LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



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Iceland. 

 Here Astarte elliptica is common round the island; it occurs both on sand, ooze, mud and mixed 

 bottom-soil; living it is taken at depths of 5— 60 fm., once of 100 fm. The maximum length is 38.5 



The various localities are as follows: 



East Iceland : 



Berufjordr, Djupivogr 6— 9 fm., mud with black sand. 



mouth 54 — 41 - , oo/.e. 



Faskrudsfjordr 50—20 - , blue clay. 



64°58' N. L., i3°25' W. L 40 - 



Eskifjordr 0—12 - 



Vidfjordr 15 - 



Nordfjordr 22 - 



40 - 



Sevdisfjordr 9 — 5 - 



, mouth 38 — 14 - , mud. 



, mouth ea. 40 - , stomachs of haddock. 



50—20 - , blue clay. 



6 5 °42' N. L., i3°57' W. L 60 - 



Bakkafjordr 28-20 - , sand mixed with clay. 



32 — 25 - , sand mixed with clay. 



52—43 - , sand mixed with clay. 



The largest specimen is 38 """. long. 



North Iceland: 



Thistilfjordr 10—24 lm - sand aml "coral". 



50 - , clay with many stones. 



Axafjordr 22 - , mud. 



Skjalfandi Bugt 21 - , black sand. 



_ — 31 - , fine sand. 



4 miles E. of Brik Skser 100 - 



Husavik in E. 4 miles 42 - 



66°i7 r N. L., i8°i3'W. L 52 - 



0fjord 



— just S. of Hrisey 18 - , clay. 



Veidileysa 21 — 25 - 



The largest of these specimens are 35 """. long. 



