BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 
137 
Peloris or Peloroderma, Poli, Test. Sicil. 
Ostreadae, part., Leach, MSS. 1818, Ann. 8f Mag. N . H. xx. 272 ; 
Flem. Brit. An. 
Ostreacia and Anominia, Rafin. Anal. Nat. 
Ostraces §, Feruss. Prod. 40; Rang, Man. Moll , 275. 
Ostracees, part., Lamk. Cour. 104; Cuv. R. An.; Goldfuss , 
Handh. 600. 
Ostracees, § 1, Lamk. Hist. vi. 195. 
Ostreacea, Schweigger , Naturg. 712, 1820; Menke, Syn. 97, 1830 ; 
Anton, Verz. Conch. 12. 
Ostraeidse, part., D’Orb. Moll. Canar. 1837 ; Pal. Frang. 1845 ; 
Geinitz, Grund. 476, 1846; Swainson, Malac. 387. 
Ostracea (les Ostracees), Lamk. Phil. Zool. 1809; Ext. Cours, 
1812 ; Hist. vi. 1819 ; Cuv. R. A. 1817 ; Goldfuss, Hand. Zool. 
1820. 
Ostreae, Ferussac, Tab. Syst. 1821. 
Ostreadae, Fleming , s Brit. Anim . ; Guild. Zool. Journ. 1828. 
Ostraceae, Menke, Syn. 37, 1828. 
Ostraceidae, D’Orb. Moll. Canar. 1837; Swains. Malac. 387, 
1840. 
Ostreina, Agassiz, Nomenclat. 
1. OSTREA. 
Ostrea, part., Linn. S. Nat. 
Ostrea, Lamk. Syst. 1801 ; Hist. A. s.V.v i. 200, 2nd ed.vii. 214 ; 
Latr. Fam. Nat. 1825 ; Rang, Man. 1829 ; Menke, Syn. 1830; 
Megerle, Entw. 1811; Gray, Lond. Med. Rep. 1821; Syn. 
B. M. 1840; 1842, 92 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, 201 ; Forbes Sf 
Hanley, Brit. Moll. ii. 306. 
Ostrea 0, Megerle. 
Ostrea D., Blainv. Man. 
Ostraea, Forbes, Mai. Mon. ; Reeve, Conch. Syst. ; Swains. Mai. 
Ostreum (sp.), Adanson. Seneg. 1757* 
Dendostraea, Swains. Malac. 
Mya, sp., Scopoli, Int. Hist. Nat.? 
Alectryonia, “ Fischer, Gray ” Herrmanns. Ind. ii. 390. 
Amphidonta, Fischer, Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1829. 
Peloris and Peloriderma, sp., Poli, Test. Sicil. 
1. Ostrea edulis. 
Ostrea edulis, Linn. S. N. 1148 ; Faun. Suec. 520; Chemn. Conch . 
viii. f. 682 ; Penn. B. Z. ed. 4. iv. 87. n. 69. t. 62. f. 70 (with an 
Anomia upon it); Pulteney Hutch. Dors. 36; Flem. B. An. 392 ; 
Wood, Linn. Trans, vi. 1. 18. f. 9, 10; Turt. Conch. Diet. 133; 
B. Biv. 204 ; Brit. Faun. 162. no. 297; Mont. T. B. 151 ; Mat . 
