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3. L. pygmeea, t. 372. f. 3. 
4, L. emarginata, t. 332. f. 1, t. 372. f. 7. 
** Cartilage external, marginal. 
3. CTENOCONCHA. 
1. C. australis, t. 372. f. 10. 
' Fam. 21. Modiolarcade. 
Gills four, thick, dependent, subtrigonal, truncated in front, nar- 
row, produced, and united together behind the foot. Lips four, 
moderate. Palpi obsolete. Siphonal apertures distinct; anal 
moderate; inhalent very large, inferior, simple-edged. Foot ob- 
long, truncate, lanceolate, acute in front, with subposterior central 
hole for byssus. Eggs retained in outer gill-cases. Shell equivalve. 
Hinge-teeth none or rudimentary. Cartilage external, linear. Peri- 
ostraca polished. Living attached to floating sea-weed. 
1. Moprouarca. 
1. M. trapezina (fig. 8). 
Fig. 8.—Modiolarca trapezina. 
pp’, pedal muscles. aa’, adductor muscles. jf, foot. J, liver. 
V. Foot elongate, slender, strap-like, byssiferous—for anchoring 
the animal. 
Fam. 22. Dreissenide. 
Foot conical, small. Anterior adductor muscle small, on a trans- 
verse subumbonal internal plate. Mantle edge double. Gills four, 
unequal; outer small. Lips four, triangular, short, broad at the 
base. Shell equivalve, subtrigonal, keeled. Hinge toothless. Car- 
tilage external, marginal. Fluviatile. 
1. DREISSENA. 
1. D. polymorpha, t. Baowde Pde oe oe 
Fam. 23. Galeommide. 
Foot very small, strap-shaped, flattened beneath. Mantle edge 
