Page:American Seashells (1954).djvu/488

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

Plate 35

PEARL OYSTERS AND MUSSELS

a. Lister's Tree Oyster, Isognomon radiatus Anton, l]/^ inches (South-eastern Florida and the West Indies), p. 358.

b. Flat Tree Oyster, Isognomon alatiis Gmelin, 2^^ inches (Florida and West Indies), p. 358.

c. Atlantic Pearl Oyster, Pinctada radiata Leach, 2 inches (Florida and West Indies), p. 359.

d. Atlantic Wing Oyster, Pteria colymbns Roding, 2 inches (North Carolina to West Indies), p. 359.

e. Kitten's Paw, Plicatula gibbosa Lam., 1 inch (North Carolina to Gulf States and south), p. 361.

f. Rough Lima, Lima scabra Born, 2 inches (Southeastern Florida and the West Indies), p. 370.

g. Spiny Lima, Lima lima L., l}/^ inches (Southeastern Florida and the West Indies), p. 370.

h. Rough Lima, Lima scabra Born, smooth form tenera Sby., 2 inches (Southeastern Florida and W^est Indies), p. 371.

i. Yellow Mussel, Brack idontes citrinus Roding, 1 inch (Florida and West Indies), p. 352.

j. Scorched Mussel, Brachidontes exnstus L., ^ inch (North Carolina to the West Indies), p. 352.

k. Common Jingle Shell, Anomia simplex Orbigny, 1 inch (Atlantic Coast), p. 372.

1. Tulip Mussel, Modiolus americanus Leach, 3 inches (North Carolina to the West Indies), p. 351.

m. Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis L., 2^^ inches (Arctic to South Carolina), p. 354.

n. Hooked Mussel, Brachidontes recurvus Raf., 2 inches (Cape Cod to West Indies), p. 353.

o. Living Lima Clam, Lima scabra Born, showing the delicate tentacles along the mantle edge which aid this clam in swimming (South-eastern Florida and West Indies), p. 370.