Plate 38 

 ATLANTIC OYSTERS, LUCINAS AND VENUS CLAMS 



a. Honeycombed Oyster, Pycnodonta hyotis L., ^Yj inches (Florida and 



West Indies), p. 374. 



b. Atlantic False Jingle Shell, Pododesnnis rudis Broderip, 2 inclies 



(North Carolina, south), p. 372. 



c. Coon Oyster, Ostrea frous L., 2 inches a, b and c are from a sunken 



wreck off Miami. Gift of Ethel Townsend (Florida, south), p. 373. 



d. Tiger Lucina, Codakia orbicularis L., 3 inches (Gulf coast and West 



Indies), p. 390. 



e. Chalky Buttercup, Anodontia pJiilippiaiia Reeve, 3 inches (North 



Carolina to Cuba), p. 389. 



f. Buttercup Lucina, Anodontia alba Link, 2 inches (North Carolina to 



Texas and West Indies), p. 389. 



g. Thick Lucina, Phacoides pectinatus Gmelin, 2 inches (North Carolina 



to Texas and West Indies), p. 388. 

 h. Pennsylvania Lucina, Lucina pennsylvanica L., I3/2 inches (North 



Carolina to West Indies), p. 385. 

 i. Florida Lucina, Lucina floridana Conrad, IJ/2 inches (Western Florida 



to Texas), p. 387. 

 j. Northeast Lucina, Phacoides filosus Stimpson, 2 inches (off entire east 



coast), p. 389. 

 k. Amethyst Gem Clam, Gemma gemma Totten, Y inch (east coast; for 



details see figure 84), p. 418. 

 1. Empress Venus, Antigona strigillina Dall, 1^/7 inches (Southeastern 



Florida, south), p. 404. 

 m. Queen Venus, Antigona rugatina Heilprin, 1 inch (North Carolina to 



West Indies), p. 405. 

 n. Heart-shaped Venus, Pilar cordala Schwengel, lYi inches (Gtdf of 



Mexico, offshore), p. 414. 

 o. Disk Dosinia, Dosinia discus Reeve, 3 inches (Virginia to Gulf of 



Mexico and Bahamas), p. 417. 



