398 THE PALEONTOLOGY OF MINNESOTA. 
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{Strophomena scofieldi. 
beautifully cancellated by fine, apparently squamose’ strie, which are undulated 
slightly upward in passing over the ridges. There appear to be from ten to twelve 
concentric strize in the width of one line. 
“Width of largest specimen collected, one inch; length, nine lines; hight of 
ventral area, one line.” . 
Strophmena recta Conrad we regard as founded on young specimens of the same 
author’s Strophomena deflecta, which is no longer referred to Strophomena, but belongs 
to Prof. Hall’s subgenus Dinorthis of Orthis. Even if the above conclusion is not 
accepted the specimens of Billings cannot be retained under Conrad’s name, since 
they clearly belong to Strophomena, while Strophomena recta Conrad must be referred 
to Dinorthis. This leaves Billings’ species without a name and we propose therefore 
to designate it as above. 
S. billingsi belongs to our group IL of Strophomena and is related to S. scofieldi. 
The former differs in having a far less defined sinus and fold, finer radiating strize 
and the concentric growth lines more delicate and closely crowded. 
Formation and locality.—In the Galena shales at St. Paul, near Cannon Falls and Fountain, Min- 
nesota. In the upper beds of the Trenton limestone, Ottawa, Canada. 
Collectors.—W. H. Scofield and the writers. 
Mus. Reg. No. 8192. 
STROPHOMENA SCOFIELDI W. and S. 
PLATE XXXI, FIGS. 18—21. 
1892, April 1. Strophomena scofieldi W.and S. American Gevlogist, vol. ix, p. 286. 
1892, April 9. Streptorhynchus subsulcatum SARDESON. Bulletin of the Minnesota Academy of 
Natural Sciences, vol. iii, p. 335, pl. rv, fig. 39. 
Shell small, semicircular in outline, biconvex, with a more or less prominent 
fold and sinus towards the anterior margin: hinge-line a little shorter than the 
greatest width; area of ventral valve forming an angle of about 140° with the 
plane of the lateral margin, centrally occupied by a convex, perforated deltidium, 
which fits closely against the chilidium of the other valve. Surface marked by 
numerous, crowded, rounded, radiating striz, increasing in number by implantation, 
with from 110 to 120 along the outer margin in adult shells, crossed by delicate, 
crowded, concentric lines and a few larger growth marks. 
Dorsal valve not deep, evenly convex, or with a fold near the anterior margin. 
Cardinal area very narrow and slightly reflexed. Crural plates prominent, very 
oblique, coalescing medially; upon this thickening at its base originate two low 
ridges, which continue upward and outward into the small, low cardinal process, 
about half of which is covered by the chilidium. Immediately underneath the 
crural plates are two pairs of small adductor scars, separated by a low, rounded 
