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GENUS VELORITA, Gray. 

 Griffith, An. Kingd. xii, pi. xxxi, f. 5, 1834. 

 Cyrena, Gray, Ann. Phy. n. ser. ix, 136, 1825. 

 Venus, Gray, Wood, Index, Test. Suppl. pi. ii, f. 14, 1828. 



1. V. Cochinensis, Hanley. 



Cyrena Cochinensis, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Lond. xxvi 543 



1858. 

 Cyrena Corliculiformis, Prime, Proc. Ac. N. S. Phila. 80 



1860. Prime, Cat. Corb. 6, 1863. 

 Velorita Cochinensis, Hanley, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. viii 



236, f. 66, 1866. Madras Coast, India. 



2. V. Cyprinoides, Gray. 



Cyrena Cyprinoides, Gray, Ann. Phy. n. ser. ix, 136, 1825. 

 Venus Cyprinoides, Gray, Wood, Index, Test. Suppl. pi. ii 



f. 14, 1828. 

 Velorita Cyprinoides, Gray, Griffith, An. Kingd. xii, pi. xxxi, 



f. 5, 1834. Philippine Islands ? 



3. V, parvula, Prime, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. viii, 418, 1867. 



Nab. ? 



GENUS CYRENA, Lamarck. 



Lam. An. v, 551, 1818. 

 Venus, Chemnitz, Martini et Chemnitz, vi, 333, pi. xxxii, f. 



336, 1782. 



Cyclas, Bruguie>e, Encycl. Meth. pi. 301, 302, 1792. 

 Cyanocydas, Frussac, Diet. Sci. Nat. xii, 1818. 

 Polymesoda, Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. et Nat. v, 219, 



1820. 



Mactra, Brognart, Mem. Vincent, 81, pi. v, f. 8, 1823. 

 O-eloina, Gray, Synop. Brit. Mus. 75, 1844. 



1. C. acuta, Prime, J. Conchyl. ix, 355, 1861. 



Loc. sup. cit. x, 387, pi. xiv, f. 1, 1862. Prime, Cat. Corb. 

 5, 1863. Smith. Inst. Misc. Coll. Prime, Monog. Corb. 

 22, f. 17, 1865. Central America. 



2. C. affinis, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Lond. xxii, 16, 1854. 



Australia. 



3. C. anomala, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Lond. xxii, 21, 1854. 

 Cyrena Peruviana, Deshayes, Brit. Mus. Cat. Conchif. 259, 



1854. 



Cyrena anomala, Deshayes, Prime, Cat. Corb. 6, 1863, 



Smith. Inst. Misc. Coll. Prime, Monog. Corb. 30, f. 24. 



1865. Peru. 



