MARINE SHELLS. 75 



Venus lineta, Pult. Guernsey, exceeding If inches in length (Marshall). 



Belgrave Bay and Bordeaux Harbour, rare (Tomlin). Braye Bay, 



Alclerney, valves (Marquand). 

 V. faseiata, Da C. Herm, not uncommon (Tomlin). Var. radiata, Jeff. 



Guernsey, 20 fms., and Herm at low water (Marshall). Var. raricostata, 



Jeff. Dredged, scarce (Tomlin). 

 V. verrucosa, L Channel Islands at low water (Marshall). Guernsey and 



Herm, common (Tomlin). Alderney, common, occasionally alive 



(Marquand) . 

 V. OVata, Penn. Guernsey (Marshall). Alderney, plentiful in shellsand 



(Marquand). Very common in dredgings (Tomlin). Var. lutea, Jeff. 



Guernsey (Br. Con.) Dredged (Tomlin). Var. trigona, Jeff. Guernsey 



(Jeffreys) . 

 V. gallina, L. Guernsey and Herm, not very common (Tomlin). Alderney, 



valves cast up (Marquand) . 

 Tapes aureus, Gmel. Guernsey (Marshall). Braye Bay, Alderney 



(Marquand). Var. ovata, Jeff. Herm (Marshall). Var. quadrata, Jeff. 



Herm (Marshall). 

 T. Virgineus, L. Guernsey (Br. Con.) Alderney, common (Marquand). 



Var. samiensis, Turt. Channel Isles (Br. Con.) Var. elongata, Jeff. 



Guernsey (Marshall). 

 T. pullastra, Mont. Alderney, common (Marquand). Var. perforans, Mont. 



Channel Isles (Br. Con.) Var. ovata, Jeff. Guernsey (Marshall). Var. 



oblonga, Jeff. Guernsey (Marshall). 

 T. deeussatus, L. Guernsey and Herm (Tomlin). Alderney (Marquand). 



Lueinopsis undata, Penn. Herm, rare (Tomlin). Var. cequalis, Jeff. 

 Guernsey and Herm (Marshall) . 



Gastrana fragilis, L. Guernsey (Jeffreys). 

 Tellina balaustina, L. Guernsey (Jeffreys). 



T. Crassa, Gmel. Guernsey, rare ; Herm, common (Tomlin). Alderney 

 (Marquand). Var. albida, Jeff. Herm, common (Tomlin). 



T. balthiea, L. Alderney, very rare (Marquand). Herm, dead shells 



(Tomlin). 

 T. squalida, Pult. Guernsey and Herm (Marshall) . Belgrave Bay, but rare 



in Guernsey and Herm (Tomlin) . 

 T. donaeina, L. Guernsey (Marshall). Alderney (Marquand). Occasional 



at Herm, and dredged (Tomlin). Var. Lantivyi, Payr. Guernsey 



(Marshall). 

 T. pusilla, Phil. Channel Isles (Jeffreys). Alderney, one valve (Marquand). 



Herm, at low water (Marshall). Occasional at Herm, and dredged 



(Tomlin). 



Psammobia tellinella, Lam. Herm, common ; dredged, rare (Tomlin). 

 "V ar. purpurea, Marsh. Herm (Tomlin). 



P. COStulata, Turt. Guernsey (Turton, Metcalfe, Hanley and Barlee). 



Herm, living in sand at low water (Marshall). Very rare dredged 



(Tomlin). 

 P. ferroensiS, Chem. Guernsey Harbour, rare (Marshall). Frequent at 



Braye Bay, Alderney (Marquand). Belgrave Bay, with Cardktm norve- 



gicum ; rare in Herm (Tomlin) . 



P. vespertina, Chem. Common on the shore at Guernsey and Herm 

 (Tomlin). Alderney, frequent (Marquand). Var. laetea, Jeff. Guernsey 

 and Herm, rare (Marshall). 



Donax Vittatus, Da G. Alderney, one valve on the shell beach (Marquand) . 

 Herm (Tomlin). 



