WARREN : MARINE MOLLUSCA OF KILLALA BAY, IRELAND. lOI 



Circe minima (Mont.). At PuUaheeny, some miles north of 



Enniscrone. 

 Venus exoleta L. Frequently thrown up alive after storms. 

 V. lincta Pult. Same as the last. 

 V. fesciata (DaCost.). Very rare on this coast. I have seen 



only one perfect and full-grown specimen obtained at 



Enniscrone, and two young valves. 

 V. casina L. Rather rare. Only three perfect examples of 



this fine shell have been procured. 

 V. gallina L. Abundant on all our sandy shores. 

 Tapes virgineus (L.). 

 T. pullastra (Mont.). Living in muddy gravel at Moyne, and 



on the south side of Bartra. 

 T. pullastra var. perforans (Mont.). Abundant at Carra- 



hubbuck in the burrows of the Saxicava. 

 T. decussatUS L. With T. pullastra 



Lucinopsis undata (Penn.). One valve only at PuUaheeny. 

 Gastrana fragilis (L.). One valve on the sands, Enniscrone. 

 Tellina crassa (Penn.). Very rare. One specimen on the 



sands at Enniscrone. 

 T balthica L. 

 T. tenuis E)aCost. 

 T. fabula Gron. 

 T. pusilla Phil. Two valves on the sandy shore of Bartra, 



and two perfect shells taken from the stomach of haddock 



caught in thirty fathoms off Kilcummin Head. 

 Psammobia ferrbensis (Chem.). Occasionally taken at 



Enniscrone. 

 P. vespertina (Chem.). PuUaheeny. 

 Donax vittatus (DaCost.). 

 Mactra solida L. 



M. solida var. elliptica Bro. also occurs. 

 M. stultorum E. 



