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FULGUR CARICA CoDrad.' PI. XXII, fig. I2X. (p. 355.) 



Proceedings of the Academy of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. vi, p. 319, 

 1853 ; Gill, on the Genus Fulgur and its Allies, in American Journal of Con- 

 chology, vol. iii, p. 145, 1867. Miircx carica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 3545, 1788. 

 Falgwr eliceans (pars) Montfort, Conch. Syst., vol. ii, p. 503, 1810, fig. (t. Gill). 

 Pynila carica Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., ed. i, vol. vii, p. 138, 1822 ; Gould, 

 Invert, of Mass., ed. i, p. 296. Busycon carica Gould, op. cit., ed. ii, p. 383, fig. 

 646 ; Stimpson, iu American Journal of Conchology, vol. i, p. 61, 1865. 



Eastern coast of the United States ; northward to Cape Cod ; south- 

 ward to northern Florida, and west Florida. Abundant in Vineyard 

 Sound, in 1 to 10 fathoms ; also in Long Island Sound, near New 

 Haven. Xantucket (A.dams); St. Augustine, Florida (H. S. Williams) j. 

 west Florida (E. Jewett.) It occurs iu the Miocene formation of Mary- 

 land and Virginia, and in the Post-Pliocene deposits of Virginia, Xorth 

 Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. 



Sycottpus canaliculatus Gill. (p. 355.) 



American Journal of Conchology, vol. iii, p. 149,1867. Miirex canaliculatus Linue, 

 Syst. Nat., ed. xii, p. 1222. Pyrula canaUcnlaia Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., 

 vol. vii, p. 137, 1822 ; Gould, Invert, of Mass., ed. i, p. 294, fig. 206. Busycon 

 canaUculatuiu H. and A. Adams, Genera of Recent Mollusca, vol. i, p. 151, 1858 ; 

 Gould, Invert, of Mass., ed. ii, p. 380, fig. 645. FuUjur canaliculdta Say, 

 Journal Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, 1822 ; Conrad, Proc. Phil. 

 Acad., vol. vi, p. 219, 1853. 



Eastern coast of the United States ; northward to Cape Cod and Xan- 



tucket ; southward to Georgia an<l Xorthern Florida, Western Florida, 



and northern shores of Gulf of Mexico. Abundant in Vineyard Sound, 



Long Island Sound, &c., in 1 to 8 fathoms. St. Augustine, Florida 



(H. S. Williams). Found fossil in the Post-Pliocene of Virginia, Xorth 



and South Carolina, and Xorthern Florida ; in the Pliocene of South 



Carolina ; and jMioceue of Maryland. 



Xassa vibex Say. Plate XXI, fig. 111. (p. 371). 



Journal Academy Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, p. 231, 1822 ; Gould, 

 Invertehrata of Mass., ed. ii, p. 365, tig. 633. Nassa fretensis Perkins, Pro- 

 ceedings Boston Soc. Nat. History, vol. xiii,p. 117, figure, 1869 (variety). 



Eastern coast of the United States ; northward to A^ineyard Sound j 

 southward to Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico ; not abundant north of 

 Cape Hatteras. In Vineyard Sound and Long Island Sound, found 

 sparingly in shallow water among eel-grass. Xew Bedford (Adams). 

 Lloyd's Harbor, Huntington, and Xorthport, Long Island (S. Smith) ', 

 Egmont Key, Florida (Jewett). It has been found in the Pliocene and 

 Post-Pliocene of South Carolina. 



Some of Say's original specimens were from South Carolina, others 

 from Great Egg Harbor, Xew Jersey. At the latter locality I have also 

 collected among eel-grass, in shallow water, the variety described by 

 Dr. Perkins as V. fretensis, -which is the most common form in all the 

 more northern localities. Specimens intermediate between these and the 

 ordinary southern forms are, however, of frequent occurrence, and the 

 typical form also occurred in Vineyard Sound, with the variety. 



