176 BVNE : MARINE MOLLUSCA OF TEKiNMOUTH. 



P. maxim US L. Dredged with Ostrea edulis, fine but not 



plentiful. 

 Pinna rudis L. Several fine specimens have been trawled, 



alive and dead. 

 Mytilus edulis L. The River Teign is famous for its mus- 

 sels, the Midlands receiving large quantities of them. 

 M. barbatus L. One mature example trawled alive. 

 M. adriaticus Lmk. A few cast up after a storm. Valves 



dredged only. 

 Modiolaria marmorata Forb. Well distributed. 

 Nucula nucleus L. Occurs together with the next species 



in the muddy portions of the bay. 

 N. nitida G. B. Sow. With the last. 

 Pectunculus glycymeris L. ^. few small shells from the 



beach after a gale. 

 Area lactea L. Three specimens trawled alive. 

 Lasea rubra Mont. Alive under rocks and stones. 

 L. rubi'a var. pallida Jeff. With the type. 

 Kellia suborbicularis Mont. Found on this coast in the 



red sandstone rocks inhabited by members of the Pholas 



family. 

 Axinus flexuosus Mont. x\ considerable number of adult 



and young specimens have been dredged alive in the mud 



of the bay, but rather locally. 

 Diplodonta rotundata Mont. Fresh specimens scarce. 

 Cardium aculeatum L. In 1886, a net which had been 



shot round a ' bed ' of sprats became entangled and was 



broken by a shoal of these molluscs, a portion of them, 



numbermg sixty-three fine shells, were brought in and 



were duly cleaned. Occasional shells trawled. 

 C. aculeatum var. depressa Mar. One specimen among 



the above. 

 C. echinatum L. A single adult specimen dredged alive, 



1890. 



J.C., vii. , Apr. 1S93. 



