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MR. J. T. CUNNINGHAM in his letter of November 28 (p. 129), after showing that Pecten opercularis must rest on its right valve, goes on to say:—Of Pecten maximus I cannot speak with certainty, and therefore leave to Mr. Arthur Hunt the responsibility of stating that there is a difference in respect of position in the two species.” So far from my having hinted that any species of Pecten rests on other than the right valve, my letter, to which Mr. Cunningham refers, concludes with the plain statement, “in each case the mollusk rests on the same valve.” The point to be noticed is that in Pecten maximus the right valve is most convex, and in Pecten opercularis the left valve.
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HUNT, A. The Resting Position of Oysters—A Correction. Nature 33, 154 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/033154e0
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