86 Bulletin 34 118 



P- 358, '70 ; House of Rep. Ex. Doc. i, pt. 2, pp. 887-889, 

 '78; Dali, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 62, '89; Tr. W. I. 

 S., 3, p. 1039, 1900 ; Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, p. 297, '01; 

 Vanatta, Proc. A. N. S. Phila., 55, p. 757, '03. 

 mirabilis Philippi, Arch. f. Xatur., i, p. 260, 1S41, (as 



Tellina) . 

 carolinensi's Conrad, Proc. A. N. S., Phila., for 1862, p. 573. 



Distribution. — Hatteras to Guadeloupe. Miocene to Recent. 

 Gulf coast. — Recent : Ft. Barranca, Fla. ; Horn Island, 

 Miss. : Galveston, Texas. Pleistocene : New Orleans 

 well of 1856, New Orleans pumping station No. 7, New 

 Orleans Gymnasium well at 1200 feet ; Saratoga, Texas, 

 Teel well No. i at 940 feet. 

 galvesionensis Harris, Bull. Am. Pal,, i. No. 3, p. 92, pi. i, f. 4, 

 1895- 



Distribution. — Upper Miocene, Galveston artesian well at 2552- 

 2733 feet (Harris). 



Genus TELL! DORA Morch 



cristata Recluz, Revue Cuvier, p. 270, 1842 ; Dall.Bull. 37, U. S. 

 N. M., p 62, '89 ; Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 1037, 1900 ; Proc. 

 U. S. N., 23, 298, 1 901 ; Mitchell, List Tex. Sh. ; Van- 

 atta, Proc. A. N. S. Phila., 55, p. 757, 1903 ; Vaughan, 

 Publ. 133, Carn. Inst., p. 171, 1910. 

 Iu7iulata Holmes MS.; Adams, Genera Rec. Moll., i, p. 401, 

 1856 ; Holmes, Post-Pl. Fos. S. C, p. 47, pi. 9, f. 7 a-d, 

 1858 ; Hilgard, House of Rep., Ex. Doc. i, pt. 2, pp. 887, 

 1878. 

 Distribution. — North Carolina to Campeche. Pliocene to Re- 

 cent. Gulf coast. — Crooked Isl., West Fla. ; Texas. 

 Pleistocene : Lake Borgne borings. New Orleans well of 

 1856 ; Labelle, Fla. Pliocene : Caloosahatchie and Shell 

 Creek, Fla. 



Genus METIS H. and A. Adams 

 interstriata Saj-, Jour. A. N. S. Phila., 5, p. 218, 1827, {iiitastri- 

 ata by tj'pographical error. Telliyia); DeKay, Zool. N. 



