F amily — Carditid.e . 
Genus — Cyamium. 
C. minutum, Fab. 
Turtonia ininuta , F. and H. 
“ Very common, from shell-sand at Bamboro’ in Sopt , 11)00." 
— M.V.L. 
F amily — V enkkto.k. 
Genus — Tapes. 
T. vrRGiNEUs, Linn. 
Piillastra virginea , Linn. 
“ One specimen from Bamboro’.” — M.V.L. 
[ have a few small ones from deep water. 
T. PULLASTRA, Mont. 
Pullastra vulgaris, Sow. 
“ Very common at C'ullcrcoats and Bamboro’.” — M.V.L. 
Not uncommon, in mud and the laminarian zones of sandy bays. 
Family — T ellinid.e. 
Genus — T ellina. 
T. KABUL a, (iron. 
“ One specimen at Cullercoats.” — M.V.L. 
T. pusili.a, Phil. 
T. pygvura, Lov. 
“ One specimen in shell-sand from Bamboro’ in Sept., 1!>00." 
—M.V.L. 
Fam i ly — ^ [ actri n.v. . 
Genus — Mactra. 
M. soi.ida. Linn . 
“ Common on the sands between Beal and Holy Island.” — 
M.V.L. 
Not uncommon elsewhere on the coast. 
Family — A xatinid.e. 
Genus — Thracia. 
T. PAPYRACEA, Poll'. 
T. phaseolina, F. and 11. 
“ Common at Bamboro'.” — M.V.L. 
Family — X ylophaoid.e. 
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Genus— Xylophaoa. 
X. DORSALIS, Turt. 
One specimen taken 8 or 4 miles off Cullercoats. 
