p.6

Loripes elevata, Conrad, Proc.
Acad. Nat. Sc. Vol. 1, p. 325

Suborbicular, elevated, thin,
ventricose, smooth, not oblique; beaks
medial; hinge margins very oblique;
posterior margin truncated direct, very
regularly rounded towards the base; anterior
basal margin obliquely truncated; cardinal
plate thin, arched, with an elongated
channel anteriorly; cardinal teeth
profoundly diverging.

L. 1.1 H. 1.1