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Fossil (0. lunulata) in the Post-Pliocene of North and South Carolina; 

 in the Pliocene of South Carolina ; and in the Miocene of Maryland and 

 Virginia. The fossil shell is probably identical with the recent one, but 

 I have not had suitable specimens of the former for comparison ; if 

 identical, the species should be called 0. lunulata. 



LuciNA FILOSA Stiinpson. Plate XXIX, fig. 212. (p. 509.) 



Shells of New England, p. 17, 1851 ; Gould, Invert., ed. ii, p. 98, fig. 404. Lu- 

 c'ma radula Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 69 (non Montagu, sp.). 1 Lucina contracta, 

 Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philad., vol. iv, p. 145, Plate 10, fig. 8 ; Conrad, 

 Fossils of the Medial Tertiary of U. S., p. 40, Plate 20, fig. 5, 1840. 



Stonington, Connecticut, to Maine. Off Block Island, 29 fathoms, sandy 

 mud ; off Gay Head, 19 fathoms, soft mud ; Casco Bay and Portland 

 Harbor. Stouingtou (Linsley). Boston Harbor (Stimpson). Phillip's 

 Beach (Holder). Rhode Island (Conrad, as L. contracta). 



Fossil in the Post-Pliocene of Gardiner's Island (S. Smith). L. con- 

 tracta occurs in the Miocene of Virginia j it was formerly regarded by 

 Conrad as identical with the recent shell from Rhode Island, but is 

 probably a distinct, though closely-allied species. Mr. Jeffreys identi- 

 fied this species with L. borcalis (Liiine) of Europe; the latter is also 

 found on the Pacific coast at Vancouver Island and Gatalina Island 

 (Cooper and P. P. Carpenter). 



CYCLAS DENTATA. Plate XXIX, fig. 211. (p. 418.) 



Luclna dentaia Wood, General Conchology, p. 195, Plate 46, fig. 7, 1815 ; Gould, 

 Invert., ed. ii, p. 99, fig. 45. Liicimi diraricata Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 70, (non 

 Liniie', sp). Luclna slriyilla Stimpson, Shells of New England, p. 17, 1851. 



Brazil and West Indies to Cape Cod. !Not uncommon, dead, but rarely 

 obtained living, in Vineyard Sound, 6 to 14 fathoms. Coney Island (S. 

 Smith). Nantucket (Gould). St. George's Bank (S. I. Smith). Fort Ma- 

 con, North Carolina, abundant, (Coues, Yarrow). Georgia (Couper). 



Fossil in the Post-Pliocene of North* Carolina, South Carolina, and 

 Florid a 5 and in the Pliocene of South Carolina. The same, or a closely- 

 related species, (L. Conradi D'Orb., Prod., iii, p. 117, 2194, t. Conrad, in 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1862, p. 577 =L. divaricata Conrad, Fossils 

 of Med. Tert, p. 38, Plate 20, fig. 3) occurs in the Miocene of Virginia, 



CRYPTODON GOULDII Adams. Plate XXIX, fig. 213. (p. 509.) 



H. and A. Adams, Genera, vol. ii, p. 470, 1858 ; Gould, Invert., ed. ii, p. 100, fig. 

 406. Lucina GouWi Philippi, Zeitsch. f. Malak., 1845, p. 74 (t. Gould). 

 Thyasira Gouldii Stimpson, Shells of New Eng., p. 17, 1851. Lucina flexuosa 

 Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 71, fig. 52 (non Montagu, sp.). 



Stonington, Connecticut, to Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Oif Block 

 Island, 29 fathoms ; Buzzard's Bay, 6 fathoms, mud ; common in Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay, Casco Bay, and Bay of Fundy, 5 to GO fathoms, muddy 

 and sandy. Nova Scotia (Willis). Gasp6, Canada (Whiteaves). Mur- 

 ray Bay (Dawsou). Gulf of Saint Lawrence, 20 to 300 fathoms (White- 



