PLATE CXVIIU 



PHOLAS DACTYLUS. 



PRICKLY PADDOCK. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal ascidia. Shell bivalve, opening wide at each end, with 

 several lesser valves at the hinge. The hinges folded back and con- 

 nected by a cartilage. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell oblong, striated transversely, and reticulated on the upper part 

 with little spines. 



Pholas Dactylus : testa oblonga hinc reticulato-striata. Gmel. 

 Linn. Sy st. p. 3214. 



Pholas rostratus major diepensis vulgo Gallice Piteau dictus. App. 

 H. An. Angl. in Goed. p. 37. tab. 2. fig. 3. — 

 Pholas striatus, sinuatus ex altera parte. Hist. 

 Conch, tab. 433. fig. 276. — Pholas alte striatus, 

 ex altera parte sinuatus, eadem mucronatus, Hist, 

 nost. Conch. Anglice Piddocks, Gallics Pitau ; 

 earumque piscatories pitau quieres. Exercit. 

 Anat. 3. p. 88. tab. 7. fig. 1, 2. Pholas an- 

 gustius ; oblong Pierce stone or Pholade. Petiv. 



