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Whether there be undulations at the tips it is impossible to say. In outline, it is some- 
what like U. Ravenelianus, (Nobis,) but it is less oblique and less compressed. It is also 
allied to U. nucleopsis, Con., but that is quite round in the outline, while the former is 
rather oblique. It is also much more compressed. 
I dedicate this species to M. Troschel, who has done much in the anatomy of this family. 
Unio Kernerianus. PI. XXIII. Fig. 40. 
Testé tuberculata, subrotundata, subinflata, subequilaterali ; valvulis crassis; natibus prominentibus, sub- 
medialis ; epidermide luteold, substriatd ; dentibus cardinalibus grandibus, granulatis crassisque; lateralibus 
brevis, crassis subrectisque; margarita alba et iridescente. 
Shell tuberculate, subrotund, somewhat inflated, subequilateral ; valves thick, beaks prominent, submedial ; 
epidermis yellowish, somewhat striate; cardinal teeth large, granulate and thick; lateral teeth short, thick and 
nearly straight; nacre white and iridescent. 
Hab. Coosawattee river, Murray county, Georgia, Dr. Boykin. 
My cabinet. 
Diam. .7, Length 1.1, Breadth 1.3 inches. 
Shell sparsely tuberculate, subrotund, somewhat inflated, nearly equilateral, rounded 
behind; substance of the shell thick, rather thinner behind; ligament short and rather 
thick; epidermis yellowish, somewhat striate near the margin, with very close marks of 
growth; posterior slope wide and but slightly raised; umbonial slope rounded; cardinal 
teeth large, granulate, thick, double in the left and somewhat trifid in the right valve; 
lateral teeth short, thick, nearly straight, far removed from, and in a direction far above 
the cardinal tooth, leaving a large plate between the two teeth; anterior cicatrices dis- 
tinct; posterior cicatrices distinct; dorsal cicatrices in a row under the cardinal teeth ; 
palleal cicatrix well impressed; cavity of the shell moderately deep; cavity of the beaks 
deep and angular; nacre white and iridescent. 
Remarks.—I very much regret that I have not better specimens of this species. The 
four before me are all worn in the beaks more or less, and two of them are quite old and 
eroded. The two younger ones only have rays. The older of these, here figured, has a 
broad, green ray over the middle and anterior portion of the disk, and two small ones on 
the posterior slope. On the youngest specimen, about one-fourth grown, there is no 
tubercle; on the others they are very few and very small, and placed towards the mar- 
gin. These are so small as scarcely to deserve the name. This species belongs to the 
group of which U. pustulosus, (Nobis,) may be considered the type. It differs from that 
shell in being rounder and having fewer tubercles, in being less angular behind and more 
rounded before. It is allied to U. Schoolcraftensis, (Nobis,) but that is more quadrate, 
having quite a compressed carina, but resembles it in having few tubercles. ‘The two 
oldest specimens are slightly impressed before the umbonial slope and are subangular 
behind, 
I dedicate it to Mr. L. C. Keiner, the author of “Spécies Général et Icon. Coquil. 
Vivantes,.” 
