8oo CRETACEOUS PALEONTOLOGY. 



tain that it is a member of the genus Turbinopsis, indeed it 

 probably does not belong there. However, it cannot be placed in 

 any genus satisfactorily and may be allowed to stand for the 

 present where it was originally placed, awaiting the discovery of 

 more perfectly preserved specimens. 



Formation and locality. Navesink marl, Navesink Hills 

 (Whitfield). 



Geographic distribution. New Jersey. 



Genus MOREA Conrad. 

 Morea naticella Gabb. 



Plate XCVIIL, Figs. 14-15. 



1860. Purpura (Morea) naticella Gabb, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phil., 2nd ser., vol. 4, p. 301, pi. 48, fig. 14. 



1861. Morea naticella Gabb, Synop. Moll. Cret. Form., p. 115 



(59)- 

 1864. Morea naticella Meek, Check List Inv. Foss. N. A., Cret. 



and Jur., p. 19. 



1868. Morea naticella Con., Cook's Geol. N. J., p. 729. 

 1892. Pyropsis Naticoides Whitf., Pal. N. J., vol. 2 (Monog. 



U. S. G. S., vol. 18), p. 43, pi. 2, figs. 5-7. 

 1892. Morea naticella Whitf., Pal. N. J., vol. 2 (Monog. U. S. 



G. S., vol. 18), p. 97, pi. 12, figs. 19-20. 

 1905. Pyropsis naticoides Johns., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 



(1905), p. 24. 

 1905. Morea nnticella Johns., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 



(1905), p. 26. 



Description. Shell of medium size, subglobular or subpyri- 

 form, with three or four ventricose volutions, which are most 

 inflated on the upper third ; the dimensions of a nearly complete 

 internal cast are: height, 19 mm.; maximum diameter, 16 mm.; 

 height of aperture, 17 mm.; width of aperture, 8 mm. Spire 

 rather low ; aperture broadly elliptical, pointed above and obtusely 

 so at the base; columellar cavity of medium size, with a single 

 strong spiral ridge near the anterior margin. Surface of the shell 



