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Mollusks
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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 depict variations of the land snail Helix simodae, accepted name Euhadra peliomphala simodae, collected near Shimoda. Figures 7, 8 and 9 are also land snails, Helix perryi, accepted name Euhadra quaesita perryi, collected near Yedo (Tokyo). Figures 10, 11 and 12 are the pond snail Lymnea [sic] japonica, accepted name Radix japonica, also collected near Shimoda. Figures 13, 14 and 15 are Bullia perryi, accepted name Volutharpa perryi, and were collected from the Bay of Yedo (Tokyo Bay). Figures 16 and 17 depict Purpura sepentrionalis, accepted name Nucella lamellosa. Jay expressed doubt that this specimen was collected near Japan, as its usual range is in the northeaster Pacific from the Bering Strait to California.
1856
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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...
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...
Six Fish of Japan
1856
A hand-colored lithograph prepared from drawings by Perry expedition draftsman Hamilton Patterson of specimens collected in the waters of Japan. Included are, No. 1, top left, Etroplus fumosus, cur...
Three Fish of Japan
1856
A hand-colored lithograph of three fish specimens collected near Japan, from drawings prepared by H. Patterson. No. 1, top, is identified as Pelor japonicum - Life Size. It is a scorpion fish in th...
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 ...
