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201. 2. MODIOLOPSIS PARALLELA. 
Pl. XXXV. Fig. 5. 
Cypricardites parallela. Conrad in MS. 
Subcylindrical; sides nearly parallel; hinge line extended ; umbones not prominent. 
I find the above figure among those of the Trenton limestone by Mr. Conrad, marked 
Cypricardites parallela. Not having seen the original, I cannot give a full description. It is 
evidently a species of Modiolofsis closely allied to the preceding one, but distinguished 
by its nearly parallel sides and greater extension of the hinge line. 
202. 3. MODIOLOPSIS FABA. 
Pl. XXXV. Figs. 6 a, b, c, d. 
JYuculites faba, Conrad. Emmons, Geol. Report, 1842, pag. 395, fig. 5. 
Subelliptical or obliquely ovate, ventricose, with a sinus extending from beak to base ; 
umbones prominent, near the anterior extremity ; posterior side expanded, sometimes be¬ 
coming alate, rounded at the extremity ; muscular impression close to the anterior margin ; 
surface marked by fine concentric lines, and sometimes a few imbricating lamellae which 
leave an impression upon the cast. 
This species is strongly marked by a depression, commencing at the beaks, and becoming 
broader and deeper below, producing a conspicuous sinus in the base. This depressed line 
from the beak sometimes appears to divide the two sides of the shell more equally than in 
others, often leaving the sinus in the base near the centre. The beaks in some specimens, 
both young and old, approximate towards the centre, giving the fossil a somewhat equi¬ 
lateral aspect; but these characters are deviations from the prevailing ones. It should be 
observed, also, that the anterior lobe produced by this sinus is often compressed and 
extended, giving an Avicula-like feature to the shell. 
Fig. 6 a. A large and characteristic form of this shell, the muscular impression visible at the anterior 
extremity. 
Fig 6 b. A smaller specimen, less regularly rounded. 
Fig. 6 c. A specimen having a more oblique form, with the anterior lobe more compressed and extended. 
Fig. 6 d. A young specimen, having the umbones and sinus nearly central. 
Position and locality. In the concretionary layers of the Trenton limestone at Watertown ; 
in the black compact strata of the same rock at Sugar River (Lewis county), and in the 
higher crystalline strata at Middleville. (State Collection.) 
