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Teredo sawoaensis Miller (1924). l"i!;iire 71. 



Shell. Similar to that of T. fiircUlalus, but generally more transparent and with a smaller auricle. 

 Interiorly the shell is characterized l)y a very broad, irregular apophysis, which is a useful, although 

 not infallible guide in the identification of the shell. 



Pallets. Stalk of medium length; long tapering lilade, which is di\ided into two distinct portions. 

 The basal portion, com()rising about one-half the length of the bUule, is broadly ovate and calcareous; 

 the distal portion is narrower, nearly straight-sided, forming a more or less completely calcified semi- 



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Fig. 74. Bankia setacea, entire animals 



cylinder, flattened on the inner face, slightly cupped at the extremity. At the juncture of these two 

 elements the pallet is encircled h\ a band of brown epidermis, which sometimes more or less completely 

 envelops the distal portion. 



Type. No. 1730, Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; from Tutuila, 

 Samoa. 



Distribulimi. Thus far found only in Samoa. 



