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Bryant Wai^kkr 

 Section OUADRULA s. s. 



Shell quadrate or rhomboid ; surface pustulous, with a high, rounded 

 or sharp posterior ridge, above which on the posterior slope is a decided 



Fig. 144 



Fig. 145 



radial furrow ; umbonal region high ; epidermis shining, usually painted 

 with a beautiful pattern of triangular spots or chevron-shaped lines. 



Type: Unio cylindricus Say, fig. 144. Animal, Q. metanevra Raf., fig. 145. 



Section THELTDERMA (Swainson, 1840) Simpson. 



Fig. 146 



Shell rounded, quadrate to rhomboid, solid, pustulous ; beaks rather 

 prominent, sculpture consisting of a few, rather coarse, subparallel ridges ; 

 anterior end rounded, base often arcuate, posterior end truncate, high and 

 angled behind the ligament, epidermis rarely rayed, never as in Qnadnda s s. 



Type : Unio lachrymosus Lea, fig. 146. 



