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Plate 38

ATLANTIC OYSTERS, LUCINAS AND VENUS CLAMS

a. Honeycombed Oyster, Pycnodonta hyotis L., ^Yj inches (Florida and West Indies), p. 374.

b. Atlantic False Jingle Shell, Pododesnnis rudis Broderip, 2 inclies (North Carolina, south), p. 372.

c. Coon Oyster, Ostrea frous L., 2 inches a, b and c are from a sunken wreck off Miami. Gift of Ethel Townsend (Florida, south), p. 373.

d. Tiger Lucina, Codakia orbicularis L., 3 inches (Gulf coast and West Indies), p. 390.

e. Chalky Buttercup, Anodontia pJiilippiaiia Reeve, 3 inches (North Carolina to Cuba), p. 389.

f. Buttercup Lucina, Anodontia alba Link, 2 inches (North Carolina to Texas and West Indies), p. 389.

g. Thick Lucina, Phacoides pectinatus Gmelin, 2 inches (North Carolina to Texas and West Indies), p. 388.

h. Pennsylvania Lucina, Lucina pennsylvanica L., I3/2 inches (North Carolina to West Indies), p. 385.

i. Florida Lucina, Lucina floridana Conrad, IJ/2 inches (Western Florida to Texas), p. 387.

j. Northeast Lucina, Phacoides filosus Stimpson, 2 inches (off entire east coast), p. 389.

k. Amethyst Gem Clam, Gemma gemma Totten, Y inch (east coast; for details see figure 84), p. 418.

1. Empress Venus, Antigona strigillina Dall, 1^/7 inches (Southeastern Florida, south), p. 404.

m. Queen Venus, Antigona rugatina Heilprin, 1 inch (North Carolina to West Indies), p. 405.

n. Heart-shaped Venus, Pilar cordala Schwengel, lYi inches (Gtdf of Mexico, offshore), p. 414.

o. Disk Dosinia, Dosinia discus Reeve, 3 inches (Virginia to Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas), p. 417.