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are not at all uncommon. It is much more like a Red Do ae 
than of any other locality. It is stated to occur in New Z 
but Captain Hutton assures me that he has never seen or gem 
of an instance. It is raph on the E. Australian coast. Further 
inquiries are needed to clear up this rather mysterious case of 
irregular distribution. Phaline ae ) aperta is Brena d asa 
lower lip spread out “Tt inhabits ‘Europe and Afric at ic — 
fig by 
was described aR thin transverse longi 
inal strie cron some sehealis ones towards the ma 
posterior impression ovate, margin crenate. Inhabits the Test 
Indies. Turton adds that it is white, with brown lines, veins, 
and spots, pra slope oblong, gaping, veined blackish brown, 
with 4 hinge teeth. (See Lurton’s Linneus—-A General System 
of Nat ae P tonne: 1806. Vol. 4, p. 226+.) No doubt many 
by one as a description or a figure of a no n species is denied 
by eacbe: and thus considerable pears results. For my 
part, it does seem a useless waste of time, space, and printing to 
burden our scientific books with synonyms of a pre-Linnean 
history. They are doubtful at the best, and can serve no useful. 
purpose whatever.: 
. distribution in] oye hewin ehach the 
gesting were ma ae con from nt West Indies, the Re 
the Indian Ocean, or the Mediterranean. nus, Ostrea 
edulis was the common iinet form. No difference ean be: 
detected between our species and that of Linné. It may well be 
questioned if it be not beri in Tasmania at least. 
Australia the case is different, for it is more abundant, and i is. 
found as a Pliocene fossil. Zeredo navalis is most ce 
* This work is especially interesting as containing a conchological system 
composed by Tournefort. 4 
+ As Turton translates Gm cr hon ceaime ited etimeen npr n 
<n a eats «eet inas- 5 aun eceeuaniner observations are his: 
by the continuator of Linné. 
