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Cardita zdandica, Potiez and Michaud, Gall, des Moll., 1838, p. 166. Chione 

 madeayana, T.-Woods, P. Roy. S. Tasm., 1879, p. 38. 

 Hab. — Auckland Islands (Captain J. Bollons). 



Throughout New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, and Kerguelen 

 Island. 



Chione mesodesma (Quoy and Gaimard), 1835. 



Veniis mesodesma, Q. and G., Voy. " Astrolabe," iii, 1835, p. 532, pi. Ixxxiv, 

 figs. 17, 18. ? Venus spurca, Sowerby, P.Z.S., 1835, p. 23. Murcia 

 scansUis, Romer, Mal. Blatter, vii, p. 161. Chione mesodesma, Q. and G. : 

 Suter, P. Mal. S., vi, p. 204. 

 Hab. — Auckland Islands, 10 fathoms. 



Throughout New Zealand, but more common in the north ; Kermadec Islands ; 

 Tristan da Cunha, in 1,000 fathoms. 



Chione crassa (Quoy and Gaimard), 1835. 



Venus crassa, Q. and G., Voy. " Astrolabe," iii, 1835, p. 525, pi. Ixxxiv, figs. 7, 8. 

 Venus sfissa, Deshayes : Lamarck, A.s.V., ed. 2, vi, p. 373 (a misprint for 

 crassa). Chione gihhosa, Hutton, C.M.M., p. 71. Chione crassa, Q. and G. : 

 Suter, P. Mal. S., vi, p. 203. 

 Hab. — Auckland Islands (Captain J. Bollons). 

 Also Stewart Island, Preservation Inlet, and Banks Peninsula. 

 Remarks. — This is certainly not an old and thickened form of C. mesodesma, 

 as young shells are just as gibbous in proportion as old shells. 



Chione subsulcata, Suter, 1905. 



Chione subsulcata, Suter, P. Mal. S., vi, 1905, p. 205. Venus sulcata, Hutton, P.L.S. 

 N.S. Wales (2), i, 1887, p. 226 (non V. sulcata, Hutton, 1875). 

 Hab. — Auckland Islands (Captain J. Bollons). 

 Also Stewart Island. 



Genus Paphia, Bolten, 1798. 

 Distribution. — Temperate and warm seas. 



Paphia (Ruditapes) intermedia (Quoy and Gaimard), 1835. 



Venus intermedia, Q. and G., Voy. " Astrolabe," iii, 1835, p. 526, pi. Ixxxiv, figs. 9, 10. 

 Venus largillierti, Philippi, Zeitschr. fiir Malak., 1847, p. 87. 

 Hab. — Auckland and Campbell Islands. 

 Throughout New Zealand. 



Fam. CARDIIDAE, Gray. 



Genus Protocardia, Beyrich, 1845. 



Protocardia (Nemocardium) pulchella (Gray), 1843. 



Cardium striatulum, Sowerby, P.Z.S., 1840, p. 105 (non Brocchi). Cardium pid- 

 chellum. Gray, Dieff. N.Z., p. 252 ; Conch. Icon., ii, pi. viii, fig. 42. 

 Hab.— Ten miles north of Enderby Island, in 85 fathoms (E. R. Waite). 

 Throughout New Zealand, Tasmania, and Australia. 



