LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



Myre Bugt 58 fin., sand mixed with ooze. 1 valve. 



Lonsvik 40 - , ooze and clay. 4 spec, oc g valves. 



C. minimum is thus fairly common and even occurs in considerable numbers off the western 

 and southern coasts of Iceland, at depths of 40 — 293 fin.')- The maximum length is i> 



The Faeroes. 



Nor was the species known from here formerly, but in recent years it has been taken at the 

 following places: 



Fundingsfjord 12 — ca. 20 fm., coarse sand and clay. 1 spec. 



Vestmanhavn 5 — 6 - , fine, black sand. 1 



01 40'N.L., 7°4o' W.F 135- 1 & 75 valves. 



6i°i5' — 9°35' ca. 475 - ca. 600 spec. 



6i°7' — 9°3°' — 44° " - 4°° 



16 miles E. by S. of south point of Nolso So - 1 spec. 



Akralejte in N. 57 W., 12 miles 150 - 40 — & a number of 



valves. 



The specimen from shallow water (Vestmanhavn, 5 6 fin.) is ven small 12 ' "' .); at the other 

 localities the species reaches a length of 7 — 9""". Large numbers still occur at a depth of 4751111. 



Distribution. Cardium minimum is distributed along Europe from the North Cape to Gibraltar, 

 also in the Mediterranean; through the Kattegat it reaches down to the north coast of lumen and 

 the Souud; over the Fieroes it extends to the south and west coast of Iceland. It has been taken at 

 depths of 10 — ca. 800 fm. 



Cardium fasciatum .Montagu. 



PI. Ill, figs. 9a— k. 



Cardium fasciatum Montagu, Test. Brit. Suppl., 1S08, p. 30, PI. 27, fig. 6; Jeffreys, Brit Conchol. II. 



1863, p. 281, PI. 35, fig. 3. 

 Cardium fasciatum Morch, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn. 1867, p. 93; ibid. 1868, p. 220. 

 Cardium edule Morch (non Liune), ibid. 1867, p. 93. 



The "Ingolf has taken this species at: 



vSt. 98. W. of Iceland 138 fm. 5.9° C. 2 valves. 



- 86. - - (Brede Bugt). . . 76 - 4 spec. & 80 valves. 



- 87. - - — — — . . . no - ca. 70 valves. 



These valves are up to n """. 



[West Greenland. I 

 According to Posselt 2 ) there are 2 specimens of this species in the Riksmuseum of Stock- 

 holm, which are stated to have been taken at Julianehaab in southern West Greenland. I feel con- 



i) A single specimen indeed lias been taken at a depth of 7S8 fin. ("Iiigolf St. io), but it was dead. 

 -\ Medd. 0111 Granland, XXIII, [898, p. 60. 



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