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  ) 
  Genus 
  P 
  anomya 
  Gray 
  

   1857 
  . 
  ^The 
  first 
  two 
  

   syllables 
  of 
  Panope 
  

   -!- 
  raya, 
  a 
  sea 
  musseL 
  

   Fern. 
  ) 
  

  

  d 
  ) 
  G 
  enus 
  Panope 
  Menard 
  

   1807, 
  (Named 
  after 
  

   Panope, 
  a 
  IJereid, 
  a 
  

   sea 
  nymph. 
  Fern.) 
  

  

  178 
  

  

  P 
  anomya 
  arctica 
  Lamarck 
  (arctic; 
  circum- 
  

   polar; 
  found 
  from 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Ocean 
  to 
  

   Georges 
  Bank, 
  ) 
  

  

  ' 
  Panope 
  bitruncata 
  Conrad 
  ( 
  cut 
  

   I 
  both 
  ends 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  chopped 
  

   i_ 
  gaping 
  at 
  both 
  ends.) 
  

  

  off 
  twice; 
  

   off; 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  III. 
  SUPERPAMILY 
  MY 
  ACE 
  A 
  

  

  (Gr, 
  and 
  Lat, 
  myax, 
  myac-, 
  a 
  sea-mussel,) 
  

  

  1. 
  Family 
  Myacidae 
  . 
  ( 
  Family 
  Myidae 
  would 
  be 
  more 
  logical.) 
  (Same 
  ety- 
  

   mology 
  as 
  above.) 
  

  

  a 
  ) 
  Ge 
  nus 
  Llya 
  Linne 
  1758. 
  

   (Same 
  as 
  myax, 
  a 
  sea- 
  

   mussel. 
  Fern.) 
  

  

  b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Paramya 
  Conr 
  ad 
  

   1860 
  , 
  (Gr. 
  para, 
  be- 
  

   side, 
  near 
  ->- 
  mya,a 
  

   sea-mussel. 
  Looks 
  

   somev/hat 
  like 
  a 
  lilya. 
  

   Fern,) 
  

  

  Mya 
  are 
  n 
  aria 
  Linn^ 
  (sandy; 
  lives 
  buried 
  

  

  in 
  sandTT 
  

   Mya 
  truncata 
  Linne 
  (shortened; 
  truncate; 
  

  

  posterior 
  end 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  chopped 
  off,) 
  

   Mya 
  truncata 
  uddevallensis 
  Forbes 
  (from 
  

  

  Uddevalla, 
  Sweden, 
  } 
  

  

  Paramya 
  subovata 
  Conrad 
  ( 
  somewhat 
  ovate 
  ; 
  

   shaped 
  like 
  an 
  egg, 
  but 
  having 
  one 
  end 
  

   broader, 
  ) 
  

  

  2, 
  Family 
  Corbulidae 
  , 
  (Lat, 
  corbula, 
  a 
  little 
  basket. 
  ) 
  

  

  a 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Corbula 
  Bru 
  - 
  

   gule 
  re 
  179 
  2. 
  (Fern,) 
  

  

  b 
  ) 
  Genus 
  Vari 
  corbula 
  

   Grant 
  & 
  Gale 
  1931. 
  

  

  Corbula 
  barrattiana 
  C. 
  B 
  . 
  Adam 
  s 
  (Barratt's) 
  

   Corbula 
  contracta 
  Say 
  (Contracted; 
  ante- 
  

   rior 
  end 
  rounded; 
  a 
  ridge 
  running 
  from 
  

   the 
  beaks 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  end 
  gives 
  the 
  

   shell 
  a 
  contracted 
  appearance,) 
  

   Corbula 
  cubaniana 
  Or 
  bigny 
  ( 
  Cuban 
  , 
  ) 
  

   C 
  orbula 
  cymella 
  Dall 
  "T 
  Lat. 
  & 
  Gr, 
  cyma, 
  

   j 
  a 
  wave, 
  billow; 
  wavy; 
  wave-like 
  sculp- 
  

   ; 
  ture.) 
  

  

  ' 
  Corbula 
  dietziana 
  C,B,Adama 
  (Dietz' 
  . 
  ) 
  

   ! 
  Corbula 
  chittyana 
  C.B.Adams 
  (named 
  for 
  

   '< 
  Edward 
  Chitty, 
  a 
  student 
  colleague 
  of 
  

   \ 
  C.B. 
  Adams.) 
  

  

  ' 
  Corbula 
  k.joeriana 
  C, 
  B.A 
  dams 
  ( 
  Kj 
  o 
  er 
  ♦ 
  s 
  . 
  ) 
  

   i 
  Corbula 
  krebsi 
  a 
  na 
  C.B.Adams 
  ( 
  Krebs 
  ' 
  ; 
  na- 
  

   ^ 
  med 
  for 
  Kenry 
  Krebs 
  of 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  West 
  

   j 
  Indies.) 
  

  

  ' 
  Corbula 
  nasuta 
  Sowerby 
  (snub-nose; 
  poste- 
  

   ' 
  rior 
  end 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  pinched.) 
  

   I 
  C 
  orbula 
  swiftiana 
  C.B.Adams 
  (named 
  for 
  

   Robert 
  Swift, 
  an 
  American 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  

   I 
  Saint 
  Thomas, 
  ^lest 
  Indies, 
  1796-1872.) 
  

  

  ' 
  Varicorbula 
  operculata 
  P 
  hilippi 
  ( 
  shaped 
  

   I 
  like 
  an 
  operculum; 
  oval.) 
  Also 
  called 
  

  

  