﻿500 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  tellenid^. 
  

  

  angle, 
  which 
  defines 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  corselet: 
  with 
  an 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  intermediate 
  angle 
  : 
  lunule 
  broad 
  and 
  deep, 
  but 
  not 
  well 
  

   defined 
  : 
  ligament 
  large 
  : 
  margins 
  thin 
  : 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  cardinal 
  

   and 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  well 
  developed, 
  but 
  not 
  thick. 
  

  

  The 
  dimensions 
  of 
  two 
  specimens 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Length 
  2 
  inches 
  ; 
  height 
  1.75 
  inches 
  ; 
  breadth 
  1.5 
  inches. 
  

   " 
  2.7 
  " 
  " 
  2.25 
  " 
  " 
  1.95 
  " 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  impalpable 
  mud, 
  under 
  bushes, 
  at 
  high 
  water 
  

   mark, 
  where 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  emptied. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  shells, 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  moved 
  from 
  

   their 
  station, 
  had 
  Balani 
  growing 
  in 
  them. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  21- 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Panama 
  9 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected. 
  

  

  Family— 
  TELLENIDJE. 
  

  

  452. 
  liucina 
  tellinoides. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   Lucina 
  tellinoides 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  9. 
  f. 
  56. 
  June 
  1850. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  sandy 
  mud, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  11 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  

   Cuming 
  ! 
  Eeeve. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  I. 
  of 
  Muerte 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   30 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected. 
  

  

  453. 
  Cap^a 
  altior. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Capsa 
  altior 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  196. 
  Dec. 
  1832. 
  

  

  Miill. 
  Syn. 
  Test. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  225. 
  May 
  1836. 
  

  

  Hanley 
  Supp. 
  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  pi. 
  14. 
  f. 
  34. 
  1845 
  ? 
  

  

  Hanley 
  Descr. 
  Catal. 
  p. 
  86. 
  1845 
  ? 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Coarse 
  gravel, 
  in 
  12 
  fathoms 
  water 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  variety, 
  

  

  