1!)0G.] MOLLUSKS FJIOM TIJE PERSIAN GULK. 799 



Pectunculus (Axin^a) spurcus lleeve. 



1. Kavaclii. ])redgefl at 3-7 fathoms, mud (F.W.T.) {J. 0. 

 Ttoells). 



■ Also i-eported from (!ulf of Manaar, Ceylon. Oi-iginally 

 <1 escribed from Central Americn, and is probably a species of very 

 wide distribution. 



LiMOPSis ELACHISTA Sturany. 



Llmopsis elachlsta Sturany, Exp. ' Pola ' im Rotlien Meer (1899) 

 Taf. iv. figs. 1-4. 



P.d. & M.C. Gulf of Oman. Lat. 25° 04' N., long. 60° 20' E. ; 

 60 fathoms. Also in abundance, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E. ; 

 1 56 fathoms, shell-sand. Rarely oft" Charbar, at 40 fathoms. We 

 are indebted to tlie nuthor, Dr. R. Sturany, for the cori'oboration 

 of identification. 



LiMOPSis MULTiSTRiAXA Forskfd. {Pectiiucidina D'Orb. 1844.) 



I. Lat. 18° 25' N., long. 71° 45' E. ; at 191 fathoms. 



A large, abyssal species, finely chased and sculptured, which, 

 originally desci'ibed as Eiytlu'ciean, jjrobably will be found in inter- 

 mediate stations, such as the Persian Gulf and Arabian coasts. 



Suborder 0. MYTILACEA. 

 Fam. Mytilid^. 

 Mytilus (CnLOROMYA) PiCTUS Born [ = afei- Gmel.). 



M.C. Gwadur Beach, at low tide. These specimens belong to 

 var. b. taprohaiieiisis, a Southern form having its headquai-ters in 

 Ceylon. 



I. Bombay, southwai-ds to Goa {Lt.-(Jol. II. D. Olivier). 



Mytilus (Chloromya) smaragdinus Chemn. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman. Lat. 25° 04' N"., long. 60<^ 20' E. ; 60 fathoms. 

 I. Karachi. 



Mytilus variabilis Krauss. 



M.C. In one or two places, but rarely. 



I. Kai'adii. Found on I'oeks at about high-tide mark. 

 Originally described from South Africa. 



JST.B.- — Mytilus canaliciolatus Hanley, I'eported by Majoi- Baker 

 as occux'i'ing at Kai-achi, is probably an eri'oneous record. 



Septifer bilocularis L. • 



P.G. Lat. 27° N., long. 52° E. ; at 40 fathoms, adhering to 

 cable. Koweit, 10 fathoms. 



Septifer excisus Wiegm. 



I. Kaiuchi, not commonly. Its extension of i-ange is great, 

 occurring as far south as Madaiyascar. 



