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Sea Scallop
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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 yessoensis. There are Japanese characters written on the shell in Figure 2. The specimen was collected at Hakodate, Hokkaido (Yesso Island) by members of the Perry expedition and was later described and named by physician and conchologist John Clarkson Jay (1808-1891).
1856
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Two Mollusks
1856
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 (180...
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 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...
Bristle Thighed Curlew
1856
A hand-colored lithograph prepared by Wm. E. Hitchcock from William Heine's drawings of a male specimen of Numenius tahiticus (now Numenius tahitiensis) collected near Hakodate on the northern Japa...
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...
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...
