Plate 35 

 PEARL OYSTERS AND MUSSELS 



a. Lister's Tree Oyster, Isognomon radiatus Anton, l]/^ inches (South- 



eastern Florida and the West Indies), p. 358. 



b. Flat Tree Oyster, Isognomon alatiis Gmelin, 2^^ inches (Florida and 



West Indies), p. 358. 



c. Atlantic Pearl Oyster, Pinctada radiata Leach, 2 inches (Florida and 



West Indies), p. 359. 



d. Atlantic Wing Oyster, Pteria colymbns Roding, 2 inches (North 



Carolina to West Indies), p. 359. 



e. Kitten's Paw, Plicatula gibbosa Lam., 1 inch (North Carolina to Gulf 



States and south), p. 361. 

 £. Rough Lima, Lima scabra Born, 2 inches (Southeastern Florida and the 



West Indies), p. 370. 

 g. Spiny Lima, Lima lima L., l}/^ inches (Southeastern Florida and the 



West Indies), p. 370. 

 h. Rough Lima, Lima scabra Born, smooth form tenera Sby., 2 inches 



(Southeastern Florida and W^est Indies), p. 371. 

 i. Yellow Mussel, Brack idontes citrinus Roding, 1 inch (Florida and 



West Indies), p. 352. 

 j. Scorched Mussel, Brachidontes exnstus L., ^ inch (North Carolina to 



the West Indies), p. 352. 

 k. Common Jingle Shell, Anomia simplex Orbigny, 1 inch (Atlantic 



Coast), p. 372. 

 1. Tulip Mussel, Modiolus americanus Leach, 3 inches (North Carolina 



to the West Indies), p. 351. 

 m. Blue Mussel, Mytilus edulis L., 2^^ inches (Arctic to South Carolina), 



p. 354. 

 n. Hooked Mussel, Brachidontes recurvus Raf., 2 inches (Cape Cod to 



West Indies), p. 353. 

 o. Living Lima Clam, Lima scabra Born, showing the delicate tentacles 



along the mantle edge which aid this clam in swimming (South- 

 eastern Florida and West Indies), p. 370. 



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