. Mollusca ... Mollusks. SOLENAIA. 133 oblique truncata: natibus complanatis, inconspicuis, senectate obliteratis, decorticatis; epidermide junioris fulvida, prseter angulum umbonis viridi, sulcis illuc vinis impressa, setate fusca. Long. 150, lat. prdpe apicem 30, lat. prope alam 37-5 mm. Benson adds the following note to his description :— " This is a very interesting shell, being, in proportion to its length, the most elongated of the genus. The pearl of the. Kg. 6.—Solenaia soUniformis (Benson) (specimen), nat. size, showing pallial line and muscular scars. interior is bluish with a s
. Mollusca ... Mollusks. SOLENAIA. 133 oblique truncata: natibus complanatis, inconspicuis, senectate obliteratis, decorticatis; epidermide junioris fulvida, prseter angulum umbonis viridi, sulcis illuc vinis impressa, setate fusca. Long. 150, lat. prdpe apicem 30, lat. prope alam 37-5 mm. Benson adds the following note to his description :— " This is a very interesting shell, being, in proportion to its length, the most elongated of the genus. The pearl of the. Kg. 6.—Solenaia soUniformis (Benson) (specimen), nat. size, showing pallial line and muscular scars. interior is bluish with a salmon tinge in old specimens, which are likewise much worn on the exterior surface, and have their posterior muscular impression very deeply marked, and, as it were, carious. The anterior muscular impression is considerably elongated under the transverse ; Hah. Assam. There is a good series of this species in the Indian Museum Collection, all from Cachar, of which the measurements of three specimens are:— 1. 2, 3. Long . .. 55 45-5 49-5 mm Lat . . 183 191 207 mm Diam .... .. 29-75 25-75 27-75 mm. 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 Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905; Godwin-Austen, Henry Haversham, 1834-1923; Gude, Gerard Kalshoven, 1858-; Preston, Hugh Berthon, 1871-. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc. , etc. ]
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