1906.] MOLLUSKS FROM THE PERSIAN" GULF. 823 



Tellina (Tellinides) vestalis Hanley. 

 I. Karachi. Dredged at 3 fathoms. 



Tellina (Tellinula) CLAUDIA Melvill. (Plate LVI. fig. 3.) 



T. testa delicately papyracea^ alho-vitrea, cequivalvi, conip^-essa, 

 antice late rotundata, jjostice breviore ; tcmbonihus minutis, 

 contiguis ; dentihus cardAnalibus duohus in tttraque valva 

 prcedAta^ dente laterali antico ohscuro ; pagina interna alba, 

 linea jxtllidi consjyicua. 

 Alt. 10, lat. 14, diatn. 3 ontn. 



Eah. Persian Gulf: Gulf of Oman. Lat. 25° 19' N., long. 50° 

 10' E. ; 140 fathoms. 



A delicate, thin, compressed species, somewhat intermediate in 

 appearance between T. (Arcopagia) savignyi A. Ad., also found 

 in the same seas, and T. (Tellimda) tenuis Don. = exigua Poli. 



Tellina (Peronjea) ERYTHRiEENSis H. Ad. 

 P.G. Jask. From 3 fathoms, mud. 



Tellina (Peron^a) micans Hanley. 



M.C Half-valves common off Oharbar at 40 fathoms. ; lat. 

 25° 10' IST., long. 60° 34' E. Referred to Psammobia by E. A. 

 Smith (Ann. & Mag. N". H. ser. 7, xviii. p. 260), judging from 

 Persian Gulf examples, dredged by s.s. ' Investigator,' at 

 31 fathoms. 



I. Lat. 19° 30' N., long. 71° 43' E. Dredged at 30 fathoms 

 upwards, in soft mud, but not common. 



Tellina (Metis) angulata Ohemn. 



I. Karachi [Major Balcer). Bombay (Abercrombie). Bombay 

 to Ratna.giri and southwards to Goa {Lt.-Col. H. D. Olivier). 



Tellina (Metis) lacunosa Chemn. 



I. Karachi. On mud-flats at low tide. 



Tellina (Metis) turgida Desh. 



I. Karachi. Very rare on mud-flats ; up to the present only 

 one live and one dead example have been collected. 



Macoma ALA Hanley. 



I. Karachi. At low tide on mud-flats. Bombay, common 

 (Abera'ombie). 



Macoma blainvillei Desh. 



I. Karachi. At 5 fathoms, on muddj^ sand near I'ocks. 



Macoma bruguierii Hanley. {Gastrana auct.) 



I. HoTobiw {Abercrombie). Thence southwards to Panjim and 

 Goa {Lt.-CoLH. 1). Olivier). 



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