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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



FIG. 122 



BUOCINUM PORCINTJM. SAY. (Fig. 122.) 



Shell thick, fusiform ; spire composed of five or six whirls* 

 ribbed longitudinally, and marked with num- 

 erous raised revolving lines ; beak short and 

 only slightly reflexed ; outer lip marked with- 

 in by numerous ridges. Buccinum vibex, 

 buccinum trivittatum and obsoletum are as- 

 sociated with the preceding species. - 



BUCCINUM MULTILINEATUM. N. S. (Fig. 124.) 



Shell small and thick, turreted ; whirls six. 

 and marked by many impressed spiral lines, 

 between which there are also many narrow flat spiral bands :. 



FIG. 123. 



FIG. 127. 



FIG. 170. 



FIG. 125. 



FIG. 124. 



whirls furnished with strong longitudinal ribs, interrupted at 

 the suture, aperture, ovate and less than half the length of the 

 shell ; canal short and directed backwards ; the body whirl 1 

 has about thirteen ribs. Rare in the miocene of Cape Fear. 



BUCCINUM MONILIFORMIS. N. S. (Fig. 125.) 



Shell small, thick and robust, rugose ; whirls about six, and 

 ornamented with moniliform ribs. This shell, though small, 

 has all the marks of being mature. The flat spiral bands, 

 which as they cross the ribs and give them a beaded appear- 

 ance, are strongly marked on all the whirls. Rare in the 

 miocene of Cape Fear. 



