DX7NDEY GASTEEOPODA. 



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EY E. B. TAWNEY, E.a.S., Assoc. R. Sch. Mines. 



(Read before the Geological Section^ March I2th, IS7Z.J 



1"^HE present communication is the result of an examination 

 of the Dundry Gasteropoda in the Bristol Museum. It is 

 offered to the Society as a small contribution to the knowledge of 

 the fossils of one of the rich localities in our neighbourhood. At 

 the same time, we would consider it merely a preliminary report, 

 and as the materials are derived mainly from one collection, we 

 put it forward rather as an aid and stimulus to future work than 

 as a complete list. 



We should be extremely glad if collectors would kindly let us 

 see any specimens that seem either new, or particularly well 

 preserved. We beg to offer our thanks to Mr. Stoddart, F.G.S., 

 for access to his collection. 



If we turn to the description of the Dundry beds given by Mr. 

 Etheridge, F.R.S.,* we find that his list of Dundry Gasteropoda 



* Appendix to Dr. Wright's admirable Paper on the Inferior Oohte in 

 the South of England.— Quarterly Jour. Geol. See. XVI. p. 21, 1859. 



