Mr. A. H. Cooke on Vulsella. 63 



Rumpliius, ' Amboinsclie Hariteitkamer,' pi. xlvi. A (1705). 

 A very interesting description of the habitat of the shell is 

 subjoined, which I will translate : — " These are smaller [than 

 some bivalve which I cannot make out], about a finger long, 

 with folded and notched edges, on the outside dark grey and 

 scaly, some pure reddish ; the upper valve has a raised back ; 

 with the lower valve they embrace the little sticks or reeds 

 [does he mean seaweeds and sponges or brackish- water plants?] 

 which have stood about half a year in the sea. This is done 

 by their many little feet or little arms, which embrace the 

 edges of these sticks in the same way as we see at the roots 

 of Polypodiuvi. On these reeds they grow in masses, one 

 upon the other, so that we have to cut off the sticks with them, 

 hut the most beautiful are those ichich grow singly. They are 

 also found on the roots of all kinds of MangiumfruticanSj but 

 these are sharp and very much notched." 



Gualtieri, ' Index Testarum,' tab. xc. fig. 4 (1735). He 

 describes it as " Concha longa incurvata^ striis seu lineis un- 

 datim signata^ obscure tophacea^ intus argentea^ The shell 

 figured is not so large as the type, but is quite unmistakable. 



Linnaius, Mus. Tesslnianum, no. 1, p. 116, tab. vi. fig. 3, 

 Pinna lingulata^ linguiformis^ subfalcata, 



Linnffius, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1113, Mya vulsella. 



Chemnitz, ' Conchylien-Cabinet/ 1782, tab. ii. figs. 10, 

 11, gives it the familiar names of der grossere und grosste 

 Bartkneiper, die Korn-, Haar- oder Bartzange, die Bohnen- 

 schoote (Valentyn, Verhandeling, 1754, had called it " die 

 Bohnenschooten doublette "). He says it is " fiinf Zoll drey 

 Linien lang, beynahe anderthalb Zoll breit." 



Born, Mus. Caes. Vindob. Test. p. 22, Mya vulsella (not 

 figured). 



V, lingulata^ Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. ed. 2, vol. vii. 

 p. 267. 



Sowerby, Genera (1820-25), "The Hound's-ear Oyster," 

 gives three figures, all as of lingulata^ but two are of the form 

 mytilina^ while a figure of a cluster is of rugosa. 



Wood, * Index Testaceologicus ' (Hanley), Ostrea, fig. 84. 



Crouch, lutrod. to Lamarck's ' Conchology,' p. 21, pi. xii. 

 fig. 10. 



Eeeve, Couch. Icon. vol. xi. Vulsella, pi. i. fig. 6. 



V. Mans, Lamarck (not Reeve), ut sup. p. 267. no. 2. 

 Hob. Indian Ocean [Lamarck), Suez (Issel, Fischer, J ouvn. 

 de Conch. 1871, p. 212). 



