360 KEW : SHELLS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST. 



KELLIID/E. 



Lepton squamosum (Mont.). (B. S. Dodd). 

 Montacuta bidentata (Mont.). In drift (B. S. Dodd). 

 Montacuta ferruginosa (Mont.). In drift (B. S. Dodd). 



lucinid^;. 

 Lucina borealis (L.), Young (B. S. Dodd). 

 Axinus flexuosus (Mont). Valves (B. S. Dodd). 



CARDIID^;. 

 Cardium exiguum Gm. Plentiful (B. S. Dodd). 

 Cardium fasciatum Mont. (B. S. Dodd). 

 Cardium nodosum Turt. Young shells (B. S. Dodd). 

 Cardium edule L. The cockle-beds are very extensive, and, as 

 every visitor to the coast knows, little groups of people are 

 generally to be seen ' cockling ' on the flats when the tide is out. 

 Var. rustica Chem. Mablethorpe ; dead shells (H.W. K.). 

 Var. crenulata Lmk. Plentiful; two interesting small forms 

 obtained (B. S. Dodd). 

 Cardium norvegicum Speng. Valves (B. S. Dodd). 



CYPRINLLVE. 



Cyprina islandica L. Occasionally. 



Astarte triangularis (Mont.). In drift (B. S. Dodd). 



VENERIDjE. 



Venus lincta Pult. In drift (B. S. Dodd). 

 Venus ovata Penn. (B. S. Dodd). 

 Venus gallina L. Not uncommon (B. S. Dodd). 

 Tapes aureus (Gm.). (B. S. Dodd). 

 Tapes virgineus (L.). (B. S. Dodd). 



Tapes pullastra (Mont.). Rather uncommon (B. S. Dodd). 

 Tapes decussatus (L.). Valves ; not plentiful. 



TELLINID.E. 



Tellina crassa var. albida Jeff. Not plentiful (A. Smith). 

 Tellina balthica L. Common. Lives in large numbers in the 

 flats with the common cockle. 

 Var. rosea Ckl. Mablethorpe (H.W. K., Naturalist, 1886, p. 172). 

 Tellina tenuis DaC. Moderately common. 

 Tellina fabula Gron. Moderately common. 

 Psammobia ferroensis (Chem.). Valves occasionally (B. S. Dodd). 

 Donax vittatus (DaC). Valves; not abundant. 



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