Section Jagonia R^aliiz. 

 OODAEIA (JA&OITIA) PERTEKLHA Dall. 



Godaliia ( Jagonia ) pertenera Dall, 1903, Trans. Wagner Free 



Inst. 3ci., Philadelphia, vol. 5, pt. 5, p. iri?, pi. 

 51, fig. 4. 



Description .- "Shell rather large, very thin, v/ith the 

 surface more or less irregiils rl^- indented, as if from nestling; 

 anterior end larger, attenuate!, posterior end more plump, ob- 

 scurely yertically truncate, beaks low; lunule lorig and very 

 narrow, not deeply impressed; surface finely, cloeely, concen- 

 trically, and radially striated, but so feebly that no obvious 

 cancellation results; hinc-e-nargin narrow, hinge-teeth feeble, 

 "-Aie laterals in the left vsl^re obsolete or absent; scars lucinoid; 

 margins sometimes obsoletely flutedi Heigl': 32.5, length 35. (, 

 diameter 13.5 mm." 



"This S"oecies is not a characteristic Jar-onia, but ' ^ lear- 

 er to this group than to any other." (Dall, 1903). 



T ype locality .- Bow den, Jamaica. 



.\:e marks .- J_. pertenera is represented by a niunber --^ 

 valves, the lar?rest being more or less fragmentary. It is recog- 

 nize'^ b:^7 its somewhat elongate outline, feeble inflation and ir- 

 regular surface v/ith v/eak sculpture. 



