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Limatula JftfFreysiana, T«^6, 1884 Aldinga Bay, River Murray 



Cliffs (S.A.), Muddy Creek 

 (Vict.) 

 Glvcimeris subradians, Tate^ Hallett's Cove 



"(M.S.) 

 IMeretrix sphericula, spec. nor. Aldinga Bay, obscure casts only 



(M.S.) 

 Cardium, spec. nov. — 



Cardita, spec. nov. — 



Tellina Basedowi, Tate, spec. nov. — 



Tellina Basedowi, Tate, spec. nov. 

 Plate III. 



Shell rotundly-trigonal, solid, nearly equilateral, moderately 

 convex. Ornamented by concentric, erect, short laaiellse — about 

 ten in 5 mm. length in the medio- ventral region — and radial 

 stride, which are visible only on the partially decorticated surfaces. 



Ventral margin subarcuated ; dorsal slopes strong, the posterior 

 nearly straight and roughened by the edges of the concentric 

 sulci, dorsal | post '^]- ventral tip angulated, anterior margin- 

 rounded ; the posterior fold and fiexure very moderate and sub- 

 marginal. 



Beaks depressed, obtuse, contiguous; lunule deeply sunken, 

 ligament occupying about one-half its length. 



Interior unknown. 



By external characters comes near T. capsoides and T. del- 

 toidalis, differing by more rotund marginal outline. 



Dimensions. — Ant. -post, 40 mm.; umbo-vent., 35; sectional 

 diameter, 17. 



Locality. — Common in Miocene limestone in the neighborhood 

 of Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula {R.B.). 



The type specimen has been deposited in the Museum of the 

 Adelaide University. 



[The above description is the last of the numerous contribu- 

 tions of the late Professor Ralph Tate, who has been recognised 

 as having a place among the highest authorities in natural 

 science, and one to whom students of palaeontology, especially in 

 Australia, are deeply indebted. It was but a few hours before 

 his much lamented death that the late Professor read the above 

 description to me. This is but another proof of the earnest and 

 sincere devotion to natural research which characterised him even, 

 to the last moments of his valuable life. — H. Basedow.] 



