. Transactions - American Philosophical Society. ent: apices undulated; epidermis yellowand green; nacre salmon-coloured; margin broad. Hab. Harpeth River, Tenn. S. M. Edgar. My Cabinet, and Cabinets of Mr. Edgar and Dr. , Length , Breadth inches. Shell elliptical, inflated, carinate; substanceof the shell thin; beaks rather pro-minent, with a double undulation at the apices; ligament very small and thin;epidermis yellow with green bands; anterior cicatrices confluent; posterior cica-trices confluent; dorsal cicatrices none; cavity of the shell deep and rounded;cavity of
. Transactions - American Philosophical Society. ent: apices undulated; epidermis yellowand green; nacre salmon-coloured; margin broad. Hab. Harpeth River, Tenn. S. M. Edgar. My Cabinet, and Cabinets of Mr. Edgar and Dr. , Length , Breadth inches. Shell elliptical, inflated, carinate; substanceof the shell thin; beaks rather pro-minent, with a double undulation at the apices; ligament very small and thin;epidermis yellow with green bands; anterior cicatrices confluent; posterior cica-trices confluent; dorsal cicatrices none; cavity of the shell deep and rounded;cavity of the beaks very shallow; dorsal line irregularly curved; nacre beauti-fully salmon-coloured, having a deep margin. - - Remarks.—But a single specimen of this species has come under my its general form it resembles An. decora, (nobis.) It is, however, a smallerspecies, has a broader margin, and is less inflated. The alternate bands of yel-low and green give it an agreeable aspect. The nacre is of a delicate colourand very .y^^..A»..^/L^iy.^,S^^z^^l^s c^/.?. A^Sa^r^-^-^^/7^i
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