98 



there can be no doubt that Rôding's name Pinctada^ as Iredale pointed out, has priority over 

 the other names. Iredale selected Pinctada viargaritifera (Linn.) as the type of the genus. 



For good descriptions of the genus référence may be made to Adams, Fischer and Jameson. 



I. Pinctada margaritifera (Linn.). 



685. Coucha viargaritifera pleris Lister, Hist. Conch., pi. CCXXI, fig. 56. 



742. ConcJia viargaritifera Gualtieri, Ind. Test. Conch., pi. LXXXIV, figs. E, E. 



748. Parlenioer-Sliulp etc. Rumph, Amboin. Rarit., p. 154, pi. XLVII, fig. F. 



753. Mater perlarum Klein, Tent. Meth. Ostr., p. 123, sp. 319, i. 



758. Mytihis viargaritiferus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., (éd. X), p. 704. 



764. MytUiLS viargaritiferus Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr., p. 538. 



T^j. Mytilus viargaritiferus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., (éd. XII), p. 1155. 



780. Mytilus viargaritiferus Born, Test. Mus. Caes. Vindobon., p. 123. 



785. Perlenvmtter viuschel etc. Chemnitz, Conch. -Cab., VIII, p. 132, pi. LXXX, fig. 718. 



790. Mytilus margaritiferus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., (éd. XIII), p. 3351. 



791. Bruguière, Encyclopéd. Méthod.. pi. CLVII, figs. i — 4. 

 798. Pinctada Margaritifera Roding, Mus. Boltenianum, p. 166. 

 814. Margarita sinensis Leach, Zool. Miscell., I, p. 180, pi. XLVIII. 

 817. Savigny, Descr. Egypt., Moll., pi. XI, figs. 7, i — 3. 

 817. Mytilus viargaritiferus Dillwyn, Descr. Cat., I, p. 301. 



819. Meleagrina viargaritifera (ex parte) Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., VI, p. 151. 



825. Avicula viargaritifera Blainville, Man. Malacol., p. 531, pi. LXV bis, fig. 7. 



825. Mytilus viargaritiferus Wood, Ind. Test., p. 56, pi. XII, fig. 4. 



826. Avicula [Meleagrina) viargaritifera Audouin, Descr. Egypt., I, p. 53. 

 830. Avicula margaritifera Deshayes, Encyclopéd. Méthod., I, p. 103. 

 836. Meleagrina viargaritifera Deshayes in Lamarck, Anim. sans Vertèb., VII, p. 107. 

 841. Avicula viargaritifera Reeve, Conch. Syst., p, 152, pi. CX. 



843. Meleagrina Margaritifera Hanley, Rec. Biv. Shells, p. 264. 



844. } Meleagrina viargaritifera Potiez & Michaud, Gai. Douai, II, p. 106. 

 847. Margaritiphora viargaritifera Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 200. 

 855. Mytilus viargaritiferus Hanley, Ipsa Linn. Conch., p. 137. 



855. Margaritifera coviviunis Morch, Cat. Yoldi, II, p. 50. 



856. Mytilus [Meleagrina) viargaritiferus Hanley in Wood, Ind. Test., p. Gj, pi. XII, fig. 4. 



857. Avicula Cuviingii, A. barbata and A. viargaritifera Reeve, Conch. Icon., X, Avicula, 

 pi. IV, fig. 6, pi.* V, fig. 9, pi. VIII, fig. 2 1. 



857. Margaritifera viargaritifera Adams, H. & A., Gen. Rec. Moll., II, p. 526, pi. CXXII, 



figs. 6, ôrt. 

 862. Meleagrina viargaritifera Chenu, Man. Conchyliol., II, p. 160, fig. 794. 

 872. Avicula [Meleagrina) viargaritifera, A. [M.) Cuviingii and A. [M.) barbata Dunker in 



Martini Chemn. Conch. -Cab. (N. F.), VII (3), Avicula, p. 7, pi. I, fig. 2, pi. III, fig. 2, 



pi. IX, figs. 2, 3, p. 22, pi. VI, fig. 3, p. 48, pi. XVI, fig. 3. 

 878. Meleagrina viargaritifera Kobelt, Illustr. Conchylienbuch, p. 365, pi, CVII, fig. 9. 

 880. Avicula [Meleagrina) margaritifera von Martens, Mobius Beitràg. Meeresf. Mauritius, 



Seychell., p. 316. 

 8S4.. 't Avicula australis and A. margaritifera Grasset, Ind. Test. Viv., pp. 302, 303. 

 886. Meleagrina viargaritifera Cooke, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) XVII, p. 136. 

 888. Meleagrina viargaritifera Jousseaume, Mém. Soc. Zool. France, I, p. 219. 

 891. Meleagrina viargaritifera Fischer, P., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. d'Autun, IV, p. 210. 

 901. Meleagrina viargaritifera Sturany, Denkschr. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-Nat.), 



LXIX, p. 289. 

 901. Margaritifera viargaritifera Jameson, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 373. 

 906. Margaritifera viargaritifera Melvill & Standen, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 803. 

 906. Margaritifera viargaritifera Standen & Leicester, Ceylon Pearl Oyster Rept. V, p. 289. 



