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Amer. Phil. Soc, IX, p. 9, 1844; Obs., IV, p. 9, 1843; Expl. in Neb., II, pt. 3, 

 p. 724, 1859 



Lymncea philadelphica Wheatlev, Cat. Sh. U. S., p. 24, 1843. — Scudder, 

 Bull. Xat. Mus., 23, pp. 33, 43, 201, 1885. 



Limnea philadelphica Hald., Mon. Limn., p. 33, pi. X, fig. 10, 1842.— 

 Anthony, L. & F.-W. Sh. Cin., 1848. 



Limncea philadelphica Binney, Land & F. W. Sh. X. A., II, p. 50, fig. 71, 

 1865. — Tryon, Amer. Journ. Conch., Ill, p. 196, 1867. — Sowb., Conch. Icon., 

 XVIII, Sp. 82, pi. 12, fig. 82, 1-:. 



Lymncea galbana var. philadelphica Dall, Alaska Moll., p. 74, fig. 52, 1905. 



Lymncea desidiosa var. philadelphica Jay, Cat., p. 269, 1852. 



Lymnca acuta Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., V, p. 114, pi. 19, fig. 81, 1837; IX, 

 p. 12, 1541; Obs., I, p. 226, 1837.— Lea, Proc. Phil. Acad., 1860, p. 147. 



Lymncea acuta Wheatley, Cat. Sh. U. S., p. 23, 1S45. — Scudder, Bull. Xat. 

 Mus., 23, pp. 14, 200, 1885. 



Limnea acuta Hald., Mon. Limn., p. 33, pi. 10, fig. 14, 1S42. — Anthony, 

 L. & F.-W. Sh. Cin., 1848. 



Limncea acuta Bell, Geol. Surv. Canada, Rep. Prog., p. 2o2. 1559. — Binney, 

 Land & F.-W. Sh. X. A., II, p. 5, fig. 70, 1865. — Tryon, Amer. Journ. Conch., 

 Ill, p. 196, 1867. 



Lymncea desidiosa Yar. acuta Jay, Cat., p. 269, 1532. 



Limncea pallida (not of Adams) Cpr., Rep. Brit. Asso., pp. 209, 213, 1856. — 

 Whiteayes, Can. Xat. & Geol., VI, p. 458, 1861.— Cpr., Can. Xat. & Geol., VI, 

 p. 458, 1861; Smith. Mis. Coll., pp. 120, 160, 1872.— Calkins, Proc. Ottawa 

 Acad. Sci., p. 25, 1874; Cin. Quart. Journ. Sci., I, p. 323, 1874. — ?Dawson, Brit- 

 ish X. A., Bound Com., p. 349, 1875. — Walton, Proc. Roch. Acad. Sci., II, p. 12, 

 pi. 6, figs. 12, 13, 1891.— Currier, Kent. Sci. Inst. Mis. Pub., Xo. 1, 1868.— 

 Walker, Journ. Conch., II, p. 330, 1879. — Shimek, Bull. Lab. X. Ff., Univ. Iowa, 

 I, p. 68, 1888.— Walker, Xautilus, VI, p. 34, 1892; ReY. Moll. Mich., p. 17, 

 1894.— Walton, The Museum, IV, p. 133, 1894.— Baker, Trans. Acad. Sci. St 

 Louis, VIII, p. 89, 1898. — Huett, Xat. Hist. La Salle Co., p. 104, 189S— Letson, 

 Bull. X. Y. State Mus., LXXXVIII, p. 55, 1905 (part). 



Lymncea pallida Lea, Proc. Phil. Acad., p. 81, 1856. — Currier, Sh. Grand 

 River, Mich., 1859.— Baker, Bull. 111. State Lab., VII, p. 105, 1906. 



Limncea pallida Letson, Bull. Buf. Soc. X'at. Sci., IX, p. 242, 1909. 



Limnea pallida Miles, Geol. Surv., Mich., 1860, p. 237, 1861. 



Limnophysa pallida DeCamp, Kent. Sci. Inst., Mis. Pub., Xo. 5, p. 8, 1881. — 

 Keyes, Bull. Essex Inst, XX, p. 71, 1888. 



TLimnoea truncatula Woodward, Man., p. 399. 



Shell : Subconic, pointed, oblong, rather thin, frequently some- 

 what inflated; periostracum generally light yellowish horn color; sur- 

 face shining, covered with numerous coarse lines of growth; under 

 a strong lens very fine spiral lines may be seen; whorls o 1 /^, rounded, 

 somewhat shouldered, the shoulder being near the suture; the last 

 whorl is very large, half the length of the entire shell, generally com- 

 pressed but quite obese in some specimens; spire acute, sharply-conical; 

 nuclear whorls 1%, resembling those of Galba parva in outline and 



