PLATE CXXXIL 



PHOLAS CANDIDA. 



fTHlTE PJDDOCK, 

 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, muricated with striae crossing each other. 



Pholas Candida : testa oblonga undiquestriis decussatis muricata. 



Mus. Lucl Vlr. 469. M. 7. — GmeL Linn. Syst. 



Nat. T. \.p. 6. p. 3215. sp. 4. 

 Pholas tenuis candidus ovatus decussatim striatus. Candidus. Da 



Costa. Brit. Conch, p. 246. sp. 66. 

 Concha Candida, dupliciter striata et veluti aculeata. List. H. An. 



AngU p. 193. tit. 39. tab. 5. fg. 39.— Pholas 



alter. App. H. An. Angl. in Goed. p, 37. 



tab. 2. fg. 4 and 6. — Pholas parvus asper. H, 



Conch, tab. 435. fg. 278. 

 Pholas latus ; short Pierce-stone or Pholade. Petiv. Gaz. tab. 79. 



Pholas candidus. Penn. Brit. Zool. T, 4. No, 11. tab, 3d,Jig. 11. 



