JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 1 75 



A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS 



A LIST OF THE MARINE MOLLUSCA OF 



TEIGNMOUTH. 



By L. St. G. BYNE. 



(Read before the Concbological Society, December 7th, 1892; and also 

 read before the Manchester Branch). 



The following pages contain a record of the species which 



have occurred in Teignmouth Bay since 1886. 



The shells have been obtained from the shores of the bay, 



from small trawlers belonging to the harbour, and from dredg- 

 ing expeditions which yielded many of the rarer species. 



The sea drift referred to, occurred on the water marks 



between two spring tides in August, 1889, the only such 



occasion productive of small and minute species in quantity. 



Anomia ephippium L. Mature and young specimens 

 obtained by oyster dredging, attached to oyster shells, 

 Peden maxinius and Pecte^i opetrularis ; young shells also 

 from roots of weed. 



A. ephippium var. aculeata Miill. The spined form; two 

 specimens. It is rare here. 



Ostrea edulis L. The oysters in our bay are large-sized 

 and of fair quality. 



O. edulis var. parasitica Turt. With the type. 



Pecten pusio L. A iew trawled, attached to various sub- 

 stances. 



P. varius L. Trawled occasionally, and cast up on shore, 

 but in each instance only small examples. 



P. opercularis L. Trawled occasionally some distance off 

 the harbour. These shell-fish are readily saleable here as 

 most nutritious and delicious food, cooked in different 

 ways. They are not quite so large as those obtained in 

 the north. 



P. opercularis var. lineata DaC. A few with the type. 



