802 Panama Shells. , PHOLADlDiE, 



513. Pholas tubifera. 



Synonymy. 



Pholas tubi/era Sowb. jn Proc. Zool. Soc Lond. p. "71. July 1834. 



Mall. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 238.- May 1836. 



■ Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 499. 1843. 



Hanley Descr. Catal. p. 8. 1845 3 



. Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 499. No. 41. pi. 



106. f. 64, 65. 1849. 



Station. — In decayed wood, dredged up at 10 fathoms' depth ; 

 OumiDg I Sowerby. 



Habitat. — Bay of Oaraccas ; Cuming ! Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 Payta ; Fontaine I Orbigny. 

 "West Columbia ; Hanley : also Jay. 

 Panama ;' C. B. A. 1 



1 specimen was found. 



514. Pholas xyloplia^a. (Val. non Desh. et al.) 



Synonymy. 

 Penitella xyloptuiga (?) Val. Voy. Venus Moll. pi. 24. f. 2. 1846. 



Station. — Boring in wood, near high water mark. 



Habitat. — Panama ; 0. B. A. 1 



20 specimens were taken from the bottom of an old "dug- 

 out,"* on the rocks near the sea wall. The bottom of the canoe 

 was filled with this moUusk. 



615. Pholas . Sp. indet. a. 



2 right valves were found near Panama. It resembles P. 

 lanceolata Orb. 



516. Pholas . Sp. indet. h. 



1 partially decayed valve was found near Panama. This is 

 probably an undescribed species. 



* A large canoe made of the trunk of a tree. 



