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SHELLS AND SHELL-FISH. 



PART 



Inoceramus Sow. Cardiform, thick ; umbones lateral, 

 rather prominent, and incurved ; hinge short, formed 

 of a series of short transverse grooves : the cardiform 

 type. 



I. Lamarckii. Sow. Man. f. 167. 



MALLEUS. Shell very irregular,, more or less hammer- 

 shaped; the hinge margin being straight, and often 

 greater prolonged; the valves gaping to near the 

 umbones. 



Malleus Lam. Hinge margin excessively long, and 

 forming two auricles; umbones minute, depressed, 

 with a small disk for the liga- 

 ment, and an external groove for 

 the cartilage. 



M. vulgaris. Sow. Man. 167. 



Reniella Sw. Shell transversely 

 and irregularly orbicular; sub- 

 ventricose near the umbones, 

 which are very small, termi- 

 nal, and remote; between them 

 is a deep triangular concave pit, 

 lined by the ligament ; the mar- 

 gin of this pit forms a semicircle, 

 to the edge of which is attached 

 a narrow cartilage. 



R. dilatata Sto. (Jig. 127.) 



VULSELLA Lam. Shell tongue- 

 shaped, longitudinally elon- 

 gated, compressed, without 

 auricles ; umbones minute, 

 curved, approximating ; 

 hinge plate thick, diluted 

 into a semicircular solid pit 

 for the cartilage. 



V. lingulata. Sow. Man.'f. 185. (jfy.128.) 



AVICULA. Shell regular, foliaceous, unequally auricu- 

 lated ; hinge margin straight, much lengthened ; 



