Des Groupes de Barnacles ou Conchæ Anatifera trouvés autour de la Quille d'un Vaisseau qui revenoit de la côte de Guinée à Philada & avoit été 19 mois à la mer il y avoit aussi des coquilles d'huitres de moules &c. attachés ensemble

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 96, 1

Additional Source Text:

Trans.: Groups of barnacles or Conchæ Anatifera found around the keel of a vessel returning from the coast of Guinea to Philadelphia and had been 19 months at sea; there were also mussels, oyster shells &c. stuck together

Notes:

Conchæ anatifera (goose barnacles) are now known as Lepas anatifera.

Du Simitière's Common Name:

Barnacles

Du Simitière's Scientific Name:

Conchæ anatifera

Current Common Name:

Goose barnacles

Current Scientific Name

Lepas anatifera