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  Monocciostrae 
  vancouvcrcnsis 
  Ortox, 
  1928, 
  Nature, 
  vol. 
  121, 
  no. 
  3044, 
  p. 
  320-321 
  suggested 
  

   new 
  name 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  of 
  references 
  for 
  this 
  common 
  West 
  Coast 
  oyster 
  is 
  not 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  complete. 
  

  

  "Ostrea 
  edulis, 
  Coop, 
  [non 
  Linn. 
  : 
  = 
  O. 
  lurida, 
  Cpr.] 
  De 
  Fuca 
  and 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  Gibbs 
  ; 
  

   Shoalwater 
  Bay, 
  Cooper. 
  'Small 
  in 
  Puget 
  Sound; 
  finer 
  in 
  Shoalwater 
  Bay, 
  which 
  supplies 
  

   S. 
  Francisco 
  market 
  ; 
  large 
  at 
  Vancouver's 
  Island 
  ; 
  very 
  large 
  near 
  mouth 
  of 
  Hood's 
  Canal.' 
  " 
  

   [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  599] 
  

  

  "Ostrea 
  lurida. 
  Esquimalt 
  Harb., 
  Lord. 
  Dredged-up 
  by 
  Indians 
  in 
  small 
  handnets 
  with 
  

   long 
  handles, 
  in 
  2-3 
  fm., 
  on 
  mud-flats." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  606] 
  

  

  "Ostrea. 
  The 
  same 
  species 
  throughout 
  to 
  S. 
  Franc: 
  S. 
  Diego, 
  Cooper. 
  [Besides 
  the 
  typi- 
  

   cal 
  northern 
  shell, 
  O. 
  lurida, 
  are 
  well-marked 
  ? 
  var. 
  laticaudata, 
  riifoides, 
  and 
  expansa.]" 
  

   [Carpenter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  615] 
  

  

  "Ostrea 
  lurida, 
  n.s. 
  Shape 
  of 
  edulis: 
  texture 
  dull, 
  lurid, 
  olivaceous, 
  with 
  purple 
  stains. 
  

   2-3 
  fm. 
  on 
  mud 
  flats. 
  Lord." 
  [Carpenter, 
  1964b, 
  p. 
  645] 
  

  

  Oldroyd 
  gave 
  the 
  first 
  paragraph 
  of 
  Carpenter's 
  original 
  description. 
  The 
  remainder 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  herewith 
  : 
  

  

  "Animal 
  flavore 
  cupreo 
  tinctum. 
  

  

  "Var. 
  laticaudata, 
  Nutt. 
  ms. 
  : 
  t. 
  omnino 
  purpurea, 
  margine 
  producto, 
  nndato 
  ; 
  cardincm 
  

   versus, 
  denticulis 
  conspicuis 
  instructo. 
  

  

  "Hab. 
  Vancouver 
  Is., 
  a 
  2-3 
  toises 
  sur 
  fond 
  de 
  vase, 
  Lord; 
  Shoalwater 
  Bay, 
  Cooper; 
  

   Neeah 
  Bay 
  et 
  Tatooche 
  Is., 
  Sivan 
  (Var.) 
  Monterey, 
  Ntittall. 
  

  

  "Les 
  Huitres 
  de 
  Californie, 
  dans 
  leur 
  etat 
  ordinaire, 
  comme 
  on 
  les 
  trouve 
  au 
  Shoalwater 
  

   Bay 
  (Oregon), 
  ont 
  a 
  peu 
  pres 
  la 
  couleur 
  et 
  I'aspect 
  de 
  petites 
  Etheries. 
  Les 
  individus 
  des 
  

   mers 
  plus 
  chaudes 
  ont 
  Fair 
  d'etre 
  tres-distincts 
  ; 
  mais, 
  d'apres 
  le 
  docteur 
  Cooper, 
  qui 
  a 
  une 
  

   grande 
  experience 
  de 
  la 
  matiere, 
  ce 
  ne 
  sent 
  que 
  des 
  varietes. 
  Je 
  ne 
  pouvais 
  pas 
  prendre 
  pour 
  

   nom 
  specifique 
  celui 
  que 
  le 
  professeur 
  Nuttall 
  avait 
  donne 
  en 
  manuscript 
  a 
  une 
  forme 
  acci- 
  

   dentelle. 
  Quant 
  aux 
  autres 
  formes, 
  assez 
  constantes 
  dans 
  leurs 
  diverses 
  localites, 
  je 
  leur 
  ai 
  

   donne 
  des 
  noms 
  qui 
  pourront 
  servir 
  a 
  les 
  designer 
  soit 
  comme 
  especes, 
  soit 
  comme 
  varietes, 
  

   lorsque, 
  plus 
  tard, 
  la 
  connaissance 
  d'un 
  plus 
  grand 
  nombre 
  d'individus 
  permettra 
  d'avoir 
  une 
  

   opinion 
  definitive 
  en 
  ce 
  que 
  les 
  concerne. 
  La 
  variete 
  rujoides 
  a 
  beaucoup 
  de 
  I'aspect 
  de 
  VO. 
  

   Virginica 
  (Maz. 
  Cat, 
  no. 
  212). 
  Elle 
  etat 
  designee 
  sous 
  le 
  nom 
  ? 
  rufa 
  par 
  le 
  docteur 
  Gould; 
  

   mais 
  je 
  suis 
  porte 
  a 
  croire 
  que 
  I'espece 
  de 
  Lamarck 
  est 
  une 
  variete 
  des 
  Huitres 
  Atlantiques, 
  

   attendu 
  que 
  les 
  coquilles 
  de 
  la 
  haute 
  Californie 
  n'etaieiit 
  pas 
  connues 
  a 
  I'epoque 
  ou 
  il 
  a 
  ecrit." 
  

   [Carpenter, 
  1865g, 
  p. 
  137] 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  material 
  from 
  several 
  localities 
  listed 
  originally 
  by 
  Carpenter, 
  two 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   "Shoalwater 
  Bay," 
  collected 
  by 
  Cooper 
  and 
  labelled 
  as 
  type 
  by 
  Carpenter, 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Redpath 
  

   Museum 
  at 
  McGill 
  University. 
  Shoalwater, 
  Willapa 
  Harbor, 
  Washington, 
  therefore, 
  becomes 
  

   the 
  type 
  locality. 
  The 
  types 
  have 
  a 
  greenish 
  hue 
  on 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  shell. 
  

  

  The 
  specimen 
  figured 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  in 
  Conchologica 
  Iconica 
  as 
  O. 
  lurida 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  

   from 
  ]Mazatlan 
  is 
  typical 
  in 
  shape, 
  but 
  either 
  the 
  locality 
  or 
  specific 
  determination 
  is 
  in- 
  

   correct. 
  

  

  Syntypcs. 
  — 
  Redpath 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  125 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Recent. 
  [Cape] 
  Shoalwater 
  ["Bay"] 
  northern 
  Willapa 
  Harbor, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  (type) 
  ; 
  Sitka, 
  Alaska, 
  to 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas, 
  Lower 
  California 
  (Dall). 
  Individual 
  records 
  

   may 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  under 
  Williamson 
  (1892), 
  Arnold 
  (1903), 
  Packard 
  (1914). 
  Grant 
  and 
  

   Gale 
  (1931) 
  list 
  reference 
  for 
  ? 
  Miocene-Pleistocene, 
  but 
  Keen 
  and 
  Bentson 
  (1944) 
  vouch 
  

   only 
  for 
  Howard 
  (1935) 
  Pliocene. 
  Pleistocene, 
  San 
  Pedro 
  sand, 
  Palos 
  Verdes 
  Hills, 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  Woodring, 
  Bramlette, 
  and 
  Kew 
  (1946, 
  p. 
  81). 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  lurida 
  forma 
  expansa 
  Carpenter 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  lurida 
  var. 
  expansa 
  Carpexter, 
  1864b, 
  p. 
  615, 
  646; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  101, 
  132; 
  1865, 
  

   Jour, 
  de 
  Conchyl., 
  XIII, 
  p. 
  138; 
  Reprint, 
  1872, 
  p. 
  306; 
  Keep, 
  1887, 
  West 
  Coast 
  Shells, 
  p. 
  

   164 
  in 
  part; 
  Williamson, 
  1892, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Proc, 
  vol. 
  15. 
  p. 
  193; 
  Keep, 
  1911, 
  

   West 
  Coast 
  Shells, 
  p. 
  56; 
  Dall, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  18; 
  Oldroyd, 
  1924, 
  p. 
  50; 
  Baily, 
  1935 
  West 
  

   Coast 
  Shells, 
  (Keep) 
  p. 
  49; 
  Keen, 
  1937, 
  p. 
  23; 
  Burch, 
  1944, 
  no. 
  34, 
  p. 
  11 
  ; 
  Burch, 
  1945, 
  

   no. 
  45, 
  p. 
  6 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  {conchaph. 
  var?) 
  expansa 
  Carpenter, 
  Cooper, 
  1867, 
  Geog. 
  Cat. 
  AIoll., 
  Geol. 
  Sur. 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  p. 
  13 
  

  

  