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Two Mollusks
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An etching, labeled Conchology Plate III, depicts two large mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition. They were described and named by physician and conchologist John Clarkson Jay (1808-1891). Figures 1 and 2 are a freshwater mussel, Dipsas plicatus, accepted name Cristaria plicata, collected at Shanghai. In describing Figure 2, Jay reports, "pieces of lead [are] inserted under the mantel of the animal; in a short time the leaden ornaments are found covered with pearly matter as seen in the figure." Cristaria plicata is used commercially in the cultured pearl industry. Figures 3 and 4 are the scallop Pecten yessoensis, accepted name Patino or Mizuhopecten yessoensis, and was collected near Hakodate, Hokkaido (Yesso Island), Japan.
1856
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Sea Scallop
1856
An etching, labeled Conchology Plate IV which depicts the exterior, Figure 1, and interior of the shell of the scallop identified as Pecten yessoensis, current accepted name Patino or Mizuhopecten ...
Mollusks of Japan
1856
An etching, labeled Conchology Plate 1 depicts a number of bivalve mollusks collected and drawn by members of the Perry expedition. The specimens were described and named by American physician and ...
Mollusks
1856
A hand-colored etching of the shells of mollusks collected by members of the Perry expedition, described and named by physician and conchologist John Clarkson Jay (1808-1891). Figures 1 through 6 d...
Mollusks of Japan
1856
A hand-colored etching, labeled Choncology Plate II, depicts mollusks collected by the Perry expedition. The specimens were described and named by physician and conchologist John Clarkson Jay (1808...
Four Fish of Japan
1856
A hand-colored lithograph prepared from drawings made by draftsman Hamilton Patterson of four fish collected on Perry's expedition to Japan. They are numbered from the bottom. No. 1 is identified a...
Two Eels of Japan
1856
A hand-colored lithograph of two eels, created from drawings and descriptions of specimens collected by members of the Perry expedition. No. 1, top, was collected near Shimoda and is labeled Muraen...
