KUNQL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50. N:0 5. 



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(Särs), 10 sps, max. h. 11, ap. h. 7.'j; br. 9. v; ap. br. 4.0; luiib. 3; >sut. 3. .5; wh. 5 %(Fig. 

 18). — N. W. of Bergen, 130—180 fms (T. Andersson 1876), 1 sli., h. 3.7. — Christian- 

 sund and Molde, many sps"(LiLLJEBORG), max. h. 9.8; ap. h. 7.4; br. 9; ap. br. 4.5; umb. 



3.4; sut. 2.4; wh. 5. 



Rissen, Trondhjemsfjord, 15 — 30 fms (Östergren 'V7 1902), 1 



sp., h. 6.5. — Karlsö Sound, 15 fms, stones, corals (Malmgren. 1861), 1 sp., h. 10; ap. h. 

 7.3; br. 9.5; ap. br. 4.5; umb. 3; sut. 2.9; w^h. 5 +. 



North Sea, 58° 55' N. 3° 28' E., 170—200 fms, gravel (v. Yhlen), 2 sps, max. h. 

 8.2; ap. h. 6.4; br. 7.7; ap. br. 3.8; umb. 2.5; sut. 2.3; wh. 5; D:o, 55° 13' N. 3° 45' E. (Eu- 

 genie Exp. -'Ao 1851), 30 fms, 1 sh., h. 10. 



Limits of Formål Variation. 







Coasts 



of Scanduiavia, 65 sps 



measured : 





h. of shell 



4—5 



6—7 



8—9 



10—11 



12—13 



max. 14.6 (Gullniarn) 



h. of aperture 



3.5—4.5 



4.8—6 



6—7.5 



7-9 



8—10.6 



10 



br. of shell 



3.8—4.9 



5.4 — 6.8 



7—8.7 



8.5—10.6 



10.1—12.5 



12.7 



br. of aperture 



2—2.6 



2.7—3.6 



3.4—4.6 



4.1—5.4 



4.9—6.2 



6 



lip to umbilicus 



1,3—1.9 



1.7—2.7 



2.3—3.5 



2.7—4.2 



3—4.9 



3.2 



lip to suture 



0.5—1.5 



1—2.3 



1.7—3 



2.3—4 



3—4.7 



3.9 



whorls 



4 



4V.-5 



about 5 



5 + 



57,-6 



5'/3 



General Distribution : 



J Norway, whole coast to Hammerfest, 15 — 250 fms (h. 14, Lofoten; G. O. Särs 

 1878); E. Finmark (Norman 1902); Skatören (h. 8, Spärra Schneider 1886); Nordland 

 (M' Andrew 1856); Bergen, 1—100 fms (Friele 1874); west coast, 5— 21 7 fms (Metzger 1875; 

 Grieg 1912); Cliristianiafjord, 15—120 fms (Asbjöriisen 1854; M. Särs 1870; Jeffreys 1870). 



— Bohuslän: Väderöarna, Gullmarn, Vinga ränna, 16 — 60 fms (Malm 1855, Théel 1907). 



— Kattegatt: St. Middelgrund, dead; Hellebsek, fflive; N. of Skagen, 35 — 70 fms, living, 

 110 fms, dead; clay with sand (Mörch 1871; Petersen 1888); W. of Jutland, 26—80 fms 

 (Metzger 1875). — Dogger Bank, + var. albula and var. eonica (Hargreaves 1910). 



— Iceland (Mörch 1869, Jeffreys 1867).^ — Fish Bank W. of Faroe Islands (h. 11, Mörch 

 1868). — N. of Hebrides, 189 fms (Jeffreys 1869). — Shetland — Faroe ridge, warm area, 

 516—570 fms (Jeffreys 1883). — N. of Scotland, 66—542 fms; Off Ireland, 90—808 

 fms (Jeffreys 1885). — British coasts, 15—90 fms (Jeffreys 1867; Nichols 1900). — Hol- 

 land, Belgium, rare (Maitland 1897). — France, the coasts down to 1125 m (Locard 1899); 

 N. Bay of Biscay, 109—246 fms (Reynell 1909). — N. of Spain, 608 m (Locard 1897). 



— W. of Portugal, 553 m; S. of Portugal, 386 fms (Locard 1897, Jeffreys 1885, Nobre 

 1905). — - Mediterranean: Cabo de Gata, Advent ure Bank (Jeffreys 1885, Carus 1890). 

 Depths to 808 fms. Sand, shells, stones. 



Ma 1910 I expres.sed some doubt as to the correctness of Jeffreys' statemeiit. Since then. however, I 

 have seen soiiic specimens that were collected 011 the Icelaud coasts aud sent to me by Mr. Bäröarson. 



