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GASTEROPODA. 



Capulus, Montfort, 1810, Conch. Syst., vol. 



2. [Ety. capulus, a coffin.] 

 acutirostris, Hall, 1856, Trans. Alb. Inst., 



vol. 4, Warsaw Gr. [Sig. sharp- 

 beaked.] 

 auriformis. Hall, 1847, PaL N. Y., vol. 1, 



Chazy Gr. [Sig. ear-shaped.] 

 parvus, Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis 



Acad. Sci., Coal Meas. [Sig. small.] 

 triplicatus, Swallow, 1858, Trans. St.Louis 



Acad. Sci., Coal Meas. [Sig. three- 

 plicated.] 

 Carinaropsis, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, 



[Ety. from its resemblance to Carin- 



ariaJ] 

 carinata. Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, 



Trenton Gr. [Sig. keeled or having 



ridges.] 

 orbiculata, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, 



Hud. Riv. Gr. [Sig. orbicular.] 

 patelliformis. Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 



1, Trenton & Hud. Riv. Gr. [Sig. 



patella or limpet-shaped.] 

 Chemnitzia, D'Orbigny, 1837, Mollusques, 



Echinodermes, Foraminiferes et Pol- 



y piers, etc. [Ety. proper name.] 



Prof. Meek was of the opinion that 



the species referred to this genus 



from the palseozoic rocks more j)rop- 



erly belong to Loxonema and other 



genera, 

 attenuata, Stevens, 1858, Am. Jour. Sci., 



vol. 25, Coal Meas. [Sig. drawn out, 



attenuated.] 

 parva, Cox, 1857, Geo. Sur. Ky., vol. 3, 



Coal Meas. .[Sig. small.] 

 swallovana, Shumard, 1859, Trans. St. 



Louis Acad. Sci., Permian Gr. [Ety. 



proper name.] 

 . tenuilineata, Shumard, 1855, Geo. Rep. 



Mo., Chemung Gr. [Sig. fine lined'.] 

 Chiton, Linnjeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 



[Ety. chiton, a coat of mail.] 

 canadensis, see Metoptoma canadense. 

 carbonarius, Stevens, 1859, Am. Jour. 



Sci., vol. 25, Coal Meas. [Sig. from 



the Coal Measures.] 

 parvus, Stevens, 1859, Am. Jour. Sci., 



vol. 25, Coal Meas. [Sig. small.] 

 Clisospira, BilUngs, 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 1. 



[Ety. kleio, to lock; spira, a whorl.] 

 curiosa, Billings, 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 1, 



Quebec Gr. [Sig. curious.] 

 CoNCHOPELTis, Walcott, 1876, Desc. New Sp. 



Foss. [Ety. conche, shell ; pelte, shield.] 

 alternata, Walcott, 1876, Desc. New Sp. 



Foss., Trenton Gr. [Sig. alternate.] 

 minnesotensis, Walcott, 1876, Desc. New 



Sp. Foss., Trenton Gr. [Ety. proper 



name.] 

 Cyci^nema, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, 



[Ety. kuklos, a circle ; nema, a thread.] 

 bellulum, Billings, 1866, Catal. Sil. Foss. 



Antic, Anticosti Gr. [Sig. beautiful.] 

 bilix, Conrad, 1842, (Pleurotomaria bilix) 



Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., vol. 8, Trenton 



and Hud. Riv. Gr. [Sig. woven with 



a double thread.] 



bihx var. conicum, S. A. Miller, 1874, Cin. 



Quar. Jour. Sci., vol. 1, Cin'ti Gr. 

 [Sig. conical.] 

 bihx var. fluctuatum, James, 1874,(Cyclo- 



nema fluctuata) Cin. Quar. Jour. Sci., 



vol. 1, Cin'ti Gr. [Sig. wavy.] 

 cancellatum, Hall, 1843, (Littorina cancel- 



lata) Geo. Rep. 4th Dist. N. Y., Chn- 



ton Gr. [Sig. cancellated.] 

 commune, Billings, 1866, Catal. Sil. Foss. 



Antic, Anticosti Gr. [Sig. common.] 

 concinna. Hall, 1876, Illust. Devonian 



Foss., Chemung Gr. [Sig. beautiful.] 

 crenistriatum, Hall, 1876, Illust. Devonian 



Foss., Schoharie grit. [Sig. having 



wrinkled strise.] 

 crenulatum. Meek, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci., Cornif. Gr. [Sig. crenulated.] 

 decorum, Billings, 1866, Catal. Sil. Foss. 



Antic, Anticosti Gr. [Sig. seemly.] 

 elevatum. Hall, 1868, 20th Reg. Rep., Ni- 

 agara Gr. [Sig. elevated.] 

 hageri, Billings, 1862, Pal. Foss., vol. 1, 



Trenton Gr. [Ety. proper name.] 

 hallanum, Salter, 1859, Can. Org. Rem., 



Decade 1, Black Riv. Gr. [Ety. proper 



name.] 

 hamiltonise. Hall, 1862, 15th Reg. Rep., 



Ham. Gr. [Ety. proper name.] 

 humile, Billings, 1866, Catal. Sil. Foss. 



Antic, Anticosti Gr. [Sig. poor, 



small.] 

 liratum, Hall, 1862, 15th Reg. Rep., Ham. 



Gr. [Sig. furrowed.] 

 mediocre, Billings, 1866, Catal. Sil. Foss. 



Antic, Anticosti Gr. [Sig. ordinary, 



middling.] 

 montrealense, Billings, 1862, Pal. Foss., 



vol. 1, Trenton Gr. [Ety. proper 



name.] 

 multiliratum. Hall, 1862, 15th Reg. Rep., 



Ham. Gr. [Sig. many-furrowed.] 

 obsoletum, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, 



Clinton Gr. [Sig. obsolete, from the 



nearly obsolete spire.] 

 obsoleta, Hall, 18 7 6, Illustr. Devonian, 



Foss., Chemung Gr. The name was 



preoccupied, 

 percarinatum. Hall, 1847^ (Pleurotomaria 



percarinata) Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, Trenton 



& Hud. Riv. Gr. [Sig. very much 



carinated.] 

 percingulatum, Billings, 1857, Rep. of 



Progr., Clinton & Niagara Gr. [Sig. 



encircled with many lines.] 

 phsedra, Billings, 1865 Pal. Foss., vol. 1, 



Quebec Gr. [Ety. mythological name.] 

 pyramidatum, James, 1874, Cin. Quar. 



Jour. Sci., vol. 1, Cin'ti Gr. [Sig. pyra- 

 midal.] 

 rugselineatum, Hall, 1872, 24th Reg. Rep., 



Niagara Gr. [Sig. rugose-lined.] 

 semicarinatum, Salter, 1859, Can. Org. 



Rem., Decade 1, Black Riv. Gr. [Sig. 



half-carinated.] 

 sulcatum. Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol.2, 



Guelph Gr. [Sig. furrowed.] 



