Synopsis Fresh-Water Moixusca 



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with one or two pseudocardinals and one lateral in the right valve, and 

 two pseudo-cardinals and two laterals in the left ; female shell having a 

 strong inflation of the shell and dilatation in the post-basal region, produc- 

 ing a distinct posterior truncation of the shell. Marsupium kidney-shaped, 



Fig. 214 



occupying the posterior part of the outer gills ; edge of the mantle of the 

 female in front of the branchial opening developed into a ribbon-like flap, 

 generally produced anteriorly into a full, projecting lobe, which has a lacer- 

 ated appearance. 



Type: Unio oratiis Say, fig. 214. Animal, fig". 215. 



