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white except for the brownish posterior part and traces of three oblique bands running downwards 

 from the umbonal région, while the other has brownish irregular concentric bands on its surface. 

 r Distribution: P. {T.) literata is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific Région. 



In the "Siboga" collection there are two very worn shells of the species from Elat reef 

 (St. 261) and reefs in Madura Bay (St. 51). 



4. Paphia {Protapes) sinuosa (Lamarck). 



18 18. Vernis siimosa Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., V, p. 604. 



1824. Venus simiosa Dubois, Epitome, p. 74. 



1828, Venus sinuosa Blainville, Dict. Sci. Nat., LVII, p. 281. 



1835. Venus sinuosa Deshayes in Lamarck Anim. sans Vertèb. VI, p. 366. 



1843. Venus sinuosa Hanley, Rec. Biv. Shells, p. 125. 



1845. Venus sinuosa Catlow & Reeve, Conch, NomencL, p. 35. 



1852. Tapes sinuosa Sowerby, Thés. Conch., II, p. 683, pi. CXLV, fig. 10. 



1853. Tapes sinuosa Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Brit. Mus., I, Veneridae etc., p. 161. 

 1857. Vemis sinuosa Rômer, Krit. Untersuch., p. 74. 



1857. Tapes [Pullastra) sinuosa Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. Moll., II, p. 436. 



1860. Tapes sinuosa Reeve, Elem. Conch., II, p. 106. 



1864. Tapes sinuosa Reeve, Conch. Icon., XIV, Tapes, pi. V, fig. 18. 



1864. Venus [Tapes-Textrix] sinuosa Romer, Malakozool. Blàtt., XI, p. 28. 



1870. Venus [Tapes-Textrix) sinuosa Rômer, Mon. Venus, II, p. 35, pi. XI, figs. i, \a — c. 



1887. Tapes Malabarius var. si7iuosus von Martens, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), XXI, 



pp. 213, 214. 

 1890. Tapes [Textrix) simiosa Paetel, Cat. Conch. Samm., III, p. 81. 

 1909. Tapes {Protapes) sinuosa Lynge, D. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Nat. Math., (7) 



V, p. 238. 



With Lynge, Romer and earlier authors I consider P. {P.) sinuosa as a distinct species ; 

 its distinguishing characters hâve been well summarized by Lynge. 



Distribution : — P . {P.) simiosa has been recorded from the Mergui Archipelago, Gulf 

 of Siam, Australia and China. 



In the "Siboga" collection there is a damaged left valve collected at Makassar (St. 71) 

 and a young shell dredged between the islands of Loslos and Broken Islands, west coast of 

 Salawatti (St. 162). 



5. Paphia {Paratapes) japonica (Gmelin). 



1782. Venus literata etc. and V. striata etc. Chemnitz, Conch-Cab., VI, p. 357, p. 358, 



pi. XXXIV, figs. 364, 365, 366. 



1788. Venus striata Schrôter, Conch-Cab. Namen Reg., p. 112. 



1790. Venus japonica and V. striata Gmelin, Syst. Nat. (éd. XIII), p. 3279. 



1798. Venus porcata and V. striata Rôding, Mus. Boltenianum, p. 182. 



1802. Venus striata and V. Japonica Bosc, Hist. Nat. Coq., III, p. 55. 



18 17. Venus japonica and V. striata Dillwyn, Descr. Cat., I, pp. 182, 183. 



18 18. Venus tristis, V. vermiculata and V. elegantina Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., V, 



pp. 604, 606. 

 1824. Venus elegantina, V. vermiculata and V. tristis Dubois, Epitome, p. 74. 

 1828. Venus elegantina, V. vermiculosa, V. japonica and V. striata Blainville, Dict. Sci Nat., 



LVII, pp. 282, 283. 

 1835. Venus tristis, V. vermiculosa and V. elegantina Deshayes in Lamarck Anim, sans Vertèb., 



VI, pp, 366, 367, 369. 



