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NUCULIDZ. 
NUCULA, Lamarck, 1799. 
250. N. nucleus (Z). Arca nucleus, ZL. 
Pulteney, p. 37, pl. 12, f. 6. 
Abundant ; frequents a coarse sea-bottom. 
Weymouth and about Poole Harbour, Pulteney. 
Poole, dredged, back of Hook, Dr. T'urner. 
Weymouth, plentiful, #. R. Sykes. 
Between South Haven and Studland, Carleton Green. 
Kimmeridge Bay, dredged at several depths, J. C. M.-P. 
West Bay, between West Bexington and Abbotsbury, 
J.C. M.-P. 
Fossil: Red and Coralline Crags. 
Var, radiata, Forbes and Hanley. 
Forbes and Hanley, Vol. ii., p. 220, pl. 47, f. 4,5, and pl. 48, 
f, 7. 
Weymouth, common, £. R. Sykes. 
Kimmeridge Bay, dredged, J. C. M.-P. 
251. N. nitida, G. B. Sowerby. 
Ranges from low spring-tides to 86 fathoms. 
Weymouth, W. Thompson. 
Kimmeridge Bay, abundant, dredged, J. C. M.-P. 
Fossil : Coralline Crag. 
LEDA, Schumacher, 1817. 
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. L. minuta (Moll.) Area minuta, Fabricius. 
Pulteney, p. 36, pl. 1, f. 16. 
Forbes and Hanley, Vol. ii., p. 225, pl. 47, f. 11-13. 
Rare in the southern counties. 
Weymouth, scarce, S. Hanley. 
Kimmeridge Bay, dredged, J. C. M.-P. 
Fossil ; Red Crag and Pleistocene. 
