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JAMES A. GRIEG 



(REP. OF THE "MICHAEL SARS" NORTH 



where it was again taken by the "Travailleur" in 555 to 

 900 m., and also in the Bay of Biscay in 1226 to 1916 

 m.; it was taken by the "Talisman" off the west coast 

 of Morocco in 1145 m. 



Cassidaria echfnophora, Linne. 



Buccinum echinophorum, Linne, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1767, p. 1198. 



3 / 5) st. 20, lat. 35° 25' N., long. 6° 25' W„ 141 m., 

 fine sand, temp. 12°98C. One empty shell, 88 mm. high, 

 with a maximum diameter of 48 mm., belonging to the 

 variety- mutica, Tiberi. Among the drawings of this variety 

 given by Kobelt in his "Iconographie der schalentragenden 

 europaischen Meeresconchylien" (vol. 2, 1901, p. 68) it 

 corresponds most closely to figs. 2 & 3 in pi. 47. 



Kobelt regards C. echinophora as a true Mediterranean 

 mollusc, very common in the lesser depths. It was not 

 known outside Gibraltar, until the "Michael Sars" took 

 it immediately outside the Straits. 



Cassidaria rugosa, Linne. 



Buccinum rugosum, Linne, Mantissa Plantarum, 1771, p. 549. 



5 /s, st. 21, lat. 35° 31' N., long. 6° 35' W., 535 m., 

 yellow sand, temp. 11°52 C. Two empty, somewhat 

 defective shells. 



18 h, st. 88, lat. 45° 26' N., long. 25° 45' W., 3120 

 m., sand and yellow mud. A fragment. 



Though only a fragment was taken at st. 88 it is 

 from the position of the station probable that C. rugos a lives 

 there. If so the bathymetrical range of the species is 80 to 

 3120 m. The greatest depth from which it was previously 

 recorded is 2105 m. (the "Talisman" in 1885, st. 35). 



Buccinum undatum, Linne\ 



Buccinum undatum, Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1767, p. 1204. 



30 / 5 , st. 70, lat. 42° 59' N, long. 51° 15' W., 1100 

 m., temp. 3°7 C. One shell, rather worn, 54 mm. high 

 and 24 mm. in greatest diameter. 



In addition a round cluster of eggs of a buccinid 

 was taken at st. 70, measuring 33 by 29 by 27 mm., 

 attached to a shell of Peclen vitreus. The egg-capsules 

 were oblong, 6 — 7.5 mm. long and 5 — 6 mm. broad, with 

 a brim 1 — 3 mm. broad, and provided with ridges on 

 the upper side. Most of them were empty, and in none 

 of them could embryos be recognised. Hence it is not 

 possible to determine the species with certainty. But I 

 am inclined to believe that they belong to Buccinum 

 undatum, as the form, size and appearance of the capsules 

 recalls those of that species (cfr. Dons: Om egglsegningen 

 hos enkelte Buccinider). 1 ) 



Buccinum groenlandicum, Chemnitz. 



Buccinum groenlandicum, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. 10, 1788, p. 

 182, pi. 152, fig. 1448. 



Vt, st. 72, lat. 44° 35' N, long. 51° 15' W., 75 m., 

 temp. 2° 03 C. Ten specimens, the largest one 46 mm. 

 high and 26.5 mm. in greatest diameter. 



Buccinum hydrophanum, Hancock. 



Buccinum hydrophanum, HANCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. 18, 

 1846, p. 325, pi. 5, fig. 7. 



9 — 10 / 8 , st. 102, lat. 60° 57' N., long. 4° 38' W, 

 1098 m., dark sand and clay. Three somewhat damaged 

 living specimens. 



B. hydrophanum was also taken in the cold area of 

 the Faroe — Shetland Channel, by the "Triton" in 1882 

 (st. 4, 598—786 m., temp. 0° to n-0°26 C). The species 

 is circum-polar and known both from the warm and 

 cold area of the Norwegian sea. Its bathymetrical range 

 is 4 to 1187 m. 



Buccinum atractodeum, Locard. 



Buccinum atractodeum, Locard, Contrib. faune malac. francaise, vol. 

 10, 1887, p. 107. 



5 /s, st. 21, lat. 35° 31' N., long. 6° 35' W., 535 m., 

 yellow sand, temp. 11° 52 C. Seven specimens, 59 to 

 71 mm. high and 33 to 41 mm. in maximum diameter. 



I agree with Locard 1 ) in regarding this species as 

 different from the North European and British Buccinum 

 humphreysianum, Bennett. As to its relation to the 

 Mediterranean B. montewsatoi, Locard, I am unable to 

 form an opinion, as the latter species is unknown to 

 me. To judge from Locard's description, he seems fully 

 justified in looking upon both B. atractodeum and B. 

 monterosatoi as distinct species. 



B. atractodeum is an East Atlantic species distributed 

 from the Bay of Biscay southwards to the west coast of 

 Morocco. It also occurs in the Western Mediterranean. 

 Its bathymetrical range is 435 to 1190 m. 



Bela scalaris, Moller. 



Defrancia scalaris, Mbller, Index Moll. Groenl. 1842, p. 12. 



°— 10 / 8) st. 102, lat. 60° 57' N., long. 4° 38' W., 

 1098 m., dark sand and clay. One empty shell, 15 mm. 

 long, belonging to the variety abyssicola, Friele. It 

 agrees with the first of the two specimens of this variety 

 figured by Friele 2 ) (pi. 7. fig. 12). 



Bela scalaris has been recorded from the cold area 

 of the Faroe— Shetland Channel under the name of 



') Troms0 Museums Aarshefter, nr. 35 — 36, 1913, p. 16. 



1 ) Exp. Sci. "Travailleur" & "Talisman", Mollusques Testacies, t. 

 1, 1897, p. 280, pi. 15, fig. 1—3. 



2 ) Norw. N. Atlantic Exp., Mollusca II, 1886, p. 6, pi. 7, fig. 12—14. 



