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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
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Zoology -- Periodicals
BUCARDIUM was the epithet applied in the written copy to the members of
this genus, to which the _Solen bullatus_ of the 'Systema' was correctly
referred. _Mactra_ had not then been separated.
C. COSTATUM. _Buc._ sulcis costis elevatis membranaceis.
The original description has been somewhat enlarged in the press, by the
addition of "brevissimis," "et extrorsum flexis," "fossula distinctus;
at vero ille sub anno quasi duplex"; "minus vero ad latera sulcata,"
moreover, was simply "ad alterum latus": the only expression omitted in
printing was "reflexus," which followed "Anus margine."
C. CARDISSA. _Buc._ compressum, valvis carinatis, natibus contiguis.
"Colum. Aqu. 19. t. 16" (cited also in the 'Systema') was quoted in the
MS. from which the "vix," "subcontigui," "remotus, validus, fossula
distinctus," were absent. The "Rima" was termed "subrotunda" instead of
"cordata."
C. HEMICARDIUM. _Buc._ subquadrilaterum: valvulis carinatis, umbonibus
distantibus.
"Fasciis" was a misprint for the original "facies": "sulcis convexis"
was written "sulcis excavato-rugosis." There was no specific
appellation.
C. MEDIUM. _Buc._ subcordatum subangulatum; valvulis angulatis sulcatis
lævibus.
The prefatory remarks were the only portion of the printed description
to be found in the MS. The species was not named, but was quoted in the
'Systema' before the publication of its details.
C. ACULEATUM (misprinted "muricatum"). _Buc._ subcordatum, sulcis
convexis, linea cava exaratis, versus apicem dentatis.
The intended name was _verum_.
C. ECHINATUM. _Buc._ subcordatum, sulcis acutis exaratis linea elevata
ciliata aculeis inflexis plurimis.
"List. Ang. 188. t. 5. f. 33, Pectunculus echinatus," "Bonan. 2. t. 90,"
"Gesu. Aq. 131, 132," "Faun. Suec. 1339," "Rondel. Aq. 22," were the
original synonyms, to which our author had subsequently added "Klein,
139. t. 10. f. 40." "Alba" followed "gibba"; "parum antrorsum inflexis"
was the reading for the printed "erectis subulatis"; "extrorsum" for
the "uti extus": "brevioribus. Anus lævis, sutura simplici prominula,"
"recurvi," "fossula distinctus," were emendations.
C. TUBERCULATUM. _Buc._ subcordatum, sulcis obtusis nodosis transversim
striatis.
"Gualt. t. 71. f. M." was a correct additional synonym.
C. ISOCARDIA. _Buc._ cordatum, sulcis imbricatis squamis fornicatis.
"Klein, 138. isocardia fragum" had been interpolated by Linnæus; hence
the name, which was not in the original. The "fossula distincti" has
replaced the earlier "validi."
C. FRAGUM. _Buc._ subcordatum subangulatum, sulcis notatis semicirculis
elevatis.
By the addition of "mala" to the erroneously cited figure of Gualtieri,
our author has virtually repudiated it. "Spinosæ" followed "Pruni;" the
fallacious "s. rubris" was not present, nor "sæpe" either; "anteriore"
stood in the place of "postico," and "postico" in that of "antico." The
descriptions of the "rima" and "anus" have been added: "recurvati" and
"fossula distincti" were amplifications.
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