396 Shells of Tampa Bay. 
Univalves. 
Acteon floridanus, Con. Bay shores. 
Bulla succinea, Con. Common. Bay shores —B.——. Com- 
mon. Mullet Key. 
Bullina canaliculata, Say. Bay shores. 
Cancellaria cancellata, Lam: Rare. Mullet Key. 
Cerithium protextum, Con. St. Joseph’s Bay.—C. consti 
atum, Say. Lignum Vite Key, E. Florida; Key West.—C. 
eriense, Kiener, (C. nigrescens ? Minke.) Common in Manatee 
river. It is a smgular error of Kiener’s to give Lake Erie as the 
habitat of a species of Cerithium. It is found on the Atlantic 
Keys of Florida.—C. dislocatum, Say. St. Josephs Bay.—C. 
. Two undetermined species. Egmont Key. 
Crepidula fornicata, Lam. Common. Mullet Key.—C. ma- 
culosa, Con. Common. Mullet Key.—C. aculeata, Lam. Com- 
— -Inhabits Oyster beds in Tampa Bay.—C. mnngenifenienes 
Lam., (plana, Say.) Key shores, 
Cyprea pediculus, Very rare. Egmont Key. 
Cassis sulcosa, Lam. Rare. Mullet Key. 
Columbella avara, Say. Bay shores——C, ——. Bay 
shores. 
Conus . Bay shores. ~ 
Dentalium drei Con. Sieben coast of Florida.—D. 
coarctatum,* Lam., (D. gadus, Sow.) A single we eee 
came up on the lead in deep water.» 
Fulgur perversus, Lam. Common. Bay Sitennent pyru- 
loides, Say. Common. Bay shores. The genus F'ulgur of Mont- 
ford is identical with Pyrula, Lam., and his priority by date of 
many years anterior to Lamarck’s me sans Vert., though the 
name of Pyrula is generally adopted by conchologists. It would 
be useful to science, if some uniform rule were established with 
regard to certain authors, and either all Montford’s genera re- 
jected, or acknowledged where his names have priority in date of 
publication. Pyrula ficus and its congeners have been separated 
by Sowerby from the other members of the genus Pyrula, of 
Lamarck, retaining the name, whilst Rousseau has subsequently 
named it Fcus. The former would be preferable, as having long 
been in use, and not like the latter preoceupied i in Botany, if Ful- 
