The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . overed. On the 3rd of April of the present year, Rear-Admiral B. kindly forwarded for my inspection and determinationa Terebratula much exceeding in dimensions any I had hithertoseen; and I was informed at the same time that he had dredgedit alive in the outer harbour of Port William, at the FalklandIslands, in the year 1843 or 1844. The depth at which theanimal lived was from six to seven fathoms; the bottom onwhich the shell lay was a compact quartzose sand only, as nomud ever comes up with the dredge, altho
The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology . overed. On the 3rd of April of the present year, Rear-Admiral B. kindly forwarded for my inspection and determinationa Terebratula much exceeding in dimensions any I had hithertoseen; and I was informed at the same time that he had dredgedit alive in the outer harbour of Port William, at the FalklandIslands, in the year 1843 or 1844. The depth at which theanimal lived was from six to seven fathoms; the bottom onwhich the shell lay was a compact quartzose sand only, as nomud ever comes up with the dredge, although a stiff muddy Ann. l^ Hist. Ser. 3. 6 82 Mr. T. Davidson on Waldheimia venosa. clay underlies the sand, in which anchors hold very small Serjmlce are attached to its surface; and a long pieceof sea-weed, two feet in length, was found growing from nearits hinge. On opening the box containing this interesting specimen (ofwhich two correct drawings are here appended), I at once per-ceived that the shell was no other than an extremely large ex-.
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