352 MOLLUSCA. 



Gams Venus. 

 V. verrucosa, Linn. 



" Wexford, rare," Brown. " Bray and Bantry Bay," Turt. Mr. 

 Hyndman's cabinet contains a youngs shell ( 7'. ea»ccl/ata) given him as 

 from INIagilligan. Turton's notice of Bray is all that I know of it on the 

 East coast. The South and AVest are at all events its chief abode. 



Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, 3.1rs. Hancock. Clifden Bay, Mr. Hyndraan 

 and W. T., &c. Birterbuy Bay (obtained at low-water mark by digging 

 8 — 10 inches), Dr. Farran. Coast of Clare, Dr. Ball. 



7'. casina, Linn. 



Bray, Br. Turt. V. rcjlexa, " Bantry Bay ; very rare." Turt. 



Pretty generally distributed, in sparing numbers. Dredged in Belfast 

 and Strangford Loughs, from 10 to 20 fathoms, on soft sand, Mr. Hynd- 

 man and W. T. Ballysodare, Mrs. Hancock. Dredged in Killery Bay 

 in 1810, W. T., &c., and South Isles of Arran, Mr. Barlee (" V. ri-/iexa''). 



V. fcisciata, Don. 



Dublin coast, Bantry Bay, Br. Turt. Not uncommon. 



Dredged occasionally alive from 8 to 23 fathoms, on sandy ground, in 

 Belfast and Strangford Loughs, Mr. Hyndman and W. T. "Ballysodare, 

 large and highly-coloured, as indeed are all the .shells of this family there 

 when mature ; collected by Mrs. Hancock. Bantry Bay seems its 

 favourite locality ; by Dillwyn it was remarked as " very common " here. 

 Dredged near the South Isles of Arran by Mr. Barlee. 



J^. Pennantii, Forbes. 

 Bantry Bay, Turt. Magilligan, Belfast, Strangford, and Birterbuy 

 Bays. Not common. 



Killei-y Bay, where it was di-edged between 3 and 12 fathoms in 1840. 



V. (lallina, Linn. 

 Dublin coast, Br. Turt. ; common. Thrown ashore on the sandy 

 beach of Magilligan in quantity and of large size. Found alive from 

 low-water mark to 8 and 10 fathoms on the North and North-East sandy 

 coasts. Dredged in Killery Bay in 1840. 



V. sinuosa, Penn. 

 " Dublin Bay ; rare," Brown. " Taken alive in Dublin Bay," Turt. 

 C. D. p. 249. Dredged in or near Bantry Bay, 1846, Mr. M'Andrew. 



Genus PULLASTRA. 

 P. aurea, Br. 



" Dublin Bay and Portmarnock (Dr. Turton) ; Bantry Bay (Dr. Taylor) ; 

 Carrickfergus Bay (Dr. M'Donnell) ; rare." Brown. " Yalentia Harbour, 

 Co. Kerry." O'Kelly, in Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iv. p. 240 (Dublin edit.). 

 Not uncommon in the localities indicated in the table, in addition to which 

 Clifden and Clew Bays (where it was dredged from the depth of a few 

 fathoms) and the coast of Clare (Dr. Ball) may be named. 



Found in sand from about low-water mark to a few fathoms' depth. 



V. cenea and V. nitens, Turt., are noticed by that author as found 

 buried in the blue clay at Clontarf, near Dublin. The former I have 

 taken alive in Strangford Lough ; and specimens similarly found in Bantry 

 Bay are in Dr. Ball's collection. 



