ARNOLD — THE PALEONTOLOGY AND STKATIGRAPHY OF SAN PEDRO. 1 1!) 



Distinguishable from otliers of this genus occurring in these deposits by the 

 even, close, lattice-like sculpture. Specimens identified by J)r. Dull. 



Common in upper San Pedro series at San Pedro, Los Cerritos, Crawfish 

 George's, and Deadman Island; rare in the lower San Pedro series at Deadman 

 Island. Found also in the Pleistocene at Twenty-sixth Street, San Diego. 



Living. — Monterey to Lower California (Carpenter). 



Pleistocene. — Santa Barbara to San Diego (Cooper): San Pedro; San Diego 

 (Arnold). 



86. Venus (Chione) succincta Vale.nciennei^ . 



Platf. XIV, Fic. 1. 



Venus succincta Val., Humb. & Bonpl., Obs. sur Zool., p. 219, PI. LXVIII, fig. i, 1833. 



Chione succincta Val. =C. califorjtiensis Brod. — C. nuttalli Con. (^fide Carpenter, Brit. 



Assn. Rept., 1863, p. 641.) 

 Chione succincta Val. ^= Venus californica Con. = V. nuttalli Con. =^ V. lamellifera CoN. 

 (Wilkes' Exped. and Jour. Conch., 1865; not V. lamellifera Covi.,]o\.\r. Phil. Acad., 

 Vol. VII, ■^■\\\ch ^ Tapes staminea var. ruderata) =:V. brcvilincata CoN. ^Chione 

 brevilineata Con. ^= V. securis Shum. {fide Gabb, Pal. Cal., Vol. II, p. 94, 1869). 

 Cooper, 7th Ann. Rept Cal. St. Min., 1888, p. 234. Keep, West Coast Shells, p. 187, 

 fig. 159, 1892. WiLLiXMSON, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XV, 1892, p. 188. 

 Shell of medium size, thick, subcordiform; surface ornamented by several about equidistant, 

 slightly refle.xed, low, concentric frills and numerous rounded, radiating ridges, most prominent on 

 the middle of the shell, which increase by intercalation and become flattened and less prominent as 

 the periphery is approached; lunule prominent, ornamented by both incremental lamin;e and 

 rounded, radiating ridges; hinge narrow; two prominent cardinal teeth in each valve; pallial sinus 

 very shallow; margin crenulated. 



Dimensions. — Long. 55 mm.; alt. 50 mm.; diam. 32 mm.; lunule 13.5 mm. 



The specimen whose measurements are given was the largest of the specimens 

 examined. Distinguishable by the equidistant concentric frills, low, rounded, 

 radiating lines, and radiating lines on the lunule. 



Rather common in uj>per San Pedro series of San Pedro, Los Cerritos, 

 Crawfish George's and Deadman Island. Found also in the Pleistocene of Barlow's 

 ranch, Ventura, and Twenty-sixth Street, San Diego. The specimen figured is 

 from the upper San Pedro series at San Pedro, and is now in the collection of 

 Delos Arnold. 



Living. — Santa Barl)ara to San Diego; Mexico; South America (Coojier). 



Pleistocene. — Santa Barbara to San Diego (Coojier): San Pedro (Arnold). 



Pliocene. — Seven Mile Beach, San Mateo County; San Fernando (Cooper). 



Miocene. — Oregon; Martinez; San Pablo; Griswold's, San Benito County; 

 Foxin's, Santa Barbara County; Santa Monica (Cooper). 



Superfamily TAPETIN^. 



Genus Tapes Megerle. 



Shell oblong, umbones anterior; margins smooth; teeth three in each valve, more or less 

 bifid; pallial sinus deep, rounded. 



I'apes litlerata Linne is a characteristic species. 



