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ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES. 



CLASS BRACHIOPODA 



The Brachiopoda are well represented in the district, as out of the six British 

 representatives of the class, four live in our waters. 

 Terebratula caput-serpentis, limit. 



Not uncommon in the deeper water at the entrance to Belfast Lough, and 



off Larne, from the Copeland Islands to the Maiden Rocks, living in from 1 2 



to 100 fathoms of water— Thompson (T. aurita), Hyndman, and others. 



Dickie obtained it alive at the entrance to Strangford Lough in 12-15 fathoms. 



Arglope cistellula, Searles Wood. 



"Living on stones as well as shells in the deeper water " — Hyndman, 1859 

 Report. Labels in the Belfast Museum Collection show that the Turbot Bank 

 is the place intended. 

 Argiope capsula, Jeffreys. 



Hyndman records this rare species {sub Terebratula capsula) as found living 

 with the preceding, and Jeffreys, referring to the same station, says "Larne, 

 Co. Antrim (Hyndman and J. G. J.)" The latter author also gives "off Port- 

 rush (Waller)." 

 Crania anomala, Miiller. 



Off Larne, and at the entrances to Belfast and Strangford Loughs, living in 

 12-90 fathoms — Thompson (C. personata), Hyndman, and Dickie. 



CLASS CONCHIFERA. 



ORDER LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



Anomia ephippium, Linne. 



Abundantly distributed throughout our waters, living in from 4 fathoms in 

 Strangford Lough to 90 fathoms near the Maiden Rocks, attached to stones 

 and shells. Different forms of this very variable species are recorded under 

 the names A. squamula, A. cylindrica, and A. aculeata. 



