﻿VENUS. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  498 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  St. 
  Elena 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Miiller 
  : 
  also 
  

   Eeeve 
  in 
  Index 
  of 
  Cardium 
  : 
  also 
  Orbigny. 
  

  

  S. 
  America 
  ; 
  Hanley. 
  

  

  Taboga; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   5 
  specimens 
  were 
  found. 
  

  

  Family— 
  VENEEID^. 
  

  

  435. 
  Venus 
  amathiisia 
  ? 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   Venus 
  amathusla 
  PLil. 
  Abbild. 
  I. 
  pi. 
  2. 
  f. 
  4. 
  Apr. 
  1844. 
  

  

  /Nation. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Unknown 
  ; 
  Philippi. 
  

  

  Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Lt. 
  Green 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  obtained 
  two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  436. 
  Tenus 
  discors? 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Venus 
  discors 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  42. 
  March 
  1835. 
  

   Orb. 
  Voy. 
  Amer. 
  Merid. 
  Moll. 
  p. 
  563. 
  1846. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud 
  at 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  fathoms; 
  Cuming'. 
  

   Sowerby. 
  

  

  Our 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  coarse 
  sand 
  among 
  stones 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  one-quarter 
  and 
  one-balf 
  tide 
  level. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  St. 
  Elena 
  and 
  Guacomayo 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  

   also 
  Orbigny. 
  

   Guaymas 
  ; 
  Lt. 
  Green 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  146 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  ree£ 
  

  

  437. 
  Venus 
  ^nidia. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   Venus 
  gnidia 
  Brod. 
  et 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Journ. 
  IV. 
  364. 
  1829. 
  

  

  