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filosa Stearns, Pr. A. N. S. Phila., p. 345 & fig., 1873, (as 

 Nitidella) . Not Aesopus filosiis Angas, 1867, cf. Columbella 

 peadiaris Guppy, Geol. Mag., London, pi. 18, f. 20, 1874. 



Distribution. — Tj^pe locality, Tampa Bay, Fla. Also off 

 Cape Fear, N. C. 15-17 fnis. Pliocene of the Caloosahat- 

 chie, Fla. 



Genus MUREX Linnaeus 



beaui Fischer and Bernard!, Jour, de Conch., 5, p. 295, pi. 8, f, 

 I, 1856; Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., 18, p. 195, '89; Bull. 37, 

 U. S. N. M., p. 118, '89. 



Distribution. — Gulf of Mexico between Mississippi delta and 

 Cedar Kej^s, at 1 1 1 fms. Also Florida Reefs and Guade- 

 loupe. 82-183 fms. 



cabriti Bernardi, Jour, de Conch., 7, p. 301, pi. 10, f. 3, 1858; 

 Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 118, '89. 



Distribution. — Hatteras to Barbados, Gulf of Mexico, Blake 

 station 36, at 84 fms. 



messorius Sowerby, Pr. Zool. Soc, p. 137, 1840; Conch. Illust., 

 Hfurex, f. 93, 1839; Reeve, Conch. Icon., Murex, f. 90, '45; 

 Dall, Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 139, '90; Dall and Simpson, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish Com., i, p. 407, 1901. 



Distribution. — Gulf coast, Cedar Keys, Fla. and Texas, to 

 Colon. 2-30 fms. Pleistocene, New Orleans pumping 

 station No. 7. Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie River, Fla. 



(Chlcoreus) rufus Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert., ed. I, 7, p. 162, 1882 ; 

 Tr3'on, Man., 2, p. 90, pi. 15, f. 148, '80; (After Reeve, f. 

 '19); Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M, p. 118, '89. 



sexcostata Emmons, Geol. N. Car., p. 248, f. 106, 1858. 



Distribution. — Cape Fear, N. C, to Cartagena, Colombia, 

 and Antilles. Also West Fla. 5-30 fms. Pliocene Ca- 

 loosahatchie beds, Fla. 



