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Family SPONDYLID^. 

 Spondylus aculeatus, Chemnitz. 



Spondyliis aculeatus, Chemuitz : Conchylieii- Cabinet, vol. vii (1784), p. 74, pi. xliv, 

 fig. 460. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits, Red Sea (Issel) ; Suez Bay, Gulf 

 of Akaba (Issel). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : 50 foot beach at 

 Gemsah (Nos. 2,034^-2,036, Box No. &\j) ; Recent beach west of 

 Jebel Zeit (No. 2,157, Box No. 72J). 



Spondylus, sp. indet. (A fragmentary valve.) 

 Distribution. — Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : 50 foot beach at Gemsah 

 (No. 2,038, Box No. 62J). 



Plicatula ramosa, Lamarck. 



Plicatula ramosa, Lamarck: Hist. Nat. Anitn. sans Vert., vol. vi (1819), pt. 1, 

 p. 184. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits of the Red Sea (Issel) ; Enruk 

 Katah el Kebir and desert of Attaka, etc. (Issel). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt : raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 

 2,058-2,098, Box No. ISj ; Nos. 2,090-2,105, Box No. 20y) ; Recent 

 beach south of Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,198-2,216, Box No. 53/) ; 

 beach against old island west of Camp 51, south of Gharib light- 

 house (Nos. 2,021-2,030, Box No. 57/). 



Mantellum (allied to) inflatum, Chemnitz. (Impression of valve 



in matrix.) 

 Lima injlata, Clieiuuitz : Couchylieu-Cabiuet, vol. vii (1784), pi. Ixviii, fig. 649. 

 Distribution. — Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach north of 

 Kosseir (No. 2,151, Box No. 33/). 



Family CARDITIDiE. 



Cardita calyculata, Linnaeus. 



Chama calyculata, Linnaeus : Systema Natural, 10th ed. (1758), p. 692. 

 Distribution. — Beach deposits western border of Red Sea (Gray 

 and Frembley). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach 20 feet 

 above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18/). 



Cardita (Beguina) gubernaculum, Reeve. 



Cardita guhernacnlum, lleeve : Coucliologia Icouica, vol. i (1843), pi. ii, fig. 9. 

 Distribution. — Beach deposits of Red Sea (Issel, Gray & 

 Frembley) ; Red Sea (Issel) ; Aden, Zanzibar, and Madagascar 

 (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach 20 feet 

 above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18/; 

 Nos. 2,090-2,105, Box No. 20/); 50 foot beach at Gemsah (Nos. 

 2,031-2,057, Box No. 58/) ; young form from raised beach east of 

 Jebel Esh (Nos. 2,172-2,190, Box No. 64/). 



Venericardia Cumingi, Deshayes. 

 Cardita Cumingi, Deshayes: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1852, p. 102, pi. xvii, 

 fig. 15. 

 Distribution. — Aden (B.M.) ; Aden and Borneo (E. A. Smith). 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : 50 foot beach at Gemsah (Nos. 2,031- 

 2,057, Box No. 58/). 



