SYNOPTICAL TABLE 



OF THE 



SPECIES OF AMERICAN NAIADES, 



SYNONYMES, 



t Alabamensis,Conm(f, Symphynota inflata, Lea, 



* Unio lemovinccE, Fer. is U. ater, Nillpon. See Synopsis 

 methodica Molluscorum. By M. Menke. Mr. Say supposing the 

 ater of Nil. a good species, substituted the name lugubris for U. 

 ater of Lea. 



1 1 propose this name for the fine shell whose specific inflata 

 is preoccupied in the genus Unio. It is peculiarly abundant in 

 the Alabama, rare in the Black Warrior, and has as yet been 

 f()und in no other river. 



