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PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW YORK. 
Mytilakca Chemungensis. 
PLATE xxxn, FIGS. 8-11, 13,14. 
Inoceramus Chemungensis, Conrad. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., vol. 8, p. 246, pi. 13, fig. 9. 1842. 
Mytilus Chemungensis (Conrad), Phillips and Salter. Memoirs Geolog. Surv. of Great Britain, vol. 2, pt. 
1, p. 365, pi. 20, figs. 10, 11. 1848. 
Mytilarca Chemungensis (Conrad), Hall. Prelim. Notice Lam. Shells, etc., p. 23. 1869. 
“ “ “ “ Pal. N. Y., vol. v, pt. 1. Plates and Explanations: PI. 32, figs. 
8-14 (pi. 33, fig. 8, in error). Jan., 1883. 
Shell of medium size, much elongated from beak to posterior extremity; body 
narrow, elongate-ovate, sub-arcuate; length averaging twice the height but 
with considerable variation; ventral margin nearly straight, slightly concave 
for nearly three-fourths of the length; basal margin abruptly rounded; 
dorsal margin gently curving. 
Yalves equal, convex in the posterior part, gibbous above; the greatest 
convexity a little above the middle. The ventral umbonal slope is obtuse, 
sloping nearly vertically to the ventral margin. 
Hinge-line short, oblique. Beaks elevated, acute, anterior, slightly 
incurved. 
Test thin, marked by very fine concentric striae, which toward the mar¬ 
gins are often fasciculate and sub-imbricating. 
Ligamental area finely striated longitudinally. Cardinal teeth small, 
diverging, situated immediately under the beak. Other characters of the 
interior unknown. 
The proportions of length and height are subject to great variation. A 
short example has a length of 26 mm. and height 17 mm. A specimen of 
ordinary proportions has a length of 53 mm. and height 26 mm. An 
elongate form has a length of 56 mm. and height 22 mm. 
This species differs from M. carinata in its comparatively longer form; the 
ventral umbonal slope less angular; and the body less arcuate. 
Formation and localities. In the middle portion of the Chemung group, 
Rockville, Hobbieville and Phillipsburgh, Alleghany county, and East 
Randolph, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. 
