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Hab. — Taken off cable to Tasmania, Bass Strait. 

 Obs. — Size of type : Antero-posterior diam. 13, umbo-ven- 

 tral diam. 12.5 mm. 



Genus Venericardia, Lamarck i8oi. 



Venericardia rosulenta, Tate. 



1887. Cardita rosulenta, Tate. T.R.S., S.A., v. IX., p. 



69, pi. 5, f. 3. 

 1911. Venericardia rosulenta, Tate. Hed. Zool. Com- 

 monwealth trawler Endeavour, v. I., p. 97, 

 pi. 17, f. 4. 

 Hab. — Taken off cable to Tasmania, Bass Strait. 

 Obs. — Size of type: Antero-posterior diam. 21, umbo-ventral 

 'diam. 17 mm. Hedley records, loc. cit., a specimen 45 mm. in 

 length. 



The shells listed as Cardita are now classed as Venericardia, 

 ;and the genus Cardita is now used for those species previously 

 listed as Mytilicardia. 



Genus Neotrigonia, Cossmann 1918. 

 This includes the shell listed as Trigonia margaritacea, Lk. 



Genus Nuculana, Link 1807, replaces Leda, Schumacher 



1817. 

 l^ucuLANA DOHRNi, Hauley. 



1861. Leda dohrni, Han. P.Z.S., Lond., p. 242. 

 1871. Leda dohrnii, Han. Sowb., Conch. Icon., v. 

 XVIIL, pi. 9, f. 54. 

 Hab. — Taken off cable to Tasmania, Bass Strait. 

 The genus Nuculana includes the species already listed as 

 Leda. 



Genus Modiolus, Lamarck 1799. 



This replaces Modiola, Lk., and the species listed as such will 

 1)6 changed accordingly. 



•Genus Musculus, Bolten 1798, replaces Modiolaria Loven 1846. 



Genus Pinctada, Bolten 1798. 

 This includes the shell listed as Meleagrina margaritifera, L. 



