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out, and buried deeper ; also Lucina Desmarestii, 

 Amphidesma sicula, and the curious Solemya Medi- 

 terranea. Where the sand is coarse, Venus decussata 

 is found. 



"On muddy shores Lucina lactea abounds, and 

 where a stream pours in may be seen millions of 

 Gerithium mamillatum, along with some minute 

 JRissoce. 



"Mactra stultorum, Kellia corbidoides, Lucina pec- 

 ten, Venerupis decussata, Donax trunculus, Cardium 

 edule, Emarginula huzardi, Truncatella truncated a, 

 Gerithium fuscatum, Nassa neritia and gibbosula, 

 and A uricula myosotis complete the list of the most 

 constant Molluscan inhabitants of the Lycian shores 

 to a depth of seven or eight feet." 



The whole number of Mollusks referred to this 

 region, consists of thirty-eight species of Bivalves 

 and 109 Gasteropods ; 'and of these two classes, 

 twenty-seven and fifty-two may be taken as repre- 

 renting the proportion of species which have their 

 maximum in this zone. 



Among the Zoophytes, the littoral rocks of the 

 coast of Lycia are distinguished from those of the 

 iEgean islands, by masses of Cladocera cwspitosa, 

 never living deeper than eight feet from the sur- 

 face : large sponges grow in the sheltered gulfs, and 

 Padina pavonia, which has an Atlantic distribution 

 as far as our own southern shores, is the character- 

 istic plant of this zone. 



Such is the character of the littoral fauna of 



