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C. tuberculatum L. Cast up after storms, alive and dead; 



common. 

 C. edule L. Occur plentifully in the bed of the River Teign. 



Some shells of unusually large size have been found. 



Coombe Cellars, three miles up the river, is noted for its 



cockles, which are often eaten there with cream. 

 C. norvegicum Speng. Trawled alive and dead ; common. 

 Cyprina islandica L. Trawled and oyster-dredged. The 



largest example obtained measured nearly five inches 



across. 

 Venus exoleta L. Trawled. 

 V. lincta Pult. Trawled. 

 V. chione L. Only valves cast up in the neighbourhood. 



No doubt it exists alive in the sands. 

 V. fasciata DaC. One dredged example, and valves on the 



beach. 

 V. gallina L. Common. 

 Tapes virgineus L. Trawled alive. 

 T. virgineus var sarniensis Turt. With the type. 

 T. pullastra Mont. Common, 

 T. pullastra var. perforans Mont. Common in the rocks, 



especially those inhabited by members of the Pholas family. 

 T. decussatus L. Common. 

 Lucinopsis undata Penn. Sometimes thrown up alive on 



the beach amongst ridges of tangle-weed. 

 Tellina crassa Penn. Trawled. 



T. balthica L. Occurs alive in the mud of the River Teign. 

 T. tenuis DaC. Common. 

 T. squalida Pult. A few examples on the beach, 

 T. donacina L. Scarce. 

 T. pusilla Phil. Scarce. 

 Psammobia ferroensis Chem. Trawled, oyster-dredged, 



and on the beach, both alive and dead ; common. 

 P. vespertina Chem. Is a scarce species here, and com- 

 paratively small. 



