KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. N:0 1. 



G9 



Solariella varicosa (Mighels & Adams 1842). 



ri. 5 ligs. 6 —14; PL 7 tigs. 5—6. 

 Habitat : 



Finmark — Kola Peninsula: Varangerfjord (Nylander & Gadd) 1 sli., h. 9.3; ap. 

 4.5; d. 8.8; wh. 6. — Vadsö (Sparre Schneider) many sps, max. h. 8.4; ap. 4; d. 7.7; wh. 

 6 V2, Fig- 7. — Kildin Island, Murman Coast, 5 — 10 fms (Herzenstein 1887) 3 sps, 

 max. h. 7.5; ap. 4; d. 7. 'S Fig. 8. — Litza, Kola (Sandeberg Vs 1877) 4 sps, max. 

 h. 8.5; ap. 4.4; d. 9. — Waidaguba (Sandeberg ^**/8 1877) 3 sps, max. h. 7.2; ap. 

 3.0; d. 7.2; Fig. 10. - Teriberki Fiord, 20 fms (Sandeberg 'Vs 1877) 1 sp., h. 5.2; 

 ap. 3.3; d. 5; wh. 5. — Subowski, 14 fms, sand (Sandeberg % 1877) 3 sps, max. h. 

 7.2; ap. 3.8; d. 7.2, Fig. 6. 



Kara Sea (Leche 1878, M. elegantissima). Dimensions: Cape Grebeni, max. h. 

 9; ap. 4.4; d. 8.5; wh. 6, Fig. 9. — Korepowskoi, fossil, max. h. 11; ap. 5; d, 11. 2. 

 — Matotschkin sharr, max. h. 8; ap. 4.5; d. 8.1, Fig. 12. 



Behring Sea (Aurivillius 1887), 1 sp. (Vega Exp. Nr. 1075), h. 7.'^; ap. 3.9; 



d. 7.8. 



Spitzbergen: Ice Fiord, 18 fms, clay with stones (1861), 1 sp., h, 9.6; ap. 5.«; 

 d. 10.5 (aberrant form with feeble umbilical spiral keels and with sharp, impressed 

 spiral striee). — Amsterdam Island, 25 fms, mud (1861) 2 sps, max, d. 5.3. — Hack- 

 luyts Headland, 18-20 fms (1861) 2 sps, max. d. 8.9, Fig. 14. — Red Bay (1861) 

 1 sp., d. 10. — Off Mossel Bay, 12 fms, sand ('7i 1873) 7 sps, max. d. 11.8; Mossel 

 Bay, 2—30 fms, sand, clay, shells, algse, Lithohamnium (1872—73), numerous sps, 

 max. h. 11.6; ap. 6.2; d. 12.4; wh. 5 V2 (3 feeble umbilical keels). — Treurenburg 

 Bay, 30 fms, stones with clay ('^e 1861) 2 sps, max. d. 3.2; D:o, 6 — 30 fms, clay, 

 sand (""/o 1861) 70 sps, max. d. 11 (umbilical keels 2 — 3), Fig. 13. — Hinlopen Strait, 

 80° N., 17° 5' E., 10—25 fms, stones (1861) 14 sps, max. d. 12. — Low Island, 80° 20' 

 N., 18° 5' E., 16 fms, stones (''77 1861) 1 sh., d. 6.7. 



North Atlantic: 52° 5' N., 52° 19' W., 161 fms, clay mixed with sand (Lindahl 

 '"/8 1871) 1 fragment of a large shell. - 49° 41' N., 52° 9' W., 188 fms, greenish 

 clay (Lindahl '"/s 1871) 4 slis of a fresh appearance, max. h. 4.ti; ap. 2.5; d. 5. 



Newfoundland Bank: 46° 5' N., 51° 44' W., 56 fms, sand, shells (Lindahl 'Vs 

 1871) 3 sps, max. h. 8; ap. 4.2; d. 7.9, Fig. 11. 



Limits of formal variation: 



Spitzbergen ; 



h. 



4—5 



6—7 



8—9 



9—10 



11—12 



max. 11.6 (Mossel Bay) 



60 sps 



ap. 



2-3 



3.3—4.2 



4.2—5.1 



4.5—5.4 



5—6.4 



6.2 



measured 



d. 



3.7—5.4 



5.9—7.6 



7.9—9.9 



8.9—11 



11.2—12.4 



12.4 





wh. 



4 



5 



6 



about 6 



>6 



>6 



In sculpture the Spitzbergian, form varies somewhat, the spiral keels of the angular 

 and the umbilical regions of the shell being more distinct in young shells than in older ones ; 



