MOLLUSC A 3 



while the area searched by the Southern Cross was sufficiently near to infringe 

 upon their prospects. But viewing this collection as a control upon its predecessors 

 and as an intense r study of the fauna of McMurdo Sound, we gain from it a better 

 idea of the distribution of the Antarctic marine fauna. 



L AMELLIBRA NCHIATA 



Yoldia eif/htsi, Couthouy 



Smith, Report Collect. Southern Cross, 1902, p. 211. 

 Alive, abundant, from five to thirty fathoms. 



Adacnarca nitens, Pelseneer 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Expecl, Lamell., 1907, p. 5, Plate III., Figs. 6-6c. 

 Alive, twelve specimens from eighteen to twenty fathoms. 



Philobrya limoides, Smith 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. 4, Plate III., Figs. 2-26. 

 Alive, abundant from ten to eighty fathoms. 



Pecten colbecki, Smith 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. G, Plate III., Figs. 9-9a. 

 Several living specimens, largest about 83 x 79 mm., from two to twelve fathoms. 

 Several double and many single and broken valves from ten to twelve fathoms. 



Lima hodgsoni, Smith 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. G, Plate III., Figs. 8-86. 

 Alive, abundant from ten to eighty fathoms. 







Anatina elliptica, King and Broderip 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. 1. 

 Alive, abundant from seven to thirty fathoms. 



Thracia meridionalis, Smith 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. 1. 



Alive, a few specimens, mostly broken, from ten to eighty fathoms. 



Gardita astartoides, Martens 



Smith, Report Nat. Antarctic Exped., Lamell., 1907, p. 2. 

 A couple of broken valves from ten to twenty fathoms. 



