438 VENERIDiE. 



(Hyndman) ; Hebrides (Jeffi-eys) ; west of Zetland in 

 from four to seven fathoms (M' Andrew and E. F.) ; 

 Orkneys in fifteen fathoms, and almost littoral (Thomas) ; 

 Aberdeenshire in deep water, and cast on the beach (Mac- 

 gillivray) ; St. Andrews and Frith of Forth (E. F.) ; all 

 round the Irish coast in suitable localities (W.Thompson); 

 in from three to ten fathoms, Killiries (E. F., R. Ball, 

 and W. T.) ; off Cape Clear alive in thirty fathoms 

 (M'Andrew). 



Abroad it ranges from the shores of Norway to the 

 yEgean. It is a pleistocene fossil. 



