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Mya:—Piinius, N.H., ix., 35-36. (A.D. 69). pous Aeschines. (B.C. 345), 22. 
Philyll. Poll. 1, ‘a gaper.’ ta€ Xenocrates, p. 12. Plinius, 32-31. 
Solen :—Plinius, 32, II, 53. 10, 69, 88. 11, 37, 52, etc., as ‘the razor 
fish.” o@wAnv Epicharmus, (B.C. 500), p. 22.  Philyllius (Comicus 
vet.). (B.C. 392). Poll. 1. 
Tellina :—Epicharmus, p. 65. (B.C. 500). TeAAtvy Sopater Rhetor. 
ap. Ath. 86a; (A.D. 550). 
Cardium :—no allusion. Gr. Kapova. Latin (cor.), ‘the heart.’ 
Mactra:—‘a kneading trough.’ Gr. paxtpa with no particular reference 
to a shell. 
Donax :—Plinius, N.H., 32, 11, 53. (A.D. 60). A wedge-shell, dovaké 
cf. Athenzeus, 90d. Xenocrates (A.D. 50). 
Venus :—‘‘Conchz venerex,” Plinius, N.H. 9, 33, 52-32, I1, 53 fin. 
Spondylus :—M. Valerius Martialis vii., 20. (A.D. 100). L. Annzeus Seneca, 
Ep. 95. (A.D. 65). ‘The knuckle-bone oyster.’ Aur. Theodosius Mac- 
robius, s. 2, 9. (A.D. 395). Columella 8, 16, 7. (A.D. 42). Plinius, 
32, 11, 43. (A.D. 69). Gr. oovdudos ‘attic,’ Gr. gpovdvdos ‘ spinal 
vertebra.’ 
Chama :—Piinius, 32, 11, 53. ‘a gaper.’ Gr. xn Philyllius, Poll. 1. 
(B.c. 392). Aristotle, H.A. 5, 15. (B.C. 347). Aelianus, Hist. 
Naturalis, 15, 12. (A.D. 200). 
Strombus :—Plinius, N. Hist., 32, 10, 39, and 11, 53. oTpopBos Aris- 
totle, H.A., 1, 11, 1. Lycophron Jambographus (Alexandrinus). 
(B.C. 260) 250.  Plutarchus, 2, 713 b. (A.D. 80). 
Murex :—Plinius, 9, 36, 60. ‘The purple fish (rock).’ Horatius, Sat., 
2, 4, 32. (B.C. 9). ‘* Tyrioque ardebat murice lena,” Virgil Atn., 
4, 262. Martial, 3, $2. Ovid, Met., 8, 563, etc. 
Purpura:—Lam., ‘The purple fish.’ m6pdvpa Sophocles, Fr. 438. 
(8.c. 468). Aristotle, H., 4, 1, 2. A®schylus, Agamemnon (B.C. 494), 
959. Herodotus, 3, 22 (B.C. 443). Isocrates, 240 d. (B.C. 236). 
Plinius, N.H., 9, 36. 
Trochus:—Gr. TPOXOS ‘a top or hoop.’ Not alluded to as a shell 
amongst the ancients, but apparently adopted by Rondelet in 1554. 
Turbo :-—Gr. ‘a top.’ The same remark applies here. Gr. Bep/3rE etc., 
used by Tournefort, 1742. 
Helix :—é€ \€ of. Aristotle, H.A., 5, 15. Gr. ‘a coil,’ and EXixy Aristotle, 
derived from e/\w ‘volvo,’ H.A., 4, 1, 18. 
Limax :—Columella, Poét. 10, 323. (A.D. 42). L. ‘a slug,’ ‘‘implicitus 
conchee limax.” Plinius, 29, 6, 36, and 18,17, 44. ‘‘lactucis innas- 
cuntur limaces et cochlez.” Plinius, 19, 10, 57. 
Nerita:—Plinius, 9, 33, 52. L. and Gr., ‘a sea-goddess, shell of a sea- 
goddess.’ vnpitns Aristotle, H.A., 44, 315 5,15. Parthenius (B.C. 50). 
Arca :—no allusion. L. ‘a chest,’ ‘ark’; arceo, ‘I enclose’. Type Arca 
Noe, the ‘Noah’s Ark shell’ of Linnzeus. 
Ostrea :—Lucretius, Plautus, Cicero. ‘The oyster.’ OOTpPEOV Plinius, 9, 54 
79. dotpakov Theocritus 9, 25 (B.C. 280). Hloratius, Sat., 2, 4, 33. 
Ovidius, Fasti, 6, 173. (A.D. 9) Aristotle, H.A., 1, 6. 
