. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 404 H. E. J. BIGGS Family PSAMMOBIIDAE Genus SOLECURTUS BlainviUe, 1824 Solecurtus australis (Dunker, 1861) Macha australis Dunker, 1861 : 424. Solenocurtus (Macha) australis Moazzo, 1939 : 100. Solecurtus strigilatus Biggs and Grantier, i960 ; 392. Material. Western Khor, 2 valves, damaged. The Solecrutus strigilatus Linnaeus recorded by Biggs and Grantier (i960) is this species. Issel (1869) reports S. strigilatus (Linnaeus) from Suez Bay based on material collected before the opening of the Suez Canal, it is possible that this was an error
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 404 H. E. J. BIGGS Family PSAMMOBIIDAE Genus SOLECURTUS BlainviUe, 1824 Solecurtus australis (Dunker, 1861) Macha australis Dunker, 1861 : 424. Solenocurtus (Macha) australis Moazzo, 1939 : 100. Solecurtus strigilatus Biggs and Grantier, i960 ; 392. Material. Western Khor, 2 valves, damaged. The Solecrutus strigilatus Linnaeus recorded by Biggs and Grantier (i960) is this species. Issel (1869) reports S. strigilatus (Linnaeus) from Suez Bay based on material collected before the opening of the Suez Canal, it is possible that this was an error for the present species as Moazzo (1939) records australis in Suez Bay. Family TELLINIDAE Genus TELLINA Linnaeus, 1758 Subgenus ARCOPAGINULA Lamy, 1918 Tellina (Arcopaginula) inflata Gmelin, 1891 (Text-fig. 10) Tellina inflata Gmelin, 1791 : 3230. Tellina (Tellinella) inflata Melvill and Standen, 1907 ; 819. Tellina [A.) inflata Moazzo, 1939 : 118. Material. Sta. 3, i live; Sta. 5, 1+3 valves; Sta. 7, 1+3 valves. This is a new record for the Persian Gulf. It was reported from Muscat, 10 fm mud, by Melvill and Standen (1907). The specimen from station 3 was gravid (see figure), it was taken in December or January when the temperature of the water was 21 °C (7o°F) on the bottom and the salinity 43 %o to 48 % Fig. id. Arcopagia {Arcopaginula) inflata Gmelin lateral view with right valve and mantle removed to show general anatomical Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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