A Partial List of the Shells 



found in Erie and Niagara Counties, and the 

 Niagara Frontier 



By Elizabeth J. Letson, Sc. D. 

 Director of the Museum, Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



The following list is made at the request of numerous 

 collectors in this city who desire to know what to look for, and 

 is in no way offered as a complete list of the land and fresh 

 water shells of Buffalo and vicinity. The data presented are 

 from the records of the Conchological Section of the Buffalo 

 Society of Natural Sciences. E. J. L. 



List of Species. 



Pleurocera subulare Lea. Niagara riv. 



Goniobasis depygis Say. Cazenovia ck., E. Aurora, Niagara 

 riv., Lancaster. 



Goniobasis livescens Mke. Griffin's Mills, Niagara riv., 

 Eighteen Mile ck. 



Goniobasis niagarensis Lea. Niagara riv. 



Goniobasis brevispira Anth. Niagara riv. at Falls. 



Bythinia tentaculata Linn. Erie Canal. 



Bythinella obtusa Lea. Chippawa ck. Ont. 



Amnicola pallida Hald. Hamburgh. 



Amnicola Iimosa Say. Lime Lake, Chippawa ck., French- 

 man's ck., Erie Canal, Niagara riv., Park Lake, 

 Buffalo. 



Amnicola cincinnatiensis Anth. Park Lake, Buffalo, Chip- 

 pawa ck. 



Amnicola lustrica Pils. Chippawa ck. 



