BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 
153 
REPUTED BRITISH SPECIES. 
This List contains not only the reputed British species , but all 
those which have been erroneously considered as indigenous by 
various writers on British Shells, either by assuming species to 
be natives which are not so, or from false references. 
The habitats of the species are given, followed by an indica- 
tion of the authority for their introduction into the Fauna. 
1. Dione circinata. 
Venus circinata, Born, Mus. Cces. 61. t. 4. f. 8 ; Chemn. Conch. 
Cab. vi. 312. t. 30. f. 311; Dillw. Rec. Shells, i. 169. 
Venus Guineensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3270 ; Turton, Conch. Diet . 
237 ; Born, Mus . t. 4. f. 3; Chemn. f. 311, 312 ; Mont. Test . 
Brit . Supp. 48 & 168 ; Dorset Cat. 35. 
Chione circinata. Gray, Analyst, 1838, 305. 
Cytherea Guineensis, Lamk. Hist. 2nd ed. vi. 311; Turt. Brit. 
Biv. 161; Flem. Brit. An. 445; Thorpe, Brit. Mar. Conch. 84 ; 
Hanley, Recent Shells, 100. 
Cytherea circinata, Forbes fy Hanley, Brit. Moll. i. 399. 
Enc. Meth. Vers, t. 265. f. 1. 
Inhabits the South Atlantic Ocean. Introduced by Montagu, as 
taken in the Firth of Forth by Mr. Laskey. 
a. “ Weymouth.’ 5 From the Collection of Colonel Montagu. 
2. Chione pallida. 
Venus pallida, Turton, Brit. Biv. 150. t. 10. f. 5 ; Flem. Brit. An. 
448 ; Thorpe, Brit. Mar. Conch. 90 ; Forbes fy Hanley. Brit. 
Moll. i. 422. 
Inhab. ? One worn specimen is said, by Turton, to have 
been taken at Dawlish. 
3. Chione granulata. 
Venus granulata, Gmelin, S. N. 3277 ; Donov. B. S. iii. t. 83; 
Mont . T. B. 122 ; Linn. Trans, viii. 85 ; Turt. Conch. Diet. 
240, & Brit. Biv. 145; Brit. Faun. 158. no. 270; Dillw. Rec. 
Shells, 171 ; Flem. Brit. An. 447 ; Thorpe, Brit. Mar. Conch. 
88 ; Ind. Test. t. 7- f. 29 ; Lamk. Hist. 2nd ed. vi. 344 ; Han- 
ley, Rec. Shells, i. 114. t. 7. f. 29; Forbes Sf Hanley, Brit. 
Moll. i. 425. 
Venus Marica, Born, Mus. Cces. 59. t. 4. f. 5, 6 (not Linn.). 
Venus Marica, spuria, Chemn. Conch. Cab. vi. 314. t. 30. f. 313. 
Inhab. West Indies. Said to have been taken in Cornwall, Do- 
novan. Falmouth (dead) ; Montagu. 
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