218 STKUTHIOLAEIA. 



Genus SERAPHS, Montfort. 



[Conch. Syst. t. ii. 1810, p. 375.] 



Terehellum, Lamarck, Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1799, p. 69 {non 

 Linnaeus, 1767). 



Shell elongate, subcylindrical ; spire short, summit obtuse ; 

 suture linear ; aperture longitudiual, narrow posteriorly, and 

 •slightly dilated anteriorly ; outer margin thin, simple, obliquely 

 truncated in front, sometimes prolonged in the spire posteriorly by 

 a callosity ; columellar border smooth, straight. 



Ti/pe. — Terehellum cunvolutum, Lamarck {^Bulla sopita, Solander). 



Seraphs, sp. 



Casts of a narrow elongate species having a salient spire 

 and oblique sutures ; closely allied to the European Eocene 

 S. fusi/ormis, Lamarck. 



G. 9643. Three specimens ; from the Tertiary of NuUarbor 

 Plains, South Australia. M. Y. L. Brown Coll. 



Family STRUTHIOLAEIID^. 

 Genus STRUTHIOLAIIIA, Lamarck. 



[Ency. Meth., Vers. Coq., Moll., etc. t. iii. 1816, pi. ccccxxxi. figs. \a-b {sine 

 descr.) ; Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert. t. vii. 1822, p. 147.] 



Pelicaria, Gray, Guide Moll. Brit. Mus. pt. 1, 1857, p. 77. 



Shell oval-oblong ; spire turreted ; aperture truncate in front ; 

 outer margin greatly thickened, partly reflected, sinuous, prominent 

 in the middle ; inner margin thickly callous, greatly expanded. 



In proposing the name Pelicaria, Dr. Gray gives a very brief 

 description, and quotes only one species, which must, therefore, 

 be regarded as the type of the genus. It is evident, however, 

 that the description does not refer to that species, and the specific 

 references serve to accentuate the fact. Now, the type species 

 referred to is Pelicaria vermis (misquoted as P. vernis), which is 

 admittedly a Struthiolaria. Pelicaria must, in consequence, fall in 

 synonymy with that genus. 



Type. — Struthiolaria nodulosa, Lamarck. 



