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nor so inflated. The sculpture consists of ten very prominent, raised, rounded, radial ridges which 

 in the areas corresponding to concentric ridges bear short spines in the upper and posterior 

 parts of the shell, and foliaceous scales on the anterior lower half. The shell is of a cream 

 colour and the spines are of an orange tint. 



Measurements of Holotype: — length 9.3 mm., height 7,4 mm., diameter 5.6 mm. 



Habitat: — The Holotype and a right valve were dredged at the Anchorage off Noimini, 

 south coast of Timor (St. 296). 



9. Chione [Clausmella] calophylla (Philippi). 



1742. Coucha valvis aeqnalibus, etc., Gualtieri. Ind. Test., pi. LXXXVIII, figs. D, D. 



1780. Venus cancellata Born (non Linn.), Test. Mus. Caes. Vindobon., p. 61, pi. XLI, fig. 9. 



1830. Venus Thiara Sowerby (non Dillwyn), Gen. Shells, II, Venus, pi. I, fig. 4; pi. II, fig. 3. 



1836. Venus calophylla Philppi, Archiv Naturgesch., I, p. 229, pi. VIII, fig. 2. 



1841. Venus Thiara Reeve (non Dillwyn), Conch. Syst., I, pi. LXVII, fig. 3. 



1853. Venus calophyla (sic) and V. Cuniingi Sowerby, Thés. Conch., II, p. 724, pi. CLX, 



fig. 176; p. 725, pi. XLVII, fig. 122. 

 1853. Venus calophylla and V. Cumingi Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Brit. Mus., I, Veneridae, etc., 



pp. 120, 121. 

 1853. Circoniphalus calophylla Morch, Cat. Yoldi, II, p. 23. 



1856. Venus calophylla Hanley, Rec. Biv. Shells, Appendix, p. 361, pi. XVI, fig. 26. 



1857. Venus {Anaitis, Chione) calophylla Romer, Krit. Untersuch., p. 62. 



1857. Chione [Circoviplialus] calophylla and C. {C.) cumingi Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. Moll., 



II, p. 422. 



1860. Venus calophyla (sic) Reeve, Elem. Conch., II, p. lio. 



1863. Venus Calophylla Reeve, Conch. Icon., XIV, Venus, pi. XXIII, fig. 114. 



1865. Venus [Anaitis) calophylla Romer, Malakozool. Blàtt., XII, p. 157. 



1867. Chione [Circoniphalus) calophylla Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 921. 



1869. Circoniphalus calophyllus Frauenfeld, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, XIX, p. 881. 



1870. Venus calophylla Pfeifter in Martini-Chemn., Conch. -Cab. (N.F.), XI, (i), Ve7ieracea, p. 208, 



pi. XXXIII, figs. 13-15. 

 1876. Chione calophylla Tapparone-Canefri, Viag. "Magenta", p. 230. 

 1882. Chione [Circomphalus) calophylla Dunker, Ind. Moll. Mar. Japon., p. 198. 

 1884. Venus calophylla Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., p. 261. 



1884. Venus (Chione) calophylla Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, IX, p. 992. 



1885. Venus [Chione) calophylla Smith, "Challenger" Lamellibranchia, p. 122. 



1887. Venus [Anaitis) calophylla von Martens, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), XXI, p. 212. 

 1890. Anaitis calophylla and A. Cumingi Paetel, Cat. Conch. Sanim., III, p. 83. 



1895. Chione calophylla Pilsbry, Cat. Mar. Moll. Japan, p. 128. 



1896. Anaitis calophylla Casto de Elera, Cat. Sist. Filip., p. 754. 

 1898. Anaitis calophylla Melvill & Standen, Journ. Conch., IX, p. 83. 



1898. Anaitis calophylla Melvill & Sykes, Proc. Malacol. Soc. London, V, p. 47. 



1899. Anaitis calophylla Melvill & Standen, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.) XXVII, p. 196. 



1903. Anaitis calophylla Hidalgo, Obras Malacol., II, p. 294. 



1904. Chione calophylla Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXVII, p. 883. 



1905. Anaitis calophylla Hidalgo, Cat. Filip., p. 338. 



1906. Chione calophylla Melvill & Standen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 833. 

 1906. Chione calophylla Owston, Japan. Loochooan Shells, p. 39. 



1909. Chione [Circomphalus) calophylla Lynge, D. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Nat.-Math., 



(7) V, p. 246. 



1910. Cytherea calophylla Hedley, Austral. Ass. Adv. Sci., XII, p. 348. 



191 1. Venus [Anaitis) calophylla Faustino, Summary Philippine Mar. Freshw. Moll., p. 70. 



