THE NAUTILUS. 



VOL. ix. 



JULY, 1895. 



No. 3 



A REMARKABLE MONSTROSITY OF FULGUR CANALICULATUM. 



Fiilgur canaliculatum is one of the most conspicuous Gastropods 

 of our coasts from Long Island to the Chesapeake. It occurs less 

 abundantly as far south as Florida (east coast) and northward to 

 Cape Cod. 



FIG. 1. F. canaliculatum, deformed. 



In the Tertiary series, F. canaliculatum appears in the Pliocene of 

 North and South Carolina ( Waeamaw and Croatan beds) ; and pass- 



