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Subgenus PSEUDOSALPIIVX Olsson and Harbison, 1953 



Cantharus floridanus (Conrad) 



Shell solid, fusiform, the spire and anterior canal of nearly equal 

 length, the whorls shouldered. Anterior canal stout, straight, becoming 

 recurved at end, narrowly perforate or closed. Aperture subovate above, 

 narrowed in front, the outer lip lirate within. Inner lip, concave, with 

 a smooth, unarmed, callous wall.* 



Egg capsules of Cantharus floridanus (Conrad) PI. 50, fig. 342 



Cantharus multang-ulus (Phllippi) PI. 31, fig. 219 



Alt. up to 32 mm. Ground color cream, flecked and spirally stri- 

 ate with brown, occasional specmiens unicolored orange; epidermis 

 pale brown, hispid in fresh shells. Spire about half of altitude, five 

 whorls below two smooth nuclear whorls; body whorl large, sutures 

 distinct, slightly excavated, whorls well separated. Sculpture of seven 

 strong rounded varices interrupted at sutures, angled at periphery of 

 whorls, not extended to base of body whorl. Revolving sculpture 

 of fine threads over entire surface, stronger spirals at intervals be- 

 low periphery of whorls. Aperture oval, outer lip thin, crenate; 

 canal short, open. Operculum corneous, fusoid. 



From littoral zone to five fathoms. 



Egg capsules of Cantharus multang-ulus (Philippi) PI. 50, figs. 340a, b 



Family NEPTUNEIDAE 



This group is represented among the moUuscan fauna of polar, 

 temperate, and tropical seas. As would be expected from such 

 diverse conditions of environment, ecological influences have re- 

 sulted in great diversity of form among members of the group. 



Genus BUSYCOIV Roding, 1798 



Busycon "contrariumsos (Conrad)" (peryersum of authors) 



PI. 33, fig. 233a; PI. 34, figs. 233 b. c 



Alt. to 300 mm. Shell sinistral, pyriform. Young specimens vary 

 in color through fawn, brown and gray tones, often centrally banded 



^^- Gr., busycon, a large, coarse fig; Lat., contrarius, contra, against. 



* Olsson and Harbison, 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. 



C. floridanus (Conrad) has been designated as the type of the new 



subgenus. 



