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Area glacialisj Gray. 

 Area glacialis, Gray, Suppl. App. Parry's Voyage, p. ccxliv (1824). 



St. No. 9 (Feilden). 



Eecent. Arctic Ocean (Parry) : Wellington Channel (Bel- 

 cher) : ' Bulldog ' Exp., 1622 fms. (Wallich) : Iceland 

 (Mus. Copenh.) : Spitzbergen (Torell) : Scandinavia, 60-300 

 fms. (Malm and others) : Shetland, 80-85 fms. (J. G. J.) : 

 ' Lightning ' Exp., 189 fms. : ' Porcupine ' Exp., 1869, 164- 

 422 fms. ; ,1870, Bay of Biscay, 45-690 fms. ; Mediterranean, 

 60-1456 fms. : ^gean (Forbes, fide M' Andrew) : :\Iediter., 

 30-300 fms. (Stefanis, Nares, and others). 



Fossil. Norway, 20-240 ft. (Sars and others) : Sicily 

 (Philippi and others) : Maine Co. (Lyell). 



Synonyms : A. ohliqua^ Philippi, 1844 ; A. lactea, Malm, 

 1853 (non Linud) ; A. Ko7^enh\ Danielssen, 1859. 



Axinus fiexuosus, Montagu; var. Gouldii. 

 Tellinajlexuosa, Mont. Test. Brit. p. 72. 



St. No. 1 (Moss). 



Recent. (Type and varieties.) N. Atlantic, Mediterranean, 

 and Adriatic, 3-450 fms. : Gulf of Mexico, 91 fms. (Pourtales): 

 Swedish Exp., 1868, 540 fms. : ' Lightning ' Exp. 550 fms. : 

 * Porcupine ' Exp., 1869, 96-557 fms. ; 1870, Bay of Biscay, 

 20-1095 fms. ; Mediten-., 5-110 fms. : ' Valorous ' Exp., 7- 

 410 fms. : Arctic Exp., 5^ fms. (Feilden) : N. Pacific (P. 

 Carpenter). 



Fossil. (Type and varieties), Scandinavia, Scotland, 

 Monte Mario, Sicily, Canada, and Maine, 0-320 ft. : Coral- 

 line and Belgian Crags. 



The varieties Gouldii ^ Sarsii, and polygona are connected 

 by intermediate gradations ; the last-named variety is the most 

 aberrant. 



Astarte borealis, Chemnitz. 



Venm borealis Linncn, Ch. Conch. Cab. vol. vii. p. 26, t. 39. f. 412, 

 414 (in ind. Schroter V. borealis) ; not V. borealis, h., = Zticina 

 borealis. 



St. No. 1 (Moss) ; No. 4 (Egerton) ; Nos. 5, 8, and 10 

 (Hart); No. 11 (Feilden). 



Recent. Arctic Ocean and N. Atlantic, southwards to the 

 Danish coasts, 2-80 fms.: Swedish Exp., 1868, 1300 fms. 

 (fragment) : 'Valorous' Exp., 12-1450 fms.: Arctic Exp., 

 5^ fms. : N. Pacific (Midd.). 



Fossil. N. and W. England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, 



