ORDO SECVNDVS 



COMPLECTENS TESTACEA BIVALVIA. 



ItaL Conchigliehivalvi. GalL CoquiUes bivalves: Germ. 2>v>i\)Uapme Monc^tjikn, obec 2Rufc^c(n. 

 Belg. Tvveeschaalige schelpen . Angl. B ivalve shells . Dan. Zoftalknbi. 



C^onchas bivalves quatuordecim diversa Genera in se complecti, variis pariter 

 Molluscorum Generibus recludendis destinata , jam aHbi monuimus Horum 

 omnium pelagus Regionem hanc nostram circumfluens est undique locupletissi- 

 mum. Nosigitur instituti nostri rationem prosequentes, utroruraque descriptio- 

 nem enucleate hic tradere adgrediemur . 



GENFS I. 



MYA. 



ItaL 3fia. GalL Telline heante. Germ. C)ie Ma^fm^zi- Belg. Gaaper. AngL Qaper . 



Dan. (Sanbmigen. 



Generis characteres . Testa bivalvis, hians ahera extremitate: cardo dente so- 

 hdo , crasso , patulo , vacuo . 



Linn. Syst. Nat. pag. 1 1 1 2 . 



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(i) Introduct. Part. III, cap. I, pag. 80. 



