I.AM KI.UBRANCHI ATA. 



Anomia patelliformis Linne. 



PI. I, figs, i a — c. 



Anomia patelliformis Linne, Syst Nat. ed. 12, I, 2, 1767, p. 1151; Jeffreys, Brit. Conch. II, 1S63, p. 34, 



pi. _>o, fig. 2; Sars, Moll. Reg. Arct. Norv., 1878, p. 15. 

 Anomia patelliformis Morch, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. 1867, p. 99. 



Iceland. 



At this island, from which it has not heen known earlier, the species has been taken in recent 

 years mostly on the south coast, rarely on the southernmost part of the west coast, from the beach 



down to a depth of ca. 70 fm. 



West Iceland: 



64°45.8' N. L., 23°55.2' W. L, 30 fm 1 valve. 



64°ii'-64°i8.5' N. L., 22°3o.5'— 22°46' W. L., 14-29011 1 



Reykjavik 1 spec. 



South Iceland: 



Grindavik 2 valves. 



Vestmannaeyjar, shore 2 spec. 



10—20 fm 2 — 



ca. 20 fm 1 



30 fm., gravel with shells 12 valves. 



Heimaey, shore 13 — 



63°3o' N ' 1 -, 20°i4'W.L., 42fm 6 



63°2i' - , I7°3i' — , 69 fm., black sand 1 spec. 



63°2i' - , i7°i5' ■ , 58 fm 1 valve. 



63°3o' - , 17° - , 57 fm 1 spec, (from stomach of a cod). 



The largest specimen has a length of 47 " ,m . 



The Faeroes. 



When Morch published his list of the molluscan fauna of the Faeroes, only one specimen was 

 known, locality not stated; during the latest years it has been taken at the following places: 



62°29' N. L,., 7°37' W. L, 60 fm., sand and shells 1 spec. 



Kjde, 5 — 6 fm., coarse black sand 1 valve. 



Skaalefjord, 4— 10 fm 2 — 



Solmunde, 011 Serpula tubes 5 — 



Kongshavn, 12 — 16 fm 9 — 



'Vestmanhavn, 10—30 fm 1 — 



5 miles N. of east point of Myggenses, 50 fm 1 spec. & 1 valve. 



7 miles X. by E. of east point of Myggenais, 57 fm 2 valves. 



'.i 40' N. L., 7°4o'W. L., 135 fm 1 valve. 



Akralejte in N. 57 W. 12 miles, ca. 150 fm 1 — 



Faeroe Hank, 58 fm 2 valves. 



6i=N.L., 8° 5 2'W.L., 90 fm 1 spec. 



