﻿band, 
  ligament. 
  Ho- 
  

   leless 
  valve 
  has 
  on- 
  

   ly 
  two 
  muscle 
  soars, 
  

  

  Masc, 
  ) 
  

  

  156 
  

  

  also 
  called 
  Pododesmus 
  decipiens 
  Philipp^ 
  . 
  

   (deceptive; 
  false 
  Jingle 
  Shell. 
  j 
  '^j 
  

  

  V. 
  SUPERFAMILY 
  0STK5ACSA 
  

   (Lat. 
  ostrea, 
  an 
  oyster. 
  Oyster 
  Shells.) 
  

  

  Family 
  Ostreidae 
  . 
  (Same 
  etymology 
  as 
  a'bove 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  Ostrea 
  Linne 
  

   1758, 
  (]?em.) 
  

  

  b) 
  

  

  Genus 
  Crassostrea 
  

   XLat 
  . 
  

  

  Sacco 
  

  

  1897. 
  

  

  thick 
  H- 
  

  

  crassus, 
  

  

  ostrea, 
  oyster, 
  Thick 
  

  

  oyster, 
  Fem, 
  ) 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  cristata 
  B 
  orn 
  (crested; 
  is 
  from 
  i 
  

   South 
  America. 
  ) 
  i 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  equestris 
  Say 
  (equestrian; 
  attache^ 
  

   itself 
  to 
  some 
  foreign 
  object,) 
  ; 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  frons 
  Linne 
  (leafy, 
  leaf 
  like; 
  it 
  i 
  

   has 
  a 
  broad 
  longitudinal 
  rib 
  in 
  center 
  j 
  

   with 
  lateral 
  transverse 
  folds,) 
  \ 
  

  

  O 
  strea 
  permollis 
  Sowerby 
  (very 
  soft; 
  li- 
  

   ves 
  in 
  sponges, 
  ) 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  weberi 
  Olsson 
  (^'/eber's; 
  named 
  for 
  

   Jay 
  A, 
  V/eber 
  of 
  Miami, 
  Florida.) 
  

  

  Crassostrea 
  virginica 
  Gmelin 
  (Virginian; 
  

   found 
  from 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  

   West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Texas,) 
  

  

  Crassostrea 
  rhizophorae 
  Guildin 
  g 
  ( 
  Gr 
  , 
  

   bearing 
  roots; 
  rhizophora 
  is 
  the 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  mangrove; 
  Crassostrea 
  

   of 
  the 
  mangrove,) 
  

  

  I 
  D 
  . 
  ORDER 
  EULAMELLIBRAITCHIA 
  

  

  ! 
  (Gr, 
  eu, 
  well, 
  good 
  -- 
  lamella, 
  Lat, 
  noun 
  meaning 
  a 
  small 
  or 
  thin 
  pla- 
  

   ! 
  te 
  -I- 
  Gr, 
  branchia, 
  gills. 
  The 
  gill 
  filaments 
  are 
  united 
  by 
  cross- 
  

   I 
  channels,) 
  

  

  I 
  SLTBORDER 
  HETERODOFTA 
  

  

  I 
  (GR. 
  heteros, 
  other, 
  different 
  -t- 
  odous, 
  odont-, 
  a 
  tooth. 
  Having 
  the 
  

   I 
  teeth 
  differentiated.) 
  

  

  ! 
  I. 
  SUPERFAl'IILY 
  ASTARTACEA 
  

  

  i 
  (Gr. 
  Astarte, 
  a 
  goddess 
  of 
  the 
  Phenicians,) 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  j 
  1. 
  Family 
  Astartidae 
  . 
  (Gr, 
  Astarte, 
  a 
  goddess 
  of 
  the 
  Phenicians,) 
  } 
  

  

  Astarte 
  arctica 
  Gray 
  (arctic; 
  Greenland.) 
  

   Astarte 
  banksi 
  Leach 
  ( 
  Banks 
  ' 
  . 
  ) 
  , 
  

  

  Astarte 
  borealis 
  Schumache 
  r 
  (northern, 
  j 
  

  

  boreal; 
  from 
  Greenland 
  to 
  Massachusetts 
  i 
  

  

  Bay,) 
  

   Asta 
  rte 
  castanea 
  Say 
  (Chestnut; 
  covered 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  chestnut-brown 
  periostracum, 
  ) 
  j 
  

   Astarte 
  ca 
  s 
  tanea 
  picea 
  Gou 
  ld 
  ( 
  pitch-pine 
  ;j 
  

  

  the 
  periostracum 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  tar-colorjj 
  

   Astarte 
  castanea 
  procera 
  Totten 
  (Lat. 
  

  

  