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SOME SYNONYMS IN THE VENERID^. 

 By J. R. LE B. ToMLiN, F.E.S. 

 Read Sth June, 192S. 

 The following synonynay has been established in the course of 

 examining the Veneridae in the collections of the British Museum. 

 Some of the conclusions arrived at have already been surmised by 

 Dall, Romer, and others, but apparently in very few cases have the 

 type specimens of Broderip, Sowerby, Reeve, and Deshayes been 

 studied. 



In the following list the first name in each case falls in synonymy 

 and is equated to what I regard as the correct name for the species. 



Cytherea nuhila, Reeve, Conch. Icon., xiv, pi. vii, fig. 28, Jan. 1864 = 



Tivela ventricosa (Gray). 

 CytTiercea ventricosa, Sowerby, Thes., ii, 613, pi. cxxvii, fig. 6, 1851 



= Tivela ventricosa (Gray). 

 Cythercea undulata, Sowerby, I.e., 618, pi. cxxvii, fig. 12, 1851 =. 



Tivela planulata (Brod. & Sow.). 

 Cytherea virginea, A. Adams and Reeve, Zool. " Samarang ", Moll., 



78, pi. xxiv, fig. 10, 1848 = Tivela stultorum (Ma we). How 



this Calif ornian shell got into the " Samarang " collections is 



a mystery. 

 CytJierasa piperita, Sowerby, I.e., 626, pi. cxxxvi, fig. 175, 1851 = 



Macrocallista florida (Lam.). 

 Meretrix grata, Deshayes, Cafc. Conch. Brit. Mus., 40, 1853 = 



Macrocallista lilacina (Lam.). 

 Dione ustulata, Reeve, Conch. Icon., xiv, pi. xi, fig. 49, Oct. 1863 = 



Pitaria citrina (Lam.). 

 Chione hadia, Gray, Analyst, viii, 306, 1838 = Hysteroconcha 



unicolor (Sow.). 



^ ^7 , , T) J • rProc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835, 45, 1st 



Cytherea tortuosa, BTodenp] -. ,ook tt I ? 



^ /r ■ -D J ■ i June, 1835 = Hysteroconcha con- 



ajfinis, Broderip ■ /a \ 



•^ ' -^ V ctnna (Sow.). 



Dosinia consohrina, Deshayes, I.e., 10, 1853 = D. hepatica (Lam.). 



Dosinia circinaria, Deshayes, I.e., 9, 1853 = D. crocea, Desh. 



Dosinia affinis, Deshayes, I.e., 7, 1853 = D. concentrica. Born. 



Artemis nitens, Reeve, Conch. Icon., vi, pi. iii, fig. 12, Feb. 1850 = 



D. concentrica, Born. 

 Dosinia coryne, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, 223, 



2nd Feb. 1856 = D. ccerulea (Rve.). 

 Dosinia cydippe, A. Adams, I.e., 224, 2nd Feb. 1856 = D. ccerulea 



(R\e.). 

 Dosinia diana, A. Ad. and Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1863, 



424, April, 1864 = D. ccerulea (Rve.). 

 Dosinia eunice, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, 224, 2nd Feb. 



1856 = D. puhescens (Ph.). 



