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Distribution : — C. papyracea is widely distributed round Eastern Australia, the Philippines, 

 Dutch East Indies, Indian Coast, Persian Gulf, and as far west as Arabia. 



The "Siboga" Expédition collected a single left valve at Saleyer (St. 213). 



Genus Venerupis Lamarck. 



18 18. Veneriipis Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., V, p. 506. 



1846. lî'iis Hermannsen (non Oken), Ind. Gen. Mol!. II, p. 684. 



1857. Riipellaria Adams, H. & A., (nec Fleuriau), Gen. Rec. Moll., II, p. 437. 



1874. Venerupis Sowerby in Reeve, Conch. Icon., XIX, Venerupis, pi. I, (explanation). 



1887. Venerupis Fischer, P., Man. Conchyliol., p. 1087. 



1903. Venerupis Dali, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci. Philadelphia, III, p. 1327. 

 1923. Venerupis Lamy, Journ. Conchyliol., LXVII, p. 275. 



A good définition of the genus Veneripis and of the structure of its hinge was published 

 by Lamy in his valuable revision of the genus cited above. The génotype is Venerupis irus (Linn.). 



I . Venerupis macrophylla Deshayes. 



1853. Veiierupis macrophylla Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pi. XVIII, fig. 8. 



1853. Venerupis macrophylla Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Brit. Mus., I, Veneridae, etc., p. 193. 



1854. Venerupis macrophylla Sowerby, Thés. Conch., II, p. 763, pi. CLXV, fig. 20. 

 1857. RîLpellaria macropliylla Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. Moll., II, p. 438. 



1860. Venerupis macrophylla Reeve, Elem. Conch., II, p. 134. 



1869. Venerupis macrophylla von Martens, von der Deckens Reise, p. 66. 

 \%6gï. Rupellaria macrophylla Adams, A., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) III, p. 236. 



1870. Rupellaria macrophylla MacAndrew, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) VI, p. 447. 



1874. Venerupis macrophylla Sowerby in Reeve, Conch. Icon., XIX, Venerupis, pi. IV, fig. 23. 

 1877. Rupellaria macrophylla Pagenstecher, Zool. Ergebn. Reise, Rothenmeer MoUusk., p. 42, 



1881. Rupellaria macrophylla de Rochebrune, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, (2) III. 



P- 255- 



1882. Vene7'upis macrophylla Dunker, Ind. Moll. Mar. Japon., p. 209. 

 1884. Venerupis macrophylla Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., p. 260. 



1886. Venerupis macrophylla Cooke, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) XVIII, p. 103. 



1888. Venerupis macrophylla Jousseaume, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, I, p. 209. 



1890. Venerupis macrophylla Paetel, Cat. Conch. Samm., III, p. 93. 



1891. Venerupis macrophylla Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 425. 



1893. Venerupis macrophylla Melvill & Abercrombie, Mem. Proc. Manchester Lit. Phil. Soc, 

 (4) VII, p. 30. 



1898. Irus macrophylla Melvill 8z: Standen, Journ. Conch., IX, p. 84. 



1899. Venerupis macrophylla Hedley, Mem, Austral. Mus., III, pp. 502, 529. 



1901. Venerupis macrophylla Sturany, Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. -Nat., LXIX, 



p. 282. 



1902. Venerupis macrophylla Shopland, Proc. Malacol. Soc. London, V, p. 178. 



1903. Venerupis macrophylla Hidalgo, Obras Malacol., II, p. 321. 

 1905. Venerupis macrophylla Hidalgo, Cat. Filip., p. 342. 



1905. Venerupis macrophylla Anthony, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, XI, p. 495. 



1906. Venerupis macrophylla Melvill & Standen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 836. 



1909. Venerupis Irus Lynge (ex parte, non Linn.), D. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. 



Nat. -Math., (7) V, p. 252. 

 1917. Venerupis macrophylla Odhner, Kungl. Svensk. Vetensk. Handl., LII, N° 16, p. 26. 

 1923. Venerupis macrophylla Lamy, Journ. Conchyliol., LXVII, p. 290. 

 1928. Venerupis macrophylla Faustino, Summary Philippine Mar. Freshw. Moll., p. 83. 



