52 NORMAN: ON THE MOLLUSCA OF BERGEN FIORDS. 



Craspedotiis Tirm\ Monterosato. Nuovo Revista delle 

 Conchiglie Mediterranee, 1.875, p. 25 (no description). 



The synonomy which I have given in brackets is that of 

 Monterosato, as I have had no opportunity of consulting the 

 authors referred to. Dr. Jeffreys, however, tells me that 

 Weinkauff disputes this shell being M. Tinei of Calcara, 

 and I therefore have adopted Philippi's name. 



Two or three specimens dredged off Bornestangen, in the 

 Island of Sartoro (just south of the passage known as Leerosin) 

 in 40 fathoms; and one very young on the south side of Kors 

 Fiord in 180 fathoms. 



The ground on which this shell was dredged, off Bor- 

 nestangen, in Sartoro, is a rich rufous shell-sand. I found 

 nothing like it anywhere else, and the condition of the 

 CraspedoUis found by me, as well as of those I saw in Friele's 

 collection is such to suggest that they may be fossil. Indeed 

 the rufous shell-sand was so different from anything else I 

 had seen, that I was at first disposed to regard not only the 

 Craspedotus but also the very numerous valves of Litna Sarsii 

 and other shells found with it, which had the same appearance, 

 as fossil, but I subsequently, on careful examination, found 

 the Lima Sarsii alive in the same dredging, nor could I find 

 any signs of other species which suggested any fossil possi- 

 bility unless it were fragments of Scalaria Gr(znla7idica, but 

 although I did not find this species living or perfect, it has 

 been found by M. Sars at "Manger, 40 f." It is a strong 

 argument, moreover, in favour of the specimens of this Medi- 

 terranean shell found here and elsewhere on the Norwegian 

 coast being recent, that the shell is altogether unknown as a 

 glacial fossil. I think it likely that the shell-sand at Station 

 19 has been drifted up Kors Fiord, and had I the opportunity 

 — which I hope others may have — I should dredge carefully 

 the northern side of Kors Fiord between Haakeisund and 

 Kleppesto. 



J.C, ii., Feb., 1879 



