Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867Various
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867
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P. t. oblongâ, parvâ, subquadratâ, valde inæquilaterali; parte
anticâ fere nullâ; marginibus, dorsalibus subrectis, fere
rectangulatis, ventrali parum excurvato, postico rotundato;
umbonibus antice flectis; lunulâ parvâ, concavâ: intus, v.
sinistr., dent. lat. post. per totam longitudinem dorsalem
decurrente, parte cardinali acutâ, alte transversim sulcatâ;
ant. secundum lunulam incurvato curto, serrato; cicatr. adduct.
sub fines dentium sitis.
Long. 0·14, lat. 0·10, alt. 0·06.
_Hab._ San Diego; 1 worn valve among shell washings. _Cooper_.
Genus LEDA, Schumacher.
_Leda hamata_, Cpr. n. s. State Collection, No. 984.
L. t. “_L. caudatæ_” simili, sed valde hamatâ; planatâ, valde
inæquilaterali; umbonibus angustioribus, lævibus, ad trientem
sitis; marginibus, dors. post. maxime incurvato, ant. parum,
ventr. valde excurvatis; parte posticâ valde rostratâ, rostro
biangulato, curvato, angustiore, biangulatâ; sulcis et costis
validis, concentricis, supra rostrum continuis, dorsum versus
postice obsoletis.
Long. 0·37, lat. 0·10, alt. 0·10.
Genus ACANTHOCHITES, Risso? (Leach, 1826).
_Acanthochites avicula_, Cpr. n. s. State Collection, No. 1072.
A. t. “_A. arragonitei_” formâ magnitudine, pallio, et indole
simillimâ; sed sculpturâ et laminis terminalibus diversâ; jugo
longitudinaliter sulculis circ. vi. instructis, interstitiis
quasi planato-squamosis, umbonibus latis; areis diagonalibus
haud definitis; lateribus, squamis (quoad magnitudinem)
maximis, planatis, ovalibus ornatis, seriebus indistinctis
divergentibus instructis; mucrone parvo, antice sito; colore
livido et olivaceo-fusco varie tincto; laminis insertionis
valv. lat. ut in _A. arragonite_; anticâ, fissuris v.
Long. 0·16, lat. 0·10.
_Hab._ Catalina Island, 10-20 fm., rare; _Cooper_.
Genus ACANTHOPLEURA, Guilding.
_Acanthopleura fluxa_, _Cpr._? n. s.
A. t. “_A. scabræ_” simili, sed latiore, pallidiore; viridi,
rubro-aurantio conspersâ; valvis rectangulatis; suturis
marginalibus haud conspicuis; areis diagonalibus satis
distinctis; radiis obtusis fluxis ii., alterâ diagonali,
alterâ suturali; totâ superficie conspicue granulosâ, granulis
acutioribus præsertim albidis; jugo obtuso, vix vallato:
laminis insertionis ut in A. scabrâ instructis.
Long. 0·60, lat. 0·40, div. 110°.
_Hab._ Santa Barbara Island, _Cooper_.
Foot, in the only dried specimen seen, extremely thin, flat,
and narrow.
Genus ISCHNOCHITON, Gray.
_Ischnochiton veredentiens_, Cpr. n. s. State Collection, No.
518 _a_ (bis).
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