m MOLIvUSCA OF THE GuLF OF MEXICO 79 



3, p. 1061, 1900; Vanatta, Proc. A. N. S. Phila., 55, p. 

 757, 1903 ; Clark, Pleistocene of Marj'land, Md. Geol. 

 Surv., p. 201, 1906. 

 fornicata Say, Joiir. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2, p. 319,. 182 2. 



Distribution. — Prince Edward's Island to Nicaragua, burrow- 

 ing near low water line. Pleistocene to Recent. Gulf 

 coast. — Ft. Barranca, Indian Pass, Crooked Isl. (Calhoun 

 Co.), Fla. : Cameron, La. ; Galveston, Corpus Christi, 

 Matagorda Bay, Tex. Pleistocene : New Orleans pump- 

 ing station No. 7. 



Note. — Type of section Petricolaria Stoliczka, characterized by 

 transversely elongated shell and great length of siphons. 



Genus TELLINA Linnseus 

 interrupta Wood, General Conchology, 1815 ; Dall, Bull. 37, U. 

 S. N. M., p. 60, 1889 ; Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, p. 293, 1901. 

 maculosa Lamarck, An. s. Vert., 1818. 



antoniVS\\\\^^\, Hanley, Thes. Conch., p. 224, pi. 58, f, 74, 

 1846 ; Dall, B. M. C. Z., 9, p. 134, '81 ; 12, p. 277, 

 1886. 

 Distribution. — North Carolina to Brazil. Gulf coast. — West 

 of Florida., 19 fms., dredged S. S. Bache. Var. mexicana 

 Petit is more slender than the typical form. 

 laevigata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758 ; Dall, Proc. U. S. N. 

 M., 6, p. 338, 1883; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 60, '89 ; 

 Siugley, 4th Ann. Rept. Texas., p. 329, '93 ; Dall, Proc. 

 U. S. N. M., 23, p. 293, 1901. 

 IcEvis Krebs, West. Ind. Mar. Sh., 1864. Not of Rumphius; 

 nor of Wood which =fausta Donovan. 

 Distribution. — Florida to Guadeloupe. Gulf coast. — Tampa, 

 Sarasota Bay, Fla. ; Texas, 

 lineata Turton, Conch. Diet. British Isls., p. 168, pi. 4, f. 16, 

 1819 ; Sowerby, in Conch. Icon., 17, pi. 18, f. 89 «-<r ; 

 Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 60, 1889 ; Proc. U. S. N. 

 M., 23, p. 292, 1901. 

 brasiliana Lamarck, 18 18, not of Spengler, 1798 ; striata 

 Montagu, 1803, not Chemnitz ; toiuis Conrad, 1834 ; de- 



