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MOLLUSCA. 
Genus Venus. 
V. verrucosa, Linn. 
“Wexford, rare,” Brown. “Bray and Bantry Bay,” Turt. Mr. 
Hyndman’s cabinet contains a young shell ( V. cancellata ) given him as 
from Magilligan. Turton’s notice of Bray is all that I know of it on the 
East coast. The South and West are at all events its chief abode. 
Ballysodare, Co. Sligo, Mrs. Hancock. Clifden Bay, Mr. Hyndman 
and W. T., &c. Birterbuy Bay (obtained at low-water mark by digging 
8 — 10 inches), Dr. Farran. Coast of Clare, Dr. Ball. 
V. casina, Linn. 
Bray, Br. Turt. V. rejlexa, “ Bantry Bay ; very rare.” Turt. 
Pretty generally distributed, in sparing numbers. Dredged in Belfast 
and Strangford Loughs, from 10 to 20 fathoms, on soft sand, Mr. Hynd- 
man and W. T. Ballysodare, Mrs. Hancock. Dredged in Killery Bay 
in 1840, W. T., &c., and South Isles of Arran, Mr. Barlee (“ V. rejlexa ”). 
V. fasciata, Don. 
Dublin coast, Bantry Bay, Br. Turt. Not uncommon. 
Dredged occasionally alive from 8 to 23 fathoms, on sandy ground, in 
Belfast and Strangford Loughs, Mr. Hyndman and W. T. Ballysodare, 
large and highly-coloured, as indeed are all the shells of this family there 
when mature ; 'collected by Mrs. Hancock. Bantry Bay seems its 
favourite locality ; by Dillwyn it was remarked as “very common” here. 
Dredged near the South Isles of Arran by Mr. Barlee. 
V. Pennantii, Forbes. 
Bantry Bay, Turt. Magilligan, Belfast, Strangford, and Birterbuy 
Bays. Not common. 
Killery Bay, where it was dredged between 3 and 12 fathoms in 1840. 
V. gallina, Linn. 
Dublin coast, Br. Turt. ; common. Thrown ashore on the sandy 
beach of Magilligan in quantity and of large size. Found alive from 
low-water mark to 8 and 10 fathoms on the North and North-East sandy 
coasts. Dredged in Killery Bay in 1840. 
V. sinuosa, Penn. 
“ Dublin Bay ; rare,” Brown. “ Taken alive in Dublin Bay,” Turt. 
C. D. p. 249. Dredged in or near Bantry Bay, 1846, Mr. M ‘Andrew. 
Genus Pullastra. 
P. aurea, Br. 
“ Dublin Bay and Portmarnock (Dr. Turton) ; Bantry Bay (Dr. Taylor) ; 
Carrickfergus Bay (Dr. M ‘Donnell) ; rare.” Brown. “ Valentia Harbour, 
Co. Kerry.” O’Kelly, in Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iv. p. 240 (Dublin edit.). 
Not uncommon in the localities indicated in the table, in addition to which 
Clifden and Clew Bays (where it was dredged from the depth of a few 
fathoms) and the coast of Clare (Dr. Ball) may be named. 
Found in sand from about low-water mark to a few fathoms’ depth. 
V. cenea and V. nitens, Turt., are noticed by that author as found 
buried in the blue clay at Clontarf, near Dublin. The former I have 
taken alive in Strangford Lough ; and specimens similarly found in Bantry 
Bay are in Dr. Ball’s collection. 
