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Family 



Genus PETRICOLA Lamarck 



Petricola dactylus Sowerby 



Petricola dactylus Sow. DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1843. 



p. 228. (Glasshouse point) 



Petricola dactylus Say. Smith & Prime, An. Lye. N. Y. 

 1870. 9:390 



Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck 

 Petricola pholadiformis Lam. DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. 



1843. p. 228. (Long Island sound) 



Petricola pholadiformis Lam. Jay, Cat. 1852. p.23 

 Petricola pholadiformis Lam. Smith & Prime, An. Lye. 

 N. Y. 1870. 9:390 



Family 

 Subfamily 



Genus VENUS Linnaeus 



Venus mercenaria Linnaeus 



Venus mercenaria Linn. DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1843. 



p. 217. (Long Island sound) 

 (?) Venus praeoparea Say. DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1843. 



p.2i 9 



Venus mercenaria Linn. Jay, Cat. 1852. p. 40 

 Venus mercenaria Linn. Smith & Prime, An. Lye. N. Y. 

 1870. 9:388 



Venus mercenaria notata Say 

 Venus mercenaria var. notata Say. DeKay, Nat. Hist. 



N. Y. 1843. p. 218. (Long Island sound) 

 Venus notata Say. Jay, Cat. 1852. p. 41 



Venus notata Say. Smith & Prime, An. Lye. N. Y. 1870. 

 9:388. 



Genus MERETRIX Lamarck 



Meretrix convexa Say 

 Cytherea convexa Say. DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1843^.216. 



(Long Island sound) 

 Cytherea convexa Say. Stimpson, New Eng. Shells. 1851. 



p. 19. (Long Island sound) 



Cytherea convexa Say. Jay, Cat. 1852. p. 35 

 Cytherea convexa Say. Smith & Prime, An. Lye. N. Y. 



1870. 9:388. (New York bay, East Hampton and Montauk) 

 Meretrix convexa Say. Dall, Zittel, Text-book Pal. 1900. 



P-4'5. 



