239 



rather thick, rounded concentric ridges, which become thinner and irregular on the posterior 

 part, and sometimes run into one another in the middle of the shell. 



Distribution: — P. [P.) japoizica is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific. 



The "Sibogfa" Expédition collected a number of shells of this species in the Bay of 

 Labuan Tring- (St. 19), Anchorage off Dongala, Palos Bay, Celebes (St. 86) and at Waru, 

 Ceram (St. i 74). 



6. Paphia [Paratapes) textile (Gmelin). 



685. Tellina iiiajor reticulata Lister, Hist. Conch., pi. CCCC, fig. 239. 



742. Ckama inaequilatera etc., Gualtieri, Ind. Test., pi. LXXXVI, fig. E. 



765. Coquille à lettres Knorr, Délices Yeux, III, p. 53, pi. XXVIII, fig. 4. 



780. Moule Favanne, La Conch. pi. XLIX, fig. 12. 



784. Venus textrix etc. Chemnitz, Conch. -Cab., VII, p. 48, pi. XLII, fig. 442. 



788. Venus textrix Schroter, Conch. -Cab. Namen Reg., p. 112. 



790. Venus Textile Gmelin, Syst. Nat., (éd. XIII), p. 3280. 



797. Bruguière, Encyclopéd. Méthod., pi. CCLXXXIII, figs. \a,b. 



802. VeniLS textile Bosc, Hist. Nat. Coq., III, p. 56. 



817. Venus Undulata Dillwyn (non Born), Descr. Cat., I, p. 204. 



818. Venus textile Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., V, p. 596. 



824. Venus textile Dubois, Epitome, p. 73. 



825. Venus Textile Sowerby. Cat. Tankerville, p. 15. 

 828. Venus textile Blainville, Dict. Sci. Nat., LVII, p. 278. 

 830. Pullastra vulgaris Sowerby, Gen. Shells, II, Pullastra, fig. l. 

 832. Venus textile Deshayes, Encyclopéd. Méthod., III, p. 11 19. 

 835. Vernis textile Deshayes in Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., VI, p. 354. 

 841. Pullastra vulgaris Reeve, Conch. Syst., I, p. 96, pi. LXXII, fig. i. 

 843. Venus Textile Hanley, Rec. Biv. Shells, p. 12 [. 

 845. Pullastra vulgaris Catlow & Reeve, Conch. Nomencl., p. 41. 



852. Tapes textile Sowerby, Thés. Conch., II, p. 681, pi. CXLVI, figs. 26 — 28. 



853. Tapes textrix Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Brit. Mus., I, Veneridae, etc., p. 171. 

 853. Pullastra textrix Morch, Cat. Yoldi, II, p. 21. 



855. Venus textile Berge, Conchylienbuch, p. 59. 



856. Venus textile Hanley in Wood, Ind. Test., p. 50, pi. VIII, fig. 104. 



857. Venus [Tapes-Textrix) textile Romer, Krit. Untersuch., p. 'j^. 

 857. Tapes textrix Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. Moll., II, p. 435. 

 860. Tapes textile Reeve, Elem. Conch., II, p. 106, pi. XXXV, fig. 193. 

 864. Venus [Tapes-Textrix) textrix Rômer, Malakozool. Blàtt., XI, p. 20. 

 867. Tapes textrix Mitchell, Cat. Mus. Madras, p. 66. 



869. Tapes textrix Frauenfeld, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ges, Wien, XIX, p. 883. 



870. Venus textrix Pfeiffer in Martini-Chemn., Conch. -Cab. (N. F.), XI (I), Veneracea, p. 169, 

 pl. XV, fig. 7. 



870. Tapes testrix (sic), MacAndrew, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) VI, p. 447. 



870. Venus [Tapes, Textrix) textrix, Romer, Mon. Venus, II, p. 19, .pl. V, figs. l, la — c. 



874. Tapes textrix von Martens, Vorderasiat. Conch,, p. 104. 



878. Tapes [Textrix) textile Kobelt, lUustr. Conchylienbuch, p. 336, pl. XCVIII, fig. 11. 



884. Tapes textrix Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., p. 269. 



884. Tapes textrix Tryon, Struct. Syst. Conch., III, p. 182. 



884. Tapes [Textrix) textrix Smith, Rept. Voy. "Alert", p. 97. 



885. Tapes [Paratapes) textrix, Smith, "Challenger" Lamellibranchia., p. 114. 



886. Tapes textrix Cooke, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) XVIII, p. 103. 



887. Tapes textrix von Martens, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), XXI, p. 213. 

 887. Tapes [Paratapes) textrix Fischer, P., Man. ConchylioL, p. 1086. 



