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LIST OF IRISH TESTACEA. 



there is a complete shell in the cabinet of Dr Blake 

 of William Street, Dublin, who received it from 

 Mr Green, fishmonger : it was given to him by a 

 fisherman who dredged it in Dublin Bay. My 

 friend Mr O' Kelly, informed me he made inquiry 

 concerning this shell at the fishermen, who assured 

 him they got five or six specimens before, but 

 threw them away, thinking them of no use. I 

 am thus particular, because I have great doubts of 

 Chama cor being an inhabitant of the seas around 

 Great Britain, or its neighbouring islands. 



ARCA. 



1. minuta. Donovan, Brit. Sh. t. 78. A. caudata. — Linn. 



Tr. 8. p. 92. One valve in Dublin Bay. 



2. Glycyme- Linn. Tr, 8. p. 93. t. 3. f. 3. One valve of this 



ris. rare shell was found by Mrs Clewlow at Spring- 



vale ; and several odd valves at Carrickfergus 

 by Dr Macgee. 



S. pilosa. Linn. Tr. 8. p. 94. t. 3. f. 4 — Donovan, Br. 



Sh. t. 37. A. glycimeris. One specimen at 

 Portrahan Donnabate, by M. J. O'Kell}^, 

 Esq. 



4. Nucleus. Donovan, Br. Sh. t. 63. — Linn. Tr. 8. p. 95. 



Dublin Bay and Portmarnock ; plentiful. 



5. barbata. (Plate xxiv. fig. 3.) Lister's General Conch. 



t. 231. — Rumphius, Mus. t. 44. — Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. 2. p. 1140. " Shell oblong striate, 

 bearded with byssus: beaks approximate; 

 margin closed. Shell pale chesnut under the 

 byssus, sometimes mixed with white, and 

 marked with decussate striae : the fibres in 

 the angle of the section are nodulous." — Tur-» 

 ton's Linne, 4. p. 250. 

 With an oblong-ovate, strong, white shell, very 

 finely reticulated, and coveied with an oliva- 



