986 FRESH-WATER BIOLOGY 



59 (60) Shell large, thick and solid; apex smooth. 



La7ix Clessin. 



This genus is restricted to the Pacific coast and is distinguished by 

 the large size and thick sohd shells. Type, L. newberryi Lea. (Fig. 

 1443)- 



Fig. i44i 



60 (61) Shell ancyliform, small, thin, with a septum across the apical portion 



of the interior Gundlachia Pfeiffer. 



f5.v^ This very remarkable and peculiar genus has 'a general but very local 



K/Mllf distribution from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Example, G. meekiana 

 Stimp., (Fig. 1444; X 6), from the Eastern States. 



FlG^ 1444- 



61 (62) Shell small, spiral, dextral, neritoid, or crepidula-like, with a broad, 

 thin, columellar plate projecting across the end of the aper- 

 ture next to the spire Amphigyra Pilsbry. 



Only a single species, A. alabamensis Pils., (Fig. 1445; X 10), from the 

 Coosa River, Alabama, is known. 



FiC. 1445- 



62 (54) Shell very minute, dextral, spiral, subdiscoidal; columellar margin 

 broadly dilated Neoplanorhis Pilsbry. 



Four species of this genus have been recently described from the Coosa 

 River, Alabama, and are among the smallest mollusks known in our 

 faima. Type, N. tantillus Pils., (Fig. 1446; X 10). 



Fig. 1446. 



63 (2, 100) Animal operculate, branchiferous (except Assimenia). Radula 



with seven rows of teeth. 



Order Pectinibranchiata. . Suborder Taenioglossa . . 64 

 Six families: 64, 65, 66, 71, 72, 90. 



64 (65) Shell small, spiral, dextral, conical; operculum spiral. Animal pul- 

 moniferous Family Assimeniidae. 



Only a single genus Assimenia Leach. 



The Assimenias live in brackish water in the upper part of the littoral zone. 

 Two species occur on the Florida keys and two on the coast of California. Ex- 

 ample, A. calif ornica Try on, (Fig. 1447; X 4). 



Fig. 1447. 



