CONCHOLOGY. 



PLATE CVI. 



SOLEN VIRIDI-iENEUS 

 BRASSY-GREEN SOLEN 



Bivalve. 



generic character. 



Shell oblong, open at both ends : hinge with a subulate reflected 

 tooth, often double, and not inserted in the opposite valve. 

 * Hinge placed in the middle of the shell. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell oval-oblong, somewhat cylindrical, straight, with the ends 

 slightly rounded : white, in the middle brassy green ; hinge of one 

 valve bidentated. 



SoLEN VlRlDl--fl3NEUS: testa ovali-oblonga subcylindracea recta, 

 extremitatibus subrotundatis, alba in medio 

 viridi-seneo, cardine altero bidei^taia 



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