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LIST OF IRISH TESTACEA. 



5. sinuosa. Donovan, Brit, Shells, t. 34. Pecten pusio.— * 



Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 148. Pecten distor- 

 tus. Portmarnock, rare; in Lough Strang- 

 ford not uncommon. 



6. obsoleta. Donovan, Brit. Sh. t. 1. f. 2. — Montagu, Test. 



Brit, p, 147. Portmarnock, rare. A very 

 beautiful and perfect specimen was taken by 

 the dredge at Bray, 



7. edulis. Pennant, Brit. Zool. 4. t. 62. f. 70. inferior. 



Carlingford, Lough Strangford, and Carrick- 

 fergus. 



ANOMIA. 



1. Ephippium. Donovan, Brit. Sh. t. 26. — Montagu, Test. Br. 



p. 155. Dublin Bay, two specimens ; and in 

 great plenty on oysters from Carlingford and 

 Lough Stranford. 



2. Squamula. Pulteney in Hutch. Dorsat. p. 37- t. 13. f. 4. — 



Montagu, Test. Brit, p 156. & p. 56l. Not 

 uncommon, adhering to Carlinford oysters. 



3. aculeata. Montagu, Test. Br. p. 157. t. 4. f. 5. Linn. 



Tr. 8. p. 103. In sand from Portmarnock; 

 not uncommon. 



4. undulata. Montagu, Test. Br. p. 15S. 157- & 580. t. 4. 



f. 6. — Donovan, Br. Sh. t. 45. Ostrea stri- 

 ata. Callina Bay, and Rathgarmont, Lough 

 Strangford. 



5. pellucida. Shell orbicular, slightly wrinkled, thin, pellucid 



and of a bright amber colour ; umbo small 

 and margined, below which is a chalky-like 

 spot, of a roundish shape ; under valve flat, 

 upper valve very convex. Diameter about 

 an inch. 



I first discovered this new shell on Color Coats 

 Sands, near Tynemouth, Northumberland.. 

 Portmarnock, and Dublin Bay ; rare. 



