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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.