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1884. Corbida modesta Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., p. 244. 



1885. Corbula modesta Smith, "Challenger" Lamellibranch., p. 32. 

 1890. Corbula modesta Paetel, Cat. Conch. Samm., III, p. 19. 

 1896. Corbula modesta Casto de Elera, Cat. Sist. Filip., p. 709. 

 1898. Corbula Diodesta Melvill & Standen, Journ. Conch., IX, p. 84. 

 1903. Corbida modesta Hidalgo, Obras MalacoL, II, p. 31. 



1905. Corbula modesta Hidalgo, Cat. Filip., p. 294. 



1906. Corbula modesta Melvill & Standen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 843. 



1906. Corbula modesta Standen & Leicester, Ceylon Pearl Oyster Rept., V, p. 294. 



19 10. Corbula modesta Dautzenberg, Journ. ConchylioL, LVIII, p. 31. 



1928. Corbîila modesta Faustino, Summary Philippine Mar. Freshw. MolL, p. 114. 



The relationships and distinguishing characters of A. modesta hâve been discussed under 

 A. taileîisis. 



Distribution: — A. modesta has a very wide range of distribution in the Indo-Pacific 

 and Smith ^) has doubtfully referred spécimens from Wydah on the Dahomey shore on the 

 Atlantic to this species. 



The "Siboga" collection has a good séries of spécimens of the species from the Bay of 

 Kankamaraân, south coast of Kangeang (St. 16), Sailus Ketjil, Paternoster Islands (St. 37), 

 Anchorage off Pulu Kawassang, Paternoster Islands (St. 40), Bay of Bima (St. 47), Pulu Sanguisiapo, 

 Tawi Tawi Islands, Sulu Archipelago (St. 93), Anchorage off North Ubian (St. 99), Anchorage 

 off Pulu Tongkil, Sulu Archipelago (St. 109) and Banda Anchorage (St. 240). 



5. Aloidis crassa (Hinds). (Plate VII, figs. 5 — 8). 



1843. Corbida crassa Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 55. 



1843. Corbida crassa Reeve, Conch. Icon., II, Corbida, pi. i, figs. Za — c. 



1844. Corbula crassa Hinds, Voy. "Sulphur", p. 67, pi. XX, figs. i — 3. 



1845. Corbula Crassa Hanley, Rec. Biv. Shells, Appendix, p. 344, pi. XII, fig. 29. 

 1856. Corbula crassa Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. MolL, II, p. 356. 



1860. Corbula crassa Reeve, Elem. Conch., II, p. 156. 



1868. Corbula crassa Tryon, Amer. Journ. Conch., IV, p. 64. 



1869. Corbula crassa Dunker, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, IV, p. 107. 



1881. Corbula crassa de Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philomat. Paris, (7) V, p. 15. 



1 884. Corbida crassa Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., p. 244. 



1884. Corbula crassa Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, IX, pp. 799, 990. 



1885. Corbida crassa Smith, "Challenger" Lamellibranch., p. 30. 



1887. Corbula crassa von Martens, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), XXI, p. 217. 



1890. Corbula crassa Paetel, Cat. Conch. Samm., III, p. 18. 



1891. Corbida crassa Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 435. 



1891. Corbula crassa Fischer, P., Bull. Soc. Nat. Hist. d'Autun, IV, p. 159. 



1898. Corbula crassa Melvill & Sykes, Proc. MalacoL Soc. London, III, p. 48. 



1899. Corbula crassa Melvill & Standen, Journ. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.), XXVII, p. 199 

 1903. Corbula crassa Hidalgo, Obras MalacoL, II, p. 30. 



1905. Corbula crassa Hidalgo, Cat. Filip., p. 293. 



1906. Corbula crassa Hedley, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXXI, p. 467. 

 1906. Corbida crassa Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XVIII, p. 262. 



1906. Corbida crassa Standen Sz: Leicester, Ceylon Pearl Oyster Rept., V, p. 294. 



1909. Corbula [Aloidis] crassa Lynge, D. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Nat.-Math., (7) V, p. 265. 



1910. Corbula crassa Hedley, Austral. Ass. Adv. Sci., XII, p. 351. 



i) Smith, E. A. — Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 728 (1871). 



