  and 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  and 
  ranges 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  7 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  21. 
  Pinna 
  rudis, 
  Lamk. 
  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  valve 
  dredged 
  on 
  a 
  sandy 
  

  

  bottom 
  about 
  7 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  22. 
  Jli/tilus 
  minimus, 
  Poli. 
  Until 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  

  

  produced 
  in 
  great 
  profusion 
  almost 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  this 
  

   harbour 
  ; 
  at 
  present, 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  rather 
  scarce 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  

   points 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  once 
  abundant 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  is 
  

   now 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  23. 
  Mytilus 
  crisptis, 
  Gantr. 
  Some 
  valves 
  obtained 
  from 
  sandy 
  and 
  

  

  shingly 
  bottoms 
  6 
  to 
  10 
  fathoms 
  in 
  depth. 
  

  

  24. 
  Modiola 
  barbata, 
  L. 
  Very 
  rare, 
  only 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  specimens 
  

  

  obtained. 
  

  

  25. 
  Tjithophaga 
  lithopliaga, 
  L. 
  Frequent, 
  but 
  not 
  common. 
  The 
  

  

  specimens 
  from 
  this 
  locality 
  never 
  attain 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  those 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  the 
  Grand 
  Harboui'. 
  

  

  