166 VOLUTIDA. 
But the most strongly distinguishing character is the entire 
absence of the irregularly rounded mass at the apex of the shell, 
one of the best characters of Fulgoraria. Cretaceous of United 
States, Europe and India. J. ‘Navarroensis, Gabb. (liv, 26). 
California. 
VOLUTOMORPHA, Gabb. Shell elongate, fusiform; whorls can- 
cellated by longitudinal and revolving ribs; columella with one 
very oblique fold, and sometimes one or more smaller secondary 
folds. V. Conradi, Gabb (liv, 29). A cast. Cretaceous; New 
Jersey. 
ROSTELLITES, Conrad. Narrow, subulate, with elongated spire, 
numerous subequal plaits on the columella, and the outer lip 
somewhat expanded anteriorly. V. Texana, Conr. (liv, 28). 
Cretaceous; Texas. 
voLuTirusus, Conrad. (Megaptygma, Conr.) Fusiform ; body- 
whorl finely striated or smooth, with the exception of the 
shoulder, which is sometimes tuberculated ; columella plaited, 
folds two to three, sometimes very prominent, oblique; apex 
papillated ; initial whorl acute,subspiral, narrow ; beak produced, 
recurved orsinuous. Miocene of Europe and America. V.typus, 
Conrad (liv, 29). North Carolina. 
ATHLETA, Conrad. Ovate, Voluta-shaped; spire short, acute ; 
columella with plaits as in Voluta ; a callus projecting on the 
shoulder, and covering a portion of the spire. Cretaceous; 
Miocene of Europe. V. Tuomeyi, Conrad (liv, 30). Mississippi. 
LEIODERMA, Conrad. Shell largely covered with enamel; with 
very oblique ‘columellar folds; outer lip somewhat emarginate 
on the upper part to its junction with the body-whorl; base 
deeply emarginate. V.leioderma, Conrad (liv, 31). Cretaceous ; 
Mississippi. 
prycHoris, Gabb. Differs from Athleta in the want of the 
characteristic callus,in being subglobular instead of subfusiform 
and angulated, with very oblique folds on the anterior part of 
the columella. J. purpuriformis, Forbes (liv, 32). Cretaceous ; 
India. 
[FIcuLopsts, Stoliczka, referred by him to the Volutide, is a 
Ficus with the addition of columellar folds. I agree with Mr. 
Gabb in including it in the Ficulide = Pyrulide. ] 
PLEIOPTYGMA, Conrad. Subfusiform; aperture long ; columella 
with very oblique plaits, numerous, alternated in size, or irreg- 
ular; the largest being the second one from above. V. Caroli- 
nensis, Conrad (liv, 33). Miocene; South Carolina. 
CRYPTOCHORDA, March. Shell smooth, Volutiform, enameled ; 
columella. without plications. Tertiary. Seems to connect 
Voluta with Harpa. V. stromboides, Gmel. (liv, 34). Tertiary ; 
France. 
GOSAVIA, Stoliczka. Shell convolute, spire turbinated, last 
