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UNIO Solandri. 
TAB. DXVII. 
Spec. Cuar. Transversely oblong-ovate, slightly 
arched, rather compressed, thin; both extre- 
mities obtuse ; beaks small, rugose; hinge 
slender. 
Syn. Mya Pictorum. Brander, 95? 
Exacty twice as wide as long; the posterior extre- 
mity is rather square and more compressed than the 
other; the superior and inferior edges are parallel and 
a little arched; the beaks are slightly waved or rugose. 
This beautifully pearly shell resembles the Unio ba- 
tava of Lamarck, but is more compressed: it differs 
from U. Pictorum of the same author in the square form 
of the posterior extremity, and from both in being a 
little curved. It appears from the cast that the mus- 
cular impressions are not deep, and there is only a small 
space left for the hinge, the teeth of which we have not 
been able to extricate ; the general contour of the shell, 
its rugose umbones, and brilliant pearl are so charac- 
teristic of the genus Unio, that even if the hinge were 
