174 Marine Shells of the Western Coast of Florida 



body whorl long; sutures distuict, enameled; a fine parallel line 

 below sutures; aperture long, widest at notched base; outer lip thick, 

 sinuous — with internal convexity near middle; columella with four 

 oblique folds below. 



In shallow water, sandy stations. Often within dead shells. 

 Dredged in one to five fathoms. 



Marg'iiu'lla hartlejana'^i' Schwengel PL 53, fig. 358 



Length, 7.3 mm. to 8 mm.; width, 4 mm. to 4.5 mm. 

 Shell small, polished, spire slightly conic, with obtuse apex, of 

 about 4.5 whorls; suture shallow, aperture narrow and nearly as 

 long as the shell, outer lip thickened and slightly incurved; four 

 oblique plaits on the columella, the first, second, and third bemg 

 increasingly larger, the fourth diminishing to the size of the second. 

 The shell is pale ochraceous-salmon color, thickly covered with min- 

 ute, irregular flecks of ochraceous-salmon, which form three faint, 

 indistinct bands around the body whorl. There is a narrow band 

 below the suture which is without flecks, and they evanesce toward 

 the heavily bevelled lip, which is much paler in color, being almost 

 white. 



Dredged in 15 to 18 fathoms, northwest Florida. 



Genus CYPIUEOLINA Cerulli-Irelli, 1911 



{Gibberulina Montcrosato, 1884) 



Cypraeolina lacrimubisi'' (Gould) PL 36, fig. 246 



Alt., 2.25 mm. Shell minute, polished, translucent, white; spire 

 obscure, depressed, covered by enamel; body whorl rounded; aper- 

 ture long, narrow, curved above; outer lip protracted beyond apex, 

 fine denticulations within; columella with four oblique folds. 



In shallow water — usually among grasses. 



Family OLIYIDAE 



The Olividae is a family of tropical and subtropical distribution. 

 Warm seas of both hemispheres have representative genera whose 

 species vary in size but share in the family characters of a large 

 foot divided transversely into an anterior propodium and a vol- 



31^ Named for Hartley Starkey. 

 318 Lat., lacrima, a tear. 



