A HISTORY OF SUSSEX 



52. Venus ovata. Pennant. 



Shell small, radiately ribbed, and with 

 fine concentric lines ; rather rare. Hastings. 



53. Venus gal/ina, Linnseus.* 

 Very rare. Hastings. 



54. Tapes virgineus, Linnaeus. 



Shell laterally compressed, polished. 

 Colour more or less in rays, undulatory. 

 Trawled ; common. Hastings. 



55. Tapes pullastra, Montague. 

 Very common. Hastings. 



Tapes pullastra var. perforans, Montague. 



Shell rather smaller than the type ; not 

 so deep from umbo to margin ; common. 

 Hastings. 



56. Tapes decussatus, Linnaeus. 



Shell somewhat quadrangular, strongly 

 cancellated with radial and concentric 

 lines ; somewhat scarce. Hastings. 



CARDIACEA 

 Qakduhje 



57. Cardium echinatum, Linnaeus. 

 Common. Hastings. 



58. Cardium exiguum, Gmelin.* 

 Very rare. Hastings. 



59. Cardium nodosum, Turton. 



A single valve only ; rare. Hastings. 



60. Cardium edu/e, Linnasus. 

 Common. Rye. 



61. Cardium norvegicum, Spengler. 

 Common in the trawl. Hastings. 



MrACEJ 

 Garid.*; 



62. Gari ferraensis (Chemnitz). 

 Brighton. 



Myid^ 



63. Mya truncata, Linnaeus. 



A coarse shell, mainly conspicuous by 

 the membranous, siphonal sheath ; com- 

 mon. Hastings. 



64. Mya arenaria, Linnseus. 



A single valve only taken, and that of 

 an immature specimen ; rare. Hastings. 



65. Sphenia binghami, Turton.* 

 Rare. Hastings. 



SOLENID^ 



66. Solecurtus scapula, Turton, var. ohlonga, 



Jeffreys. 

 Shell proportionately not so deep from 



umbo to margin as in the type. Trawled 

 about 25 miles off Beachy Head ; rare. 

 Hastings. 



67. Cultellus pellucidus, Pennant.t 

 Brighton. 



68. Ensis ensis, Linnaeus. 



Shell curved, small ; very common. 



Hastings. 



69. Ensis sillgua, Linnaeus. 



Shell nearly straight ; somewhat com- 

 mon. Hastings. 



70. Solen vagina, Linnaeus. 

 Shell short and straight. 



SAXICAVIDi^ 



71. Saxicava rugosa, Linnaeus. 



This little ugly deformed shell is found 

 boring into the hardest rock. Not uncom- 

 mon. Hastings. 



GASTROCHiENIDii: 



72. Gastrochana dubia, Pennant.t 

 Brighton. 



PHOLADACEA 



PHOLADIDi?: 



73. Pholas dactylus, Linnaeus. 



Shell large, delicate and white. Animal 

 with boring propensities ; common. Hast- 

 ings. 



74. Barnea Candida, Linnaeus. 

 Common. Hastings. 



75. Barnea parva. Pennant.* 

 Somewhat rare. Hastings. 



76. Zirfaa crispata, Linnaeus. 



Shell short and deep ; not uncommon. 

 Hastings. 



Teredinid^ 



77. Teredo navalis, Linnaeus.t 

 Brighton. 



ANATINACEA 

 Pandorid^ 



78. Pandora incequivalvis, Linnaeus. 



Shell with the left valve flat, and the 

 right one convex ; rather rare. Hastings. 



Pandora inaquivalvis var. pinna, Mon- 

 tague. 



Shell not so produced in front as in the 

 type ; rather rare. Hastings. 



LvONSIIDiC 



79. Lyonsia norvegica (Chemnitz)t 

 Brighton. 



