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Praeger — The Marine Shells 
Cardium echinatum, Linne. 
In the reports of Hyndman and Dickie, the only note of this fine shell 
having been taken alive is hy the former, who obtained a few living examples 
in Lame Longh, 4 to 5 fathoms ; while in a dead state it occurred in all the 
localities dredged, in 4 to 30 fathoms. Thompson says “ dredged from oozy 
sand in Belfast and Strangford Loughs” hy Hyndman and himself, hut does 
not state whether living or dead. Dredged alive in 6 fathoms off Bangor— 
Mr. S. A. Stewart. After northerly gales it is thrown ashore in some 
numbers on the Co. Down shore of the lough, from Holywood to Craigavad, 
with the animal quite fresh. Single valves of large size are abundant, and 
complete specimens frequent, on the sandy beaches of Magilligan and Portrush. 
Cardium exiguum, Gmelin. . 
Living in oozy ground in Lame Lough, and in the deeper waters adjoining, 
in 4 to 90 fathoms; the limit assigned hy Jeffreys is 15 fathoms, so the 
greater depth quoted would appear to be quite unusual. In and around 
Belfast Lough it has not been taken alive, and is rare in a dead state. It 
lives sparingly in Strangford Lough-Dickie, and R.L1.P. Thompson gives 
Red Bay as an additional station. (Sub G. pygmceum hy Hyndman and 
Dickie). Portrush, dead— Miss Richardson. 
Cardium fas datum, Montagu. 
Frequent, living on gravel and sand in 15 to 20 fathoms. Dead in Strang- 
ford Lough, on the Turbot Bank, and in up to 90 fathoms of water off Lame. 
In Thompson’s work it appears as sub C. elongaiwm and C. edulevax. fasciatum. 
Cardium nodosum, Turton. 
Belfast and Strangford Loughs— Thompson. Dredged living in 12 fathoms 
in the Sound between the Copeland Islands, and dead on the Turbot Bank, 
by Hyndman. More abundant in Strangford Lough and the channel adjoining 
than elsewhere ; Dickie dredged it frequently there, living in 7-20 fathoms. 
Cardium eduls, Linne. 
Gregarious everywhere in sandy hays, at and near low-water mark. Dea 
shells are dredged on the Turbot Bank, and Hyndman obtained a lirag 
example in 20 fathoms between the Maidens and the Isle of Muck. “ Attains 
a very large size in Donegal Bay ’’—Thompson. 
Cardium minimum, Philippi . 
Thompson made a new species, C. Loveni, out of specimens of this shell 
dredged hy Mr. Hyndman from 50 fathoms off the South Rock, Co. Down, 
and although they subsequently proved to he identical with a species already 
described and named, to him belongs the credit of having added this pretty 
shell to the British fauna. Hyndman subsequently records it ( sub C. Suecunm) 
from the Turbot Bank, and from shallower water (4-5 fathoms) m Lame 
Lough — in both instances dead. 
Cardium Tforvegicum, Spengler. 
“Dredged off Glenarm, in Belfast and 
Strangford Loughs, sparingly’ 
