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extremities ; columella oblique, reflected over part of the umbilicus ; 

 umbilicus forming a lengthened areabehind the columella. Northern 

 shores. Fig 364, L. Pallidula. 

 LAGENULA. Montf. A genus of microscopic Foraminifera. 

 LAMELLATED. {Lamella, a thin plate.) When the layers of 

 which a shell is composed, instead of being compacted into a 

 solid mass, are separated, overlying each other in the manner of 

 tiles, with the edges prominent, the structure is said to be lamel- 

 lated or foliaceous. 

 LAMELLIBRANCHIATA. Bl. The third order of the class 

 Acephalophora, Bl. consisting of bivalve shells, divided into the 

 families Ostracea, Subostracea, Margaritacea, Mytilacea, Polydon- 

 tes, Submytilacea, Chamacea, Conchacea, Pylorides, Adesmacea. 

 LAMELLIPEDES. Lam. {Lamella, a thin plate, pes, a foot.) 

 The third section of the order Conchifera Dimyaria, containing 

 bivalves, with the foot of the animal broad and thin ; divided into 

 the families Conchacea, Cardiacea, Arcacea, Trigonacea, Nayades. 

 Fig. 111. to 152. 

 LAMPAS. Montf. Lenticulina, Bl. A genus of microscopic 



Foraminifera. 

 LAMPRODOMA. Sw. k genus of " Olivinse/' Sw. thus described : 

 — " Mitriform ; spire produced, conic ; resembling Mitrella in 

 shape, but the suture is channelled ; the aperture effuse at 

 the base, contracted above ; lower half of the pillar with 6 to 7 

 plaits. Volutella, Zool. 111. ii. series, pi. 40. f. 1. (fig, 86.)" 

 Sw.p. 321. 

 LAMPROSCAPHA. Sw. A sub-genus of " Anodontinse," Sw. 

 thus described : — " Shell not winged, elongate, pod-shaped ; teeth 

 none ; bosses near the anterior extremity. Tropical America 

 only? L. ? elongata. Sw. Zool. 111. i. 176. ensiforme, Spix. 

 Braz. Test, siliquosa. Braz. Test, pygmeea. lb." Sw.p. 381. 

 LAMPROSTOMA. Sw. A sub-genus of Canthorbis (Trochus), 



described at p. 350, Lardn. Cyclop. Malac. 

 LAMPUS. Humph. Terebratula, Lam. 

 LANCEOLATE . Lengthened like a lance. 

 LANISTES. Montf. Reversed species of Ampullari a, fig. 319. 



