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Venus casina, Linné.—Upper Loch F yne at Minard Narrows, in 12 
to 20 fathoms, and in Lower Loch Fyne in 104 fathoms QL) Off 
Silvercraigs, Loch Fyne (Alf. Brown), 
Venus gallina, Linné.—Common along all the shores and in all the lochs 
of the Clyde district (M., Alf. Brown, and others). 
Venus ovata, Pennant.—Off Battle Island, and in East Loch Tarbert 
(B. & S.). Common in all the Clyde lochs in depths of 10 to 70 fathoms 
Venus fasciata (Da Costa),—Common in East Loch Tarbert and Loch 
Fyne (B. &8.). Minard Narrows, Upper Loch Fyne, in 12 to 20 fathoms 
(M.). Colour and sculpture variable, 
Lucinopsis undata (Pennant).—Off Otter Spit, Loch Fyne; generally 
in about 8 to 12 fathoms (Alf. Brown). 
Axinus flecuosus (Montagu). East Loch Tarbert (B. &8.). In all 
the upper lochs of the Clyde district in depths varying from 5 to 70 
fathoms (M.). 
* Axinus ferruginosus (Forbes).—Loch Fyne, off Tarbert, in 16 to 18 
fathoms (B. & S8.). Upper Loch Fyue in 10 to 35 fathoms, and in Lower 
Loch Fyne in 20 to 100 fathoms (M.). Alive at Moll Dhu, Loch Fyne, 
on a muddy bottom (Alf. Brown). 
Aainus croulinensis, Jeffreys.—Lower Loch Fyne (Robertson, Trans. 
Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow, vol. ii., N.S., p. 152). 
Psammobia ferréensis (Chemnitz).—At Minard Narrows, Upper Loch 
Fyne, in 10 to 30 fathoms, and also on the west and east sides (M.). 
Solen siliqua, Linne.—East Loch Tarbert—variety arcuata, Jeff. 
(B. & S.). Large and fine specimens are occasionally obtained at extreme 
low water near Strachur i in Upper Loch Fyne (M.). 
* Solen ensis, Linné.—Taken in all the lochs of the Clyde district (M.). 
Solen pellucidus, Pennant.—Loch Fyne, off Silvercraigs, and off Otter 
(Alf. Brown). Not very uncommon, but very fragile. | 
Mactra subtruncata (Da Costa).—Frequent in East Loch Tarbert 
(B. & 8.). Upper Loch Fyne at Minard Narrows, in 12 to 20 fathoms, 
and also on the shore (M.). 
Mactra elliptica, Brown.—Off the Otter Spit, Loch Fyne (Alf. Brown). 
Upper Loch Fyne, at Minard Narrows in 11 to 25 fathoms (M.). Jeffreys 
in British Conchology and Brown in Mollusca of the Firth of Clyde, 
include WM. elliptica, Brown, under J. solida, Linné, as a variety of that 
species, but in Dr N orman’s catalogue it is entered as a separate species. 
Lutraria elliptica, Lamarck.—Upper Loch Fyne at Minard Narrows, 
in 12 to 20 fathoms (M.). 
* Solen stliqua var. arcuata has sometimes been mistaken for Solen ensis; the 
latter, however,is usually considerably smaller than the variety arcuata of 8. siliqua, 
