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Venericardia corbis, Philippi (1836).

Cardita corbis, Philippi, Enum. Moll. Siciliæ, vol. i, 1836, p. 55(=unidentata, Basterot).

A Pliocene fossil of south Italy, found living in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and off the Canaries, in deep water (552 fathoms, “Challenger” Exped.).

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Specimens of this shell, kindly named by Professor W. H. Dall, were dredged off Little Barrier Island in about 20 fathoms by Mr. R. H. Shakespear. This forms a very interesting addition to the fauna of New Zealand.

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