TOMI.IN AND SHACKLEFORD : MARINE MOLLUSCA OF S. THOME. 27I 



Area bouvieri P. Fischer. 

 Fischer,y(??;!y7;. de Conch., xxii., p. 206 ; xxiv., p. 239, pl.viii., f. 2 (1874). 

 h^my, Jourfi. de Conc/i., Iv., p. 24. 



S. Tliome, rare; Annobon ; St. Helena (Dautzenberg) ; Cape 

 Verdes, common (Chalmers); Bata, Congo, and Rufisque (Dautzen- 

 berg) ; Angola (Nobre). 



Area sanctcR-helena. Smith is a synonym. 



Area (Fossularea) laetea L. 



Area ladea Linne, Syst, Nat., ed. x., p. 694 (1758). 



S. Thome, common ; Cape Verdes, Canaries and Ascension ; 

 Great Britain to Mediterranean ; Cansado and Arguin Is. (Dautzen- 

 berg) ; Loanda (Dunker) ; Cape Colony and Natal ; Suez (Cooke) ; 

 Bombay (Melvill); Singapore (Archer). 



If A. zebuensis Rve. is identical, the Philippines may be added. 



Fossil: Timardine, Senegal (Dollfus). 



We have not detected A. afra^ Gmel. from S. Thome. 



Area (Acar) retieulata Gmel. 



Area reticulata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xiii., p. 331 1 (1791). 

 Area doviingensis Lamarck, Anim. Sans Vert., vi , p. 40 (18 19). 



S. Thome, common ; Cape Verdes, St. Helena, Ascension, S. Africa, 

 W. Indies ; for its further world-wide distribution see Watson in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zoology), vol. 26, p. 273, and Lischke, Jap. Meer. 

 Conch., ii., p. 142. 



Area (Anadara) geissei (Dunker) Kobelt. 



Kobelt, Conch. Cab., 2nd ed., p. 163, pi. xli., f. 5 and 6 (1891). 

 Lamy, y^//r«. de Coneh., Iv., p. 238. 



S.Thome, not uncommon; Senegal: Goree, Dakar (Chautard) ; 

 Santa Luzia, Cape Verdes (Prince de Monaco). 



Area (Anadara) stigmosa Dkr. 

 Dunker, Index Moll. Guin., p. 46, pi. 9, f. 8 — 11 (1853). 

 S. Thome, not common ; Loanda. 

 Lamy unites this with A. deeussata Sow. {/onrn. de Conc/i., Iv. , p. 65). 



Glyeymeris coneentrieus (Dkr.). 

 Peetunciilus eoneetitrieus Dunker, Index Moll. Guin., p. 47 (1853). 



S. Thome, valves only; Loanda (Dunker); Dakar, Goree, W. of 

 Cape Rouge, Ivory Coast, Los Archipelago, Grand Popo, and 

 Jackville (Dautzenberg). 



I cf, Dautz. Conlr. Faune Afr, Occ, I., p. 119. 



