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Mollusks of Japan
| 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 conchologist John Clarkson Jay (1808-1891). Figures 1 through 6 are Cytherea formosa, accepted name Meretrix lusoria and were collected near Okinawa. Figures 7 and 10 are Mya japonica, accepted name Mya arenia, collected at Volcano Bay, Hokkaido. Figures 8 and 9 are Psammobia olivacea, current accepted name Nuttallia obscurata, collected in the Bay of Yedo (Tokyo Bay). |
| Image ID: | 124424 |
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| Creation Date: | before 1856 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Rare Books |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | Serials 770 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.5 x 11.5 inches |
| From Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, Volume II. opp. page 298. |
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