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valva sinistra convex;! ; colore dilute rosea, albo radiato. Long. 1 ; 

 alt. | ; lat. \ poll. Liberia. Dr. C. J. Bates. 



Resembles T. donacina in shape and coloring, but is larger, and is 

 also distinguished by the triangular area of coarser sculpture on the 

 right valve. 



Nucula [Leda] bicuspidata. T. alba, transverse elongato- 

 ovata, sub-cylindrica, antice rotundata et triplicata, postice producta, 

 tricarinata, bicuspidata; valvis oblique concinne striatis, praster 

 spatio excavato inter cai'inas serratas ; cardine dentibus anticis ad 

 12, posticis ad 26. Long, f ; alt. ^ poll. Hab. Liberia. Dr. C.J. 

 Bates. 



[2V. Largillierti Phil. (1851) ; Leda plicifera A. Ad. (1856).] 



Nassa turbinea. T. solida, ovata, albida, apice producto ; anfr. 

 9 sub-tabulatis, phcis numerosis acutis et striis volventibus profundis 

 ad 13 decussatis; basi spiraliter striata: apertura parva, stricta, an- 

 gulato-ovalis ; labio acuto, crenulato, intus sulcato ; callo columellari 

 erecto, granulato. Long. ^ ; lat. \ poll. Hab. Liberia. Dr. C. J. 

 Bates. 



Nassa elata. T. elongato-conica, cinereo-albida ; anfr. 8 tabu- 

 latis, marginatis, posterioribus plicatis, penultimo glabro, ultimo antice 

 striato : apertura angusta, ovalis, alba ; labro acuto, antice crenulato, 

 intus striato. Long. ^ ; lat. -^ poll. Hab. Liberia. Dr. (■'. J. Bates. 



Helix hepatizon. T. depresso-conica, crassa, rubro-castanea, 

 canescens, sub-perforata ; anfr. 51 convexis, striis incrementalibus et 

 striis volventibus argute reticulatis ; sutura impressa : apertura semi- 

 circularis, contracta ; peristomate incrassato ; intus cerasina. Lat. 1 1 :i l - ) - 

 alt. ^ poll. Found near the mouth of Gaboon River. Dr. C. J. Bates. 



KF= Vol. ii. 53, (July, 1845.) 



Unio paludicolus. T. transversa, ovato-rhomboidea, inequila- 

 teraJi, antice rotundata ; margine ligamentali arcuata ; natibus pro- 

 minulis, erosis; epidermide rufo-castanea ; dentibus cardinalibus ob- 

 liquis, £>yramidatis ; lateralibus lente arcuatis ; margarita cupreo-corus- 

 cante. Long. If; alt. -^ poll. Everglades of Florida. J. Bartlett. 



In shape and size closely resembles U. heterodon. 



Unio papyraceus. T. fragili, valde inequilaterali, transverse 

 ovato-oblongata, sub-cylindracea ; postice subrostrata, supra angulata ; 

 natibus parvis, eleganter undulatis ; epidermide levigata, luteo-cas- 

 tanea, radiatim Hneolatii; cardine invalido; dente cardinali longitudi- 

 nal, compressa; laterali tenui, recta; margarita argentea. Long. 1^; 

 Lit. j^; alt. 1 poll. Everglades of Florida. /. Bartlett. 



In shape, delicacy, and even its color, it is not unlike Anodonta 

 couperiana Lea, 



