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Genus, FASCIOLARIA. — Lam. 



FASCIOLARIA GIGA N TEA. 

 Pi,.iTE X. Fig. 4. 



Fasciolaria gigantea, Kei7ier, pi. 10 and 11. 

 Fasciolaria gigantea, Lam., An. sans Vert., Vol. 9, p. 435. 

 Fasciolaria gigantea, L. R. Gibhfs, Tuomey's Geol. So. Ca., appendix, p. xx. 

 Fasciolaria gigantea, Tuomey 4- Holmes, Pleiocene Foss. So. Ca., p. 152, pi. 30, fio-. 9. 

 • Fasciolaria gigantea, Adams, Gen. Recent Shells, Vol. 1, p. 150. 



Descirption. Shell fusiform, ventricose, transversely sulcated ; spire prominent, acute, 

 coronated, tuberculated ; aperture ovate, continuous with canal, which is open and grace- 

 fullij, but slighthj curved; columella with three plaits. 



This shell lives upon the coast of South-Carolina, and attains a great size. 



Plate X. Fig. 4. 



Locality. Simmons' Bluff. Museum, College of Charleston; Cabinet F. S. H. 



FASCIOLARIA DISTANS. 

 Plate X. Fig. 5. 



Fasciolaria distans, Lam., An. sans Vert., Vol. 9, p. 433. 



Fasciolaria distans, Kiener, pi. 3. 



Fasciolaria distans, Ravenel, Cat. Coll. Shells, p. 14. 



Fasciolaria distans, L. R. Gibhes, Tuomey's Geol. So. Ca., appendix, p. xx. 



Fasciolaria distans, Tuomey 4" Hohnes, Pleiocene Foss. So. Ca., p. 151, pi. 30, figs. 7 and 8. 



Description. Shell fusiform, ventricose, longitudinally and finely striated ; whorls 

 marked transversely by dark colored and widely separated bands ; sutures simple; spire 

 prominent, acute; pillar with one plait. — T. t^ H. 



The dark bands are characteristic of this species; fossil specimens from the Post- 

 Pleiocene retain these markings upon the svxrface. 



It is common in a recent state upon the Southern coast. 



Plate X. Fig. 5. 



Locality. Simmon's. Museum, College of Charleston; Cabinet F. S. H. 



