A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



PELECYPODA (continued) 



Galeommidae 



Galeomma turtoni (Sb.). Exmouth, dredged (F. and H.) 



SCROBICULARII DAE 



and H.) 

 c. in mud 



Syndosmya prismatica (M.). Exmouth (F, 

 — nitida (O.F.M.). Teignmouth Bay, 

 (L.B.) 



Start Bay, Torbay, and Teignmouth 

 v.c. in stomachs of plaice, etc. 



— alba (Wood), 

 Bay, m.c, 

 (M.B.A.) 



— tenuis (M.). Torbay (F. and H.) 

 Scrobicularia plana (D.C.). c. in mud and muddy 



gravel in estuaries, especially so in that of the 

 Exe, where it is the commonest bivalve after 

 the mussel (M.B.A.) 



Tellinidae 



Tellina crassa (Gm.). Off Plymouth Mettistone, c. ; 

 Tealm sandbank, occ. (M.B.A.) ; Exmouth ; 

 Torbay ; Sakombe (F. and H.) ; Teignmouth 

 Bay (L.B.) 



— squalida, Pulteney. r. Sakomhe (M.B.A.) ; Teign- 



mouth beach (L.B.) 



— donacina (L.). Tealm sandbank, occ. (M.B.A.) ; 



Teignmouth Bay, r. (L.B.) ; all along south coast 

 of Devon (F. and H.) 



— pusilla (Ph.). Teignmouth Bay, r. (L.B.) ; Ply- 



mouth ; Exmouth (J.G.J.) 



— tenuis (D.C.). Exmouth Polesands, v.c. (M.B.A.) ; 



Teignmouth Bay, c. (L.B.) 



— fabula, Gron. Plymouth Sound, in Zostera beds, 



m.c. ; Sakombe, rr. (M.B.A.) 

 Macoma balthica (L.). Kingsbridge estuary, shells c, 

 living, r. ; Exmouth, c. on surface of mud 

 (M.B.A.) ; Teign, in mud (L.B.) 



DONACIDAE 



Donax vittatus (D.C.). Exmouth Polesands, v.c, gen. 

 with Enteromorpha or other alga attached to 

 the posterior end (M.B.A.) ; Teiffimouth Bay, 

 c. on beach (L.B.) 



— variegatus (Gm.). Plymouth, shells only, rr. 



(M.B.A.) ; Exmouth ; Dawlish ; Milton, occ. 

 (F. and H.) 



Mactridae 



Mactra stultorum, L. Shells c. West Channel, Ply- 

 mouth ; Start Bay (M.B.A.) ; Teignmouth Bay, c. 

 on the beach and in dredgings (L.B.) 



Spisula solida (L.). c. gen. in sandy estuaries and 

 bays ; v.c. in Teignmouth Bay, where it is 

 dredged for food (L.B.) 



— elliptica (Brown). Plymouth, West Channel, 



abundant (M.B.A.) 



— subtruncata (D.C.). Teignmouth Bay (L.B.) 

 Lutraria elliptica (Lam.). Plymouth Sound, on sandy 



shores occ. ; Yealm, occ. ; Sakombe, c. in Zostera 

 and sand (M.B.A.) ; Exmouth ; Torbay (F. and 

 H.) ; Teiffimouth Bay, chiefly on beach (L.B.). 

 Gonads ripe, Mar.-May (M.B.A.) 



— oblonga (Ch.), Exmouth; Torbay; Sakombe 



(F. and H.) ; Dawlish Warren, valve only 

 (L.B.) 



PELECYPODA (continued) 

 Veneridae 



Lucinopsis undata (Penn). Plymouth to Exmouth, 

 shells only dredged (M.B.A.) ; Exmouth; 

 Dartmouth, 27 fms. (F. and H.) ; Teignmouth 

 Bay, occ. thrown up on beach (L.B.) 



Dosinia exoleta (L.). Plymouth Sound, Tealm sand- 

 bank, and off the south coast in 1 5—30 fms. occ. 

 (M.B.A.) ; Exmouth (F. and H.) ; Teignmouth 

 Bay, trawled (L.B.) 



— lupina (L.). Exmouth; Plymouth, in 25 fms.; 



Torbay (F. and H.) ; Teignmouth Bay (L.B.) 

 Meretrix chione (L.) Rarely taken alive ; shells c. 

 in West Channel, Plymouth (M.B.A.) ; Teign- 

 mouth Bay, dead (L.B.) 

 Venus (Clausinella) fasciata (D.C.). c. in coarse 

 muddy or sandy gravel, 6-30 fms., off Ply- 

 mouth ; occ. on Tealm sandbank and Sakombe in 

 clean sand (M.B.A.) ; Teignmouth Bay, occ. (L.B.) 



— (Ventricola) casina, L. Off Plymouth, in 10-30 



fms., gravel occ. (M.B.A.) ; S. Devon (F. and H.) 



— (Ventricola) verrucosa, L. Off Plymouth, occ. on 



mixed gravel grounds, 15-30 fms.; Plymouth 

 Sound and Tealm sandbank, rr. (M.B.A.) ; S. 

 Devon, i.e. (F. and H.) 



— (Timoclea) ovata, Penn. Plymouth Sound, m.c. in 



muddy sand and gravel, occ. outside in 15-30 

 fms. ; Sakombe, rr. (M.B.A.) 



— (Chamelaea) gallina, L. Plymouth, occ. 15-30 



fms. ; on shore in Tealm ; Sakombe R., Exmouth 

 Polesands occ. (M.B.A.) ; Teiffimouth Bay, c. 

 Var. laminosa occ, dead c (L.B.) 

 Tapes aureus (Gm.). Plymouth, shells only (M.B.A.) 



— virgineus (L.)., c. Millbay Channel, Plymouth, in 



gravel, occ. other parts of the Sound 3.ndi outside in 

 1 5-30 fms. ; Exmouthand Start Bay, rr. (M.B.A.); 

 Teignmouth Bay, type and var. sarniensis (L.B.) 



— puUastra (M.). Gen. dist. on shore and in dredg- 



ings in estuaries. Var. perforans, c. in Pholas and 

 Saxicava borings in limestone, etc. 



— decussatus (L.). Laira, Tealm sandbank ; Ex- 



mouth shore, in gravel, m.c. ; Sakombe, rr. 



(M.B.A.) ; Torquay (F. and H.) ; Teignmouth 



Bay, c. Var. quadrangula, on mudflats behind 



DatvRsh Warren (L.B.) 

 Gouldia minima (M.). Plymouth Sound and outside 



in 5—30 fms. ; f.c. on fine and medium gravel 



(M.B.A.) 

 Irus irus (L.). Plymouth and other parts of Devonshire, 



in limestone (F. and H.) ; not recorded by the 



M.B.A. 



Cardiidae 



Cardium aculeatum, L. Start Bay, dead ; Torbay, f.c. 

 (M.B.A.) ; Teiffimouth Bay, i.z.\a. 1886 (L.B.); 

 Paignton (J.G.J.) ; peculiar to S. Devon (F. and 

 H.). Var. depressa, with the type, Teiffimouth 

 Bay (L.B.) 



— echinatum, L. Plymouth, occ. in 15-30 fms., 



dead shells c. on fine sand of the Eddystone 

 trawling grounds; Teiffimouth Bay, i.e.; Exmouth; 

 Polesands, rr. (M.B.A.) 



— tuberculatum, L. Paignton Sands, abundant at 



certain seasons (F. and H.) ; Teiffimouth Bay, 

 f.c. (L.B.) 



— exiguum, Gm. Dartmouth; Torbay (F. and H.) 



— fasciatum, M. Torbay; Exmouth, 7 miles from 



shore (F. and H.) 



150 



