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LIMNEA REFLEXA, Say. 



Plate 8. 



L. testa elongata, tenui, fusca; longitudinaliter striata: 

 apice acuto: anfractibus 7 convexiusculis: sutura impressa, 

 obliquissima: apertura elongata: lamina columellari crassa 

 et laxa. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Limneus reflexus, Say. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. ii. 



p. 167. — American Conchology, pi. 31, fig. 2. 

 Limn&a palustris, var. distortus, Rossmassler. Icon., 



vol. i. p. 97. 

 Lymn&a exilis, Lea. Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. (new series), 



vol. v. p. 114, pi. xix. fig. 82. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell very long and slender, composed of 

 seven flattened, or slightly convex whirls, with 

 exceedingly minute transverse revolving lines: 

 lines of growth distinct, but sometimes very fine: 

 suture well marked, revolving very obliquely: 

 aperture oblong semicircular; columellar fold 

 slight; labium not quite in contact with the 

 body whirl at any part, particularly anteriorly, 

 where there is a slight umbilical fissure. 



