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The topography and geology of the Fayum province of Egypt

Part 3 — APPENDIX II.

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Paul Oppenheim has recently published[100] a description of a large collection of Egyptian lamellibranchs; the following is a list of the species of which examples have been collected in the Fayûm (including Rayan and Moêla). Figured species are marked by an asterisk.

* Gryphaea pharaonum, Oppenh Lower Mokattam.

* Ostrea (Gryphaea) Whitehousei, May.-Eym. „

* O. „ Edmondstonei, May-Eym. „

* O. „ histris, May.-Eym. „

* Gryphaea (?) arabica, May.-Eym. „

* O. elegans, Desh. Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam.

* O. Fraasi, May.-Eym. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* O. Stanleyi, May.-Eym. „ „

* O. Cailliaudi, May.-Eym. Upper Mokattam.

* O. ramosa, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.

* O. plicata, Sol. Mokattam Series.

O. paucicostata, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.

O. Reili, Fraas. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

O. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym. Upper Mokattam.

O. Sickenbergeri, May.-Eym. „

* O. Hessi, May.-Eym. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* O. qeruniana, May.-Eym. Mokattam Series.

O. gigantica, Sol. Upper (and intermediate) Mokattam.

* O. (Alectryonia) Clot-Beyi, Bell. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* O. ( „ ) Bellardi, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.

O. ( „ ) semipectinata, Schafh. „

* O. ( „ ) Mehemeti, May.-Eym. „

Carolia placunoides, Cantraine Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* Pecten moëlehensis, May.-Eym. Lower Mokattam.

* P. Cailliaudi, Oppenh. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

Plicatula pyramidarum, Fraas Upper Mokattam.

P. Bellardi, May.-Eym. Mokattam Series.

P. indigena, May.-Eym. „

* P. Schweinfurthi, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.

* Spondylus ægyptiacus, Newton Mokattam Series.

* S. Rouaulti, d’Arch. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* S. perhorridus, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.

* Vulsella crispata, Fischer Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* V. lignaria, Oppenh. Lower Mokattam.

* V. moëlehensis, Oppenh. „

* V. chamiformis, May.-Eym. „

* Nucula Mœridis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

* Cucullaea dimehensis, Oppenh. „

* Arca subplanicostata, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

* A. Tethyis, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.

* A. uniformis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

* A. tenuifilosa, Cossm. Mokattam Series.

* Pectunculus juxtadentatus, Cossm. Upper Mokattam.

* P. aegyptiacus, Oppenh. „

* Cardita Viquesneli, d’Arch. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

C. acuticostata, Lk. „ „

* C. mokattamensis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

* C. fayumensis, Oppenh. „

* C. fidelis, May.-Eym. „

* C. Mosis, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.

* Crassatella fajumensis, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

C. Junkeri, May.-Eym. „

C. puellula, May.-Eym. „

* C. trigonata, Lk. Mokattam Series.

* Lucina pharaonis, Bell. Lower and Upper Mokattam.

* L. Rai, Oppenh. Mokattam Series.

* L. polythele, Oppenh. „

* L. calliste, Oppenh. „

* L. gibbosula, Lk. Upper Mokattam.

* L. fajumensis, Oppenh. „

* L. sinuosa, Bell. „

* Diplodonta cycloidea, Bell. Mokattam Series.

* D. inflata, Bell. „

* Lucina (Diplodonta) corpusculum, Oppenh. „

* Cardium desertorum, Oppenh. Upper Mokattam.

* C. Schweinfurthi, May.-Eym. „

* Cyrena (Corbicula) Blanckenhorni, Oppenh. „

* Cyprina aegyptiaca, Oppenh. „

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