700 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [JuilC 7, 



events Zoe was established by Philippi in 1840, and is still in use, 

 for a genus of Crustacea. 



[/ Kellia suborbicularis, Montagu. 



Mya suborbkularis, Mont. Test. Brit. p. 39, t. 26. f. 6. 



Kellia suborbkularis, B. C. ii. p. 225, pi. v. f. 3 ; v. p. 179, 

 pi. xxxii. f. 2. 



' Porcupine ' Exp. 1809 : St. 2, 25, Lough Foyle. 1870 : Atlantic, 

 3, 3rt, Vigo B., 26 ; Mediterranean, Benzert Road. 



Distribution. Finmark to the Mediterranean and Adriatic, Cana- 

 ries, Mazatlan, Indian Ocean, New England, and N.W. America ; 

 shore-205 fms. 



Fossil. Phocene and Post-tertiary : Norway, Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and Italy. 



Several synonyms. The delicate valves of this shell have been 

 used with much success in imitating the petals of the hawthorn. 

 Spanish nuns have long enjoyed a celebrity for shell flower-work ; 

 and there can be no reason why the nimble and artistic fingers of our 

 own countrywomen should not be similarly employed. 



Family IX. Lucinid^. 

 iy 1. LoRiPEb LACTEXJS, Liuue. 



Tellina lactea, L. S. N. p. 1119. 



Loripes lacteus, B. C. ii. p. 233, pi. v. f. 4; v. p. 179, pi. xxxii. 

 f. 4, 4rt. 



'Porcupine ' Exp. 1870: Atlantic, St. Vigo B. 



Distribution. Great Britain and Ireland to the eastern coasts of 

 the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Adriatic, Morocco, Madeira, and 

 Canaries ; shore-628 fms. 



Fossil. Pliocene : S. France, Italy, Asiatic Turkey, and Madeira. 

 Post-tertiary : Calabria. 



A southern form and an inhabitant of the littoral and laminarian 

 zones. Several synonyms, including Lucina leucoma of Turton. 



y 2. Loripes fragilis, Philippi. 



Lucina frag His, Phil. En. Moll. Sic. i. p. 34; Chemn. Conch. 

 Cab. vi. t. 13. f. 125 (as Tellium lactea, var.). 



'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Mediterranean, St. Benzert Road, Ad- 

 venture Bank. 



Distribution. Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Cape of Good Hope : 

 10-120 fms. 



Fossil. Pliocene: Italy, Rhodes, and Madeira. Post-tertiary: 

 Calabria. 



There are a few unnecessary synonyms. 



t^ 3. Loripes divaricatus, Linne. 



Tellina divaricata, L. S. N. p. 1120. 



Loripes divaricatus, B. C. ii. p. 235 ; v. p. 179, pi. xxxii. f. 5. 



'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Mediterranean, St. Adventure Bank. 



