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14a. Neverita recluziana Petit. Cat. No. 165,323, U. S. N. M. Altitude, 

 35 mm.; aperture view. Fugler Point asphalt mine, near Gary; 

 locality No. 4475; also known recent. 

 14&. View of base of same specimen. 



15. Neverita recluziana Petit. Cat. No. 165,299, U. S. N. M. Altitude, 



20 mm. ; aperture view, X 2. Fugler Point asphalt mine, near 

 Gary; locality No. 4475. 



16. Natica clausa Broderip and Sowerby. Cat. No. 165,269, U. S. N. M. 



Altitude, 21 mm.; aperture view, X 2. Waldorf asphalt mine; 

 locality No. 4473 ; also known recent. 



17. Nassa waldorf ensis, new species. Cat. No. 165,272, U. S. N. M. 



Type. Altitude, 13 mm. ; aperture view, X 2. Waldorf asphalt 

 mine; locality No. 4473. 



18. Drillia graciosana, new species. Cat. No. 165,309, U. S. N. M. 



Type. Altitude, 14 mm. ; aperture view, X 2. Graciosa Ridge, 

 near Orcutt; locality No. 4476. 



Plate LV 



Fernando {Pliocene) Fossils 



Fig. 10. Pholadidea ovoidea Gould. Cat. No. 165,277, U. S. N. M. Longi- 

 tude, 58 mm. ; view of valve. Waldorf asphalt mine ; locality No. 

 4473 ; also known recent. 



lb. View of both valves of same specimen from above. 



2. Purpura crispata Chemnitz. Cat. No. 165,278, U. S. N. M. Alti- 

 tude, 20 mm. ; aperture view. One mile north of Schumann ; 

 locality No. 4474; also known recent. 



3a. Leda taphia Dall. Cat. No. 165,296, U. S. N. M. View of exterior 

 of valve; longitude, 10.5 mm., X 3. Fugler Point asphalt mine, 

 near Gary ; locality No. 4475 ; also known recent. 



3&. View of both valves of same specimen from above. 



40. Terebratalia occidentalis Dall. Cat. No. 165,300, U. S. N. M. View 

 of exterior of ventral valve ; latitude, 30 mm. Fugler Point 

 asphalt mine, near Gary ; locality No. 4475. A variable species 

 extending from the upper Miocene to Recent faunas. 



4&. View of dorsal valve of same specimen. 



5. Macoma nasuta Conrad. Cat. No. 165,276, U. S. N. M. Longitude, 



47 mm. ; view of right valve. Waldorf asphalt mine ; locality No. 

 4473. Extends from the Miocene to the Recent fauna. 



6. Phacoides nuttallii Conrad, var. antecedens, new variety. Cat. No. 



165,290, U. S. N. M. Type. View of exterior of left valve ; longi- 

 tude, 23 mm., X 2. Alcatraz asphalt mine, near Sisquoc; locality 

 No. 4471. 



7. Cryptomya ovalis Conrad. Cat. No. 165,289, U. S. N. M. Left 



valve; longitude, 23 mm. Alcatraz asphalt mine, near Sisquoc; 

 locality No. 4471. Apparently characteristic of the lower Pliocene. 



8. Dosinia ponderosa Gray. Cat. No. 165,295, U. S. N. M. View of 



exterior of right valve ; altitude, 105 mm., X x / 2 . Alcatraz asphalt 

 mine, near Sisquoc ; locality No. 4471 ; also known recent farther 

 south. 



