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A REVISED CENSUS OF THE MOLLUSC A AND 



BRACHIOPODA IN THE TABLE CAPE BEDS. 



By W. L. May. 



[Reoeived IStli October, 1918. Read ISth November, 1918] 



As there is no complete list of the Mollusca and 

 Brachiopoda described from, or attributed to, the Table 

 Cape Tertiary deposits, it Sieems desirable that such a 

 list, as complete as possible, and on an up-to-date classi- 

 fication, should be issued- m.ore particularly foi' the con- 

 venience of local workers; the references given with each 

 species will also be a useful guide toi the study of the 

 original descriptions, and also figures where such have 

 appeared. The best list which has been publis-hed. is 

 that by R. M. Johnston in these proceedings for 1886, 

 pp. 131-138, in which about 170 named species of Molluscs 

 and 14 of Brachiopods are attributed to Table Cape. 

 In the Pro. Roy. Soc. Vict, for 1896, G-. B. Pritchard in a 

 valuable contribution to this study has listed about 218 

 Molluscs and 1 7 Brachiopods. 



A very complete catalogue of Southern Australian 

 and Tasmanian species, was prepared by J. Dennant and 

 A. E. Kitson, on a greatly improved nomenclature, and 

 published in the Geographical Survey of Victoria for 

 1903. This is most helpful, and has been largely follow- 

 ed ; some species have been added on their authority, 

 which seena not yet to have 'been recognisied hj local 

 workers. I have also been enabled to consult the British 

 Museum Catalogue of Tertiary IMollusca, Part^ I., 1897, 

 by G. F. Harris. 



I am now able to add some additional species, prin- 

 cipally through the industry of my friend, the veteran 

 Conchologist, Mr. E. D. Atkinson, who has done so' much 

 exploration at Table Cape, and whose interest and enthu- 

 siasm are unabated. I have to thank him for the gift 

 and loan of many specimens, and much assistance in 

 various directions. 



Whilst a certain number of supposed species have 

 been sunk in synonymy, a larger number have been ad.ded, 

 SO' that the present record includes 249 Molluscs and 

 10 Brachiopods. With respect toi the latter I have follow- 

 ed Tate and Dennant in the species they attribute to 

 our fauna ; both Johnston and Pritchard add a number 

 of others, but I consider that in the present state of our 



