186 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW MIOCENE SHELLS. 



BY T. A. CONRAD. 



SYCOTYPUS, Browne. 

 S. PYRiFORMis, Conrad. 



More acutely angular on the shoulder than S. pyrum. The 

 body whorl does not swell out beyond the line of its summit, 

 as in pyrum. 



Cassiduhis pyrum, Tuomey and Holmes. Pliocene Fossils 

 of South Carolina, pi. 30, fig. 2. 



FICID/E. 



FICUS, Klein. 

 F. HoLMESii, Conrad. 



Much less ventricose and more closely striated than reticu- 

 latus, and having a longer beak. 



Sycotypus reticulatus, Tuomey and Holmes, (not Say.) 

 Pliocene Fossils of South Carolina, pi. 30, fig. 3. 



FASCIOLARID^? 



FASCIOLINA, Conrad. 



Fusiform ; columella nearly straight to the extremity of the 

 beak ; one prominent oblique fold on the columella, situated 

 above the middle of the aperture. 



Fasciolaria Woodii, Gabb. 



This is a small, thick, very fusiform shell, with a fold situated 

 more remote from the beak than in any other uniplicate genus, 

 except Cuma, Humph. 



