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Leda crassa, Hinds. 



Nucula crassa, Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc. T.oiul., 1843, p. 99. 

 Type locality, Australia; L<'(J(( rra.s.sv/. Minds, Sowerby, Th«?s. 

 Conch., vol. 'iii., 1860, p. 120, pi. 228, f. 09; Soworhy, Conch. Icon., 

 1871, vol. xviii., pi. 5, f. 27; Angas, Proc. Z<jol. Soc. Lond., 1877, 

 p. ]93; Ten. Woods, Proc. Rov. Soc. Tasni., 1878, p. 32; K. 

 A. Smith, Chall., Zool., 1885, xiii., p. 237: T;.te, Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. South Austr.. 1887, ix., p. 102, No. 120; Tate & May, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1901, xxvi., pt. 3, p. 435; Hedley, Mem. 

 Austr. Mus., 1902, iv., pt. 5, p. 294; Pritchard & Gatiiff, Proc. 

 Roy. Soc. Vict., 1904, xvii. (N.S.), pt. 1, p. 238. Leda chuva, 

 Grav in Juke's Vov. Flv., 1847, vol. ii., app. p. 356, pi. ii., f. 6; 

 Sowerby, Thes. Conch.,j860, iii., p. 119, pi. 228, f. 67; Sowerby, 

 Conch. Icon., 1871, xviii., pi. 7, f. 46. 



Dredged, Investigator Strait, 14 fathoms, 8 alive: off 

 Middleton, 17 fathoms, many alive, adult; 18 miles off New- 

 land Head, in 26 fathoms, 24 alive, mostly small, and great 

 numbers of v-ery small examples; off Beachport, in 110 and 

 150 fathoms, 3 and 4 valves (Dr. Verco). 



Leda dohrni, Hanley. 



Leda dohrni, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861. p. 242. 

 Type locality. Mare Pacificum (Mus. Dohrn). Id. Hedley, Thetis 

 Exped., Memoirs Austr. Mus., iv., pt. 5, 1902, y>. 294. Lrda 

 dohrnii, Hanley (A. Ad.), Sowerby, Conch Icon., xviii., 1871, Leda, 

 pi. Ix, f. 54. Leda JianJcyl, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1873, p. 174, 

 pi. XX., f. 7; teste Hedley, loc. cit. 



Dredged off Beachport, in 110 fathoms, 6 valves; in 150 

 fathoms, 10 valves ; off Cape Jaffa, in 130 fathoms, 7 valves 

 (Dr. Verco). 



Leda verconis, Tate. 

 Jjeda verconis, Tate. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., 1891, 

 vol. xiv., p. 264, pi. xi., fig. 4. 



Dredged alive in Spencer's Gulf, as far up as Wallaroo 

 Bay, also in St. Vincent Gulf, in Investigator Strait, and 

 Backstairs Passage. It occurs alive at all depths from 8 to 

 22 fathoms, being very numerous at 8, at 15, and at 22 

 fathoms. None were taken in the depths from 45 to 300 

 fathoms. 



Leda pala, Hedley. 



Jjcda paJa, Hedley, Records Austr. Mus., vol. vi., part 5, 

 1907, p. 361, pi. Ixvi.; fig. 1. Type locality, 800 fathoms E. of 

 Sydney. 



Dredged off Cape Jaffa, in 130 fathoms, 2 valves. 



Leda miliacea, Hedley. 



I^eda miliacea, Hedley, Thetis Exped., Mem. Austr. Mus. iv., 

 pt. 5, p. 295, fig. 43: valves, 63-75 fathoms off Port Kemhla. and 

 41-50 fathoms off Cape Three Points. 



Dredged in 300 fathoms off Cape Jaffa, 5 valves (Dr. 

 Verco). 



