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FIG. 126. 



FIG. 128. 



BUCCINUM BIDENTATUM. (Fig. 126.) 



Shell quite small, thick, robust; whirls about five, two 

 upper smooth, the others are ornamented with 

 ribs and spiral bands; aperture oval, acute 

 behind, outer lip furnished with two rather 

 prominent teeth, or short ridges ; canal wide and 

 very short. 



BUCCINUM OBSOLETUM. (Fig 127.) 



Surface granulated; spire shorter than the body. The 

 common species of the coast ; is rare in the miocene of North- 

 Carolina. The specimen figured 

 was a young shell, and broken. 



GALEODIA HODGII. CON. (Fig. 128.) 



Shell rather thick ; elliptical, ob- 

 tuse ; whirls about five, inflated, 

 and ornamented with numerous 

 fine spiral lines, which are quite 

 prominent at base ; these, with the 

 fine lines of growth, give the sur- 

 face a cancellated appearance ; 

 collumellar lip marked with many 

 irregular plicae ; aperture nearly 

 twice the length of the spire. Mi- 

 ocene of Cape Fear. 



TEEEBEA DISLOCATUM J SAY. ACUS DISLOCATUM. 



Shell thick, elongated, acute ; whirls many, slightly convex, 

 upper portion constricted, forming a revolving band, parallel 

 to which, there are numerous spiral raised lines; lines of 

 growth longitudinal and conspicuous, which give to the sur- 

 face a reticulated appearance. 



Common in the miocene marls of North Carolina. 

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