OEBICULA. Panama Shells. > 803 



Class— BEACHIOPODA. 



617. Orbicula Cuniingii. 



Synonymy. 



Orbicula CumiAgii Brod. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 125. Not. 1833. 

 ^ Brod. in Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1. 143, 



pi. 23. f.l. 1835. 



Brod. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. p. 29. pi. 2. f. 1. 1835. 



Mull. Syn. Test. Viv. p. 1V5. 1836. 



Lam. An. sans Vert. VIL 31Y. No. 3. 



(Desh. ed.) - - - - 1836. 

 Lam. An. sans Vert. III. Pt. I. p. 118. 



No. 3. (Deah.ed.tert.) - - 1841. 

 Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 366. No. 4. 



pi. 73. f. 6. 1846. 



Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 677. 1846. 



Station. — Attached to. tlie lower sides of stones, in sandy 

 tnud, at low water, and in some instances at a depth of 6 

 fathoms; Cuming! Broderip. 



Our specimens were also found at low water mark, attached 

 to the under side of stones. 



Eahitat.—Pajta, St. Elena, and Panama ; Cuming I Broderip ; 

 also Sowerby. 



Payta and St. Elena ; Cuming 1 Orbigny. 



Seas of Chili and of Peru ; Deshayes. 



Panama ; C. B. A. 1 

 50 specimens were collected on the reef. 



