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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  ostr^id^e. 
  

  

  Chit07i 
  Stokesii 
  Miill. 
  Syn. 
  Nov. 
  Test. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  162. 
  1836. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  VII. 
  510 
  No. 
  49. 
  (Desli. 
  ed.) 
  1838. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  III. 
  Pt. 
  1. 
  p. 
  188. 
  No. 
  49. 
  

  

  (Desh. 
  ed. 
  tert.) 
  ----- 
  1841. 
  

  

  Sovvb. 
  Condi. 
  111. 
  No. 
  20. 
  pi. 
  41. 
  f. 
  24. 
  1841. 
  

  

  Orb. 
  Voy. 
  Amer. 
  Merid. 
  Moll. 
  p. 
  480. 
  1843. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon, 
  pi. 
  1. 
  f. 
  4. 
  Mar. 
  1847. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  stones 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Broderip. 
  Under 
  

   stones 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Eeeve. 
  

  

  Our 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  under 
  stones 
  near 
  the 
  low 
  water 
  of 
  

   neap 
  tides. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Port 
  St. 
  Elena, 
  and 
  Panama 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Broderip. 
  

  

  Seas 
  of 
  Soutli 
  America 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

  

  Columbia 
  ; 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Arica 
  and 
  Islay 
  ; 
  Orbigny 
  ! 
  

  

  St. 
  Elena 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Taboga 
  and 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  about 
  40 
  specimens, 
  many 
  of 
  whicli 
  have 
  been 
  

   destroyed 
  by 
  rats. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  common. 
  

  

  Family— 
  OSTR^ID^. 
  

   3VY. 
  Aiioifi&ia, 
  laiMpe. 
  

  

  , 
  Synonyyny. 
  

  

  Anomia 
  lam2}e 
  Gray 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lend. 
  p. 
  117. 
  Nov. 
  1849. 
  

   Gray 
  in 
  Catal. 
  Anom. 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  p. 
  19. 
  1850. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  60 
  fathoms 
  water 
  ; 
  Major 
  Rich 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

   It 
  also 
  occurs 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  California 
  ; 
  Gray. 
  

  

  La 
  Paz 
  and 
  Monterey, 
  Calif. 
  ; 
  Major 
  Rich 
  ! 
  Gould 
  

  

  MSS. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  1 
  

   Only 
  1 
  specimen 
  was 
  obtained. 
  The 
  specimen 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   60 
  fathoms 
  water 
  by 
  Major 
  Rich 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Monterey. 
  One 
  

   from 
  La 
  Paz 
  in 
  Mus. 
  Gould 
  is 
  of 
  enormous 
  size. 
  

  

  