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LUTRARIA LINEATA. 



Tab. X, fig. 2. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell suboval, thin, compressed ; hinge slope rec- 

 tilinear ; posterior side with a reflected margin, and 

 carinated submarginai line ; within slightly undu- 

 lated ; posterior margin glabrous, with an obtusely 

 indented line, corresponding to the exterior cari- 

 nated one. 



SYNONYMES. 



LuTRARiA LixEATA, /S'ttj/, Joum. *Acad. JVatural 

 Sciences, vol. 4, p. 310 ; Jlmerican Conchology, 

 pl."^. 



LuTRARiA RECURVA, Wood, ludcx Tcst. {supple- 

 ment,) pi. I, fig. 2. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Mr. Say believes this species to be nearly allied 

 to, if not identical with, L. papyracea, Lam. He also 

 observes that it inhabits the coasts of Georgia and 

 Florida. It has since been found on those of North 

 and South Carolina. 



