LAMELLIBRANCHIA TA . 
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Actinopteria auriculata, n. sp. 
PRATE LXXXIV, PIG. 15. 
Shell small, rhomboidal; body ovate, oblique at an angle of more than 45° 
with the hinge; length about one-fifth greater than the height; anterior 
margin rounded to the sinus ; base gently curved ; posterior margin abruptly 
recurved. 
Left valve regularly convex below, gibbous above. Right valve unknown. 
Hinge-line straight, greater than the height of the valve. 
Beak anterior to the middle of the hinge-line, acute, prominent, arching over 
the hinge. Umbonal region abruptly gibbous, subtending an acute angle. 
Ear large, straight above, limited by an abrupt vertical byssal depression; 
extremity rounded. Wing small, not strongly defined, joining the body 
two-thirds of its length below the beak; margin concave; extremity 
produced. 
Test marked by concentric striae, and about twenty somewhat strong, 
sharp radii; this ornamentation is also continued on the wing and the ear. 
Interior unknown. 
The specimen is 10 mm. in length, 6 mm. in height, hinge-line 7 mm. 
This species resembles A. perstrialis in form, but differs in the larger ear, 
abrupt vertical byssal depression, shorter wing and coarser radii. 
Formation and locality. In the Chemung group at Lawrenceville, Tioga 
county, Pa. 
Actinopteria delta. 
PLATE XXIII, FIG. 3. 
Actino'pteria delta, Hall. Pal. N. Y., vol. v, pt. 1. Plates and Explanations: PI. 23, fig 1 . 3. Jan., 1883. 
Shell of medium size, rhomboidal; body broad-ovate, oblique at an angle of about 
60°; height less than three-fifths the length; anterior margin rounded, 
curving into a defined sinus; base broadly curved; post-basal side abruptly 
rounded. 
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