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shell) pale brownish yellow ; the spire, when worn, and the interior, yel- 

 lowish brown. Other sj)ecimeus are white or yellowish white. Length, 

 32mm. breadth, 25"""; length of aperture, 27"'™; its breadth, 15'""\ 



This shell was first dredged by me near Eastport, Me., in 1870. It 

 has since been dredged b^^ the United States Fish Commission parties 

 in Casco Bay, Me., and also off Block Island, stations 812 to 814, in 2G to 

 28 fathoms. It is still a very rare species. It has some resemblance to 

 Acryhia flava, on account of the lightness and thinness of the shell, as 

 well as in form, but the shape of the ai)erture is different, and there is 

 a distinct umbilicus. The columella is also much less incurved. 



Lamellaria pellucida Venill. 



Amer. Jonrn. Sci., xx, p. 395, for Nov. (published Oct. 25, 1880). 



Animal broad-elliptical, well rounded, both anteriorly and posteriorly ; 

 back convex or somewhat swollen, smooth, without tubercles ; branchial 

 sinus, in anterior edge of mantle, shallow but distiuiit; tentacles slen- 

 der, tapered ; eyes small, black, on the outer basal portion of the tenta- 

 cles ; foot oblong, weU developed, reaching nearly to the posterior end 

 of the mantle when extended. Color of the mantle yellowish brown, 

 blotched irregularly with dark brown; some specimens were paler, 

 others darker brown. 



Odontophore long and narrow, with three rows of teeth; central 

 tooth much smaller than the lateral, its basal part oblong, with nearly 

 parallel sides and squarely truncate at the end ; tip acute-triangular, 

 strongly curved forward, with a prominent, sharp, median denticle, and 

 a row of four or five much smaller denticles on each side. Lateral teeth 

 very large, strongly incurved, and hollowed out on the concave surface, 

 with both edges serrate; the inner edge has the serrations coarser, not 

 reaching the tip, which is smooth, stout, acute. The basal i>ortion of 

 the lateral teeth is furnished with a broad, sinuous, aliform lobe on the 

 outer edge ; the basal end is slightly expanded and obtusely round or 

 subtruncate. 



The most important difference between the dentition of this species 

 and trhat of L. xwrspicua and L. laicm (Milll.) is in the form of the basal 

 portion of the median teeth ; in both the European species this is 

 divided into two divergent lobes, separated by a deep notch. 



Shell ovate, with a well-formed spire, very thin and delicate, smooth, 

 lustrous, and transparent. Aperture broad-ovate, much larger than the 

 body of the shell, but not so large and open as in L. latens. The in- 

 terior of the spire cannot be seen in a ventral view, but is visible in an 

 end view from the front. The spire is oblique, somewhat elevated, and 

 slightly pointed, with a minute nucleus. Whorls three, well rounded ; 

 sutures impressed. Outer lip very thin, sloping or somewhat flattened 

 posteriorly, somewhat expanded and ^\'ell rounded anteriorly; inner lip 

 receding in a deep, regular incurvature of the body- whorl, which has a 

 sharp, thin edge that winds spirally into the interior of the spire. Sculp- 



