PLATE CXVIIL 



PHOLAS DACTYLUS. 



PRICKLY PADDOCK. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal ascidia. Shell bivalve, opening wide at each end, with 

 several lesser valves at the hinge. The hinges folded back and con- 

 nected by a cartilage. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 SYNONYMS. 



Shell oblong, striated transversely, and reticulated on the upper part 



with little spines. 



Pholas Dactylus: testa oblonga hinc reticulato-striata. Gmtl. 

 Linn. Sy st. p. 3214. 



Pholas rostrarus major diepensis vulgo Gallice Piteau dictus. App. 



H. An. Angl. in Goed. p. 37. tab. 2. fig. 3. 



Pholas striatus, sinuatus ex altera parte. Hist. 

 Conch, tab. 433. fig. 276.— Pholas alte striatus, 

 ex altera parte sinuatus, eadem mucronatus, Hist. 

 nost. Conch. Anglice Piddocks, Gallics Pitau ; 

 earumque piscatories pitau quieres. Excrcit. 

 Anat. 3. p. 83. tab. 7. fig. 1, 2. Pholas an- 

 gustiua ; oblong Pierce stone or Pholade. Petii. 



