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Tellina crassa Pennant. W. M. E. Bare : dredged 4 times, 5-21 f., a 



total of 5 living specimens and 5 valves. Living at 10 f. and at 



21 f. 

 T. balthica Linne. E. Abundant, living and dead, in muddy creeks at 



Annagh Island and Mulranny ; also on a muddy sand beach on Curraun 



Achill, opposite Cloghmore. 

 T. squalida Pulteney. M. E. Eare : several valves on the beach north 



of Annagh Island, and a few at Curraun Achill, opposite Cloghmore. 



In 3 hauls in the bay, 7-15 f., a total of 7 valves. 

 T. tenuis Da Costa. W. M. E. Eare ? Taken in 5 hauls, 5-16 f., 2 to 4 



valves in a haul ; also a few valves on the beach at Mulranny and at Old 



Head. 

 T. fabula Gronovius. M. E. Local : valves abundant off Mulranny in from 



5 §-11 f., and occasional in 2 other dredgings in the bay in 7 f. and 



in 19 f. A few valves on the beach, Annagh Island. 

 T. donacina Linne. W. M. Common : taken in 11 hauls, 5-19 f., and living 



at 5 f., 10 f., 14 f. and 15 f., a total of 10 living specimens, 6 paired 



valves, and 100 single valves. 

 T. pusilla Philippi. M. Eare. Nine valves were taken in a haul off 



Mulranny in from 5|-11 f. in May, 1909, and 1 living specimen in the 



bay in 19 f., August, 1910. 

 Scrobieularia piperata (Gmelin). E. Abundant in muddy creeks and on 



muddy shores at Annagh Island, at Mulranny, and at the S. W. extremity 



of Curraun Achill. 

 Syndosyma alba W. Wood. {Scrobieularia.) W. M. E. Frequent. Taken 



in 10 hauls, 2—19?. f. ; living on muddy bottom in from 2-4 f. off Inish- 



lyre and Inishgowla. 

 S. nitida (Miiller). {Scrobieularia.) M. Very rare ; one valve and 2 fragments 



taken in 14 f. in the bay. 

 S. prismatica (Miiller). {Scrobimlaria.) W. M. Eare : dredged 6 times 



7-16 f., a total of 3 living specimens (10 f. and 14 f.), and 14 valves. 

 Donax vittatus (Da Costa). E. Eare ? a few valves, only, taken in two 



shore collectings at Old Head and at Mulranny; absent from all 



dredgings. The rarity of this shell in the Clew Bay area contrasts 



strikingly with its profusion on the Co. Dublin shores. 

 Mactra solida Linne. W. M. E. Frequent : taken in 8 hauls, 2-19 f., 



living at 5 f., 15 f., and 19 f. The Var. elliptica was the prevalent form. 

 M. subtruncata (Da Costa). M. E. Frequent: dredged 8 times, 2-19£ f . ; 



living at 2 f., 8 f., and 13 f. ; valves occasional on the beaches at Old Head 



and Belclare. 



