GASTEROPODA. 329 



N. sordida, Phil. 

 From Dublin Bay, in Mr. Jeffrey's cabinet. Dredged off" Dingle Bay 

 and Baltimore Harbour by Mr. M'Andrew. 



^ N. Montagui, Forb. 



Three or four specimens were obtained from a depth of 45 fathoms off" 

 Cape Clear by Mr. M'Andrew, who remarks, " I have besides met with it 

 only on the West coast of Scotland and at Zetland ; it is there a common 

 shell, in from 12 to 15 and up to 50 fathoms, on a rather hard bottom." 



A living N. Montcujid was dredged in Belfast Bay at the same time 

 with the next. 



iV. Alderi, Forbes. 

 Shell-sand, deep water, Belfast Bay, Mr. Hyndman. 



ORDER SCUTIBRANCHIATA. 



Genus Haliotis. 

 II. tuberculata, Linn. 

 "Dredged near Groomsport, Co. Down, Oct. 1811," Templeton, MSS. 



Genus Calyptr^eA. 

 C. sinensis, Linn. 



On the East coast. 



Genus Capulus. 

 C. Ungaricus, Linn. 



Generally distributed. 



Genus Fissurella. 

 F. grcBca, Flem. 



On all the Irish coasts. 



Genus PUNCTURELLA. 

 P. noachina, Linn. 



Mouth of Belfast Bay, in 27 fathoms, one dead specimen dredged by 

 Mr. Hyndman. 



Genius Emarginula. 

 E. Jissura, Linn. 

 Generally distributed. 



E. crassa, Sowerby. 



A few specimens taken at the Kish Bank in 1 845 by hshermen M'ere found 

 in their boats, on their return thence to the Dublin coast, by Mr. Doran 

 (collector of objects of natural history), of whom they were purchased 

 by Mr. Hyndman. This gentleman and Mr. Edm. Getty, when dredging 

 at the entrance of Belfast Bay on the 3rd Oct., 1846, obtained from a 

 depth of twenty fathoms five dead shells of this species ; these Avere from 

 9 to 14 lines in length ; the specimen of this latter size was 10 lines in 

 breadth and 8 in height. A few living and dead sjjccimens of Emarg.Jissura 

 were dredged with the E. crassa on this occasion. 



