. East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida . Fig. 32 Ostrea equestris OSTREA FRONS Linne. Leafy Oyster. Shell thin, broad, adhering to roots by shelly lobes, purple-brown; hinge of left valve small; generally attached crosswise to some external object. Johnson reported this species from St. Augustine attached to a sea-fan (Gor- gonia). Length 45 mm. PI. 6, Fig. 5 Jupiter Inlet, East Florida to Barbados OSTREA PERMOLLIS Sowerby. Shell more or less four sided, the two edges next to um- bo
. East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida . Fig. 32 Ostrea equestris OSTREA FRONS Linne. Leafy Oyster. Shell thin, broad, adhering to roots by shelly lobes, purple-brown; hinge of left valve small; generally attached crosswise to some external object. Johnson reported this species from St. Augustine attached to a sea-fan (Gor- gonia). Length 45 mm. PI. 6, Fig. 5 Jupiter Inlet, East Florida to Barbados OSTREA PERMOLLIS Sowerby. Shell more or less four sided, the two edges next to um- bones comparatively straight; compressed, subequivalve, somewhat golden colored and bluish-white inside, with tendency toward greenish at edges; hinge narrow; upper valve slightly convex and with a soft brownish epidermis; concentric sculpture wavy and irregular. Height inches. It has been taken in the bread sponge at Sanibel, Florida. PI. 6, Fig. g Florida
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