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vi. Killala Bay, frequently cast up alive after storms (Miss A. "Warren, 



'92) : Lough Swilly shores, Horn Head, &c., frequent (Hart, '92). 



Didrilution. — ? Scandinavia. S. and W. England and Ireland to 



Mediterranean. Mogador. ? Senegal. ? Guinea. Cape of Good 



Hope (Sowerby). 



Solen pellucidus^ Pennant. 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



i. Common in sand and mud. 



ii. Duudalk Bay (Hyndman, f. Thompson, '56) : Dublin coast (Tur- 

 ton Cat., f. Thompson, '56) : Portmarnock (Brown, '44; Hart, 

 '92): Dublin Bay (Dublin Mus.) : North Bull (Hart, '92): 

 Dalkey Sound (Adams, '78) : Killiney Bay (Walpole, '53a ; 

 Kinahan, '61). 



iii. Cork Harbour, rare (Humphreys, '45) : E. I. A. Exp., 1888, off 

 S. coast of Cork, 50 fms. (A. R. ^.)\ o:ff Sherkin I., living 

 (A. E,. IS".) : off Cape Clear, 60 fms. (M' Andrew, f. Forbes & 

 Hanley, '53) : '' Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 74 fms. (Jeffreys, '81). 



iv. Generally distributed. 



V. Bii-terbuy Bay, living (Walpole, '52) : R. D. S. Eish. Survey, 1890, 

 Blacksod Bay (A. Pt. Is^.) : "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 165- 

 183 fms. (Jeffreys, '81). 



vi. Donegal coast (Hart, '92) : Buncrana, living, common (Eev. J. D. 

 Falkiner, f. Praeger). 



Distribution. — Loffoden I. to Mediterranean. Cape of Good Hope 

 (Sowerby). 



8olen ensis, Linne. 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



Common on sandy coasts. 



Listrilution. — Finmark to Mediterranean. 



Solen siliqiui, Linne. 



Very common on sandy coasts. 



Var. arcuata, Jeffreys. Many parts of coast of Ireland (Jeffreys, 



'65). Monstr. Ballyholme, co. Down (Swanston, f. Chaster 



in Irish Naturalist, vii., 1898). 

 Distribution. — Norway to Mediterranean. 



