. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. 248 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM. P. s c u t e 11 a Pisidium ultramontanum Prime 1865 (Fig. 182). P. ultra- montanum Prime (1865. Smith. Misc. coll. no. 145. P- 75) Shell solid, oval or suborbicular, and remarkably compressed; anterior side much produced between the extremity of the lateral teeth and the junction with the basal margin; posterior margin well rounded; Fig. 183 Pisidium beaks small and only slightly raised above the outline ultramontanum. x3 (. . • r 1 j . 1 of the shell; the striae very fine and even, and the hinge l


. Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum; Science. 248 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM. P. s c u t e 11 a Pisidium ultramontanum Prime 1865 (Fig. 182). P. ultra- montanum Prime (1865. Smith. Misc. coll. no. 145. P- 75) Shell solid, oval or suborbicular, and remarkably compressed; anterior side much produced between the extremity of the lateral teeth and the junction with the basal margin; posterior margin well rounded; Fig. 183 Pisidium beaks small and only slightly raised above the outline ultramontanum. x3 (. . • r 1 j . 1 of the shell; the striae very fine and even, and the hinge line straight. Locality. Goat island. Pisidium scutellatum Sterki. 1896 (Fig. 183). tum Sterki (1896. Nautilus, 10:66) Shell high, oblique, slanting downward anteriorly, well rounded and rather strongly inflated; beaks pos- terior, rather large and prominent, margins well curved, pj^ jg3 p,gj. the surface polished, having irregular growth lines; the f^^"^ scuteiia- hinge line and short; cardinal teeth lamellar, the one in the right valve moderately curved, its posterior end being thickest; the inferior in the left valve curved; the superior almost straight; the lateral teeth very short, abrupt, pointed and thin, projecting somewhat into the cavity of the shell. Locality. Goat island. Genus lampsilis Rafinesque. 1820 Shell inflated, rather thin, and shining, sometimes having a pos- terior ridge; sculpture coarse at beaks. Lampsilis rectus (Lam.) Smith 1899 (Fig. 184). U n i o. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State Museum; University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Albany : J. B. Lyon, State Printer


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