22 PEOCEEDIWGS OP THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.72 



PUGNELLUS LEVIS, new species 



Plate 9, figs. 1-0 



1923. Pugnellus species, North Carolina Geol. and Econ. Survey, vol. 5, p. 374, 

 pi. 93, fig. 12 (probably not fig. 13). 



Description. — Shell large and roughly fusiform ; spire of moderate 

 height, body whorl large ; number of whorls 5 or 6. Side of whorls 

 of spire plump but slightly flattened, as shown by the internal cast, 

 and the flattened band becomes more pronounced as it continues 

 around onto the upper part of the body whorl. The spire and a 

 considerable part of the body whorl are callused over, concealing the 

 surface features, and a heavy rounded irregular ridge of callus 

 extends from near the beak well down over the shell, distant about 

 one-third the circumference of the shell in front of the aperture. 

 The surface of the body whorl in front of this ridge of callus is 

 smooth as far as it is preserved. The forward part of the body whorl 

 is wanting in the type, so that the nature of the outer lip is not 

 known. 



Canal deep and narrow, probably moderately long, but length not 

 determined. Dimensions of the type : Altitude, 60 + mm. ; diameter, 

 42+ mm. 



Reinarhs. — The internal cast shown in Figure 12, cited above in the 

 synonymy, probably belongs to this species, but the specimen shown 

 in Figure 13 appears to be a m^ore slender form and may be an 

 undescribed species. 



Wade " has described a large smooth species, Puff'nellus dbnormcHis^ 

 from Coon Creek in the lower part of the Kipley formation in 

 Tennessee, but his species has a higher spire, and the shell as a whole 

 is more elongated than the Rocky Point species. A large undescribed 

 species in the upper part of the Navarro formation of Kaufman 

 County, Tex., approaches this one in snioothness, but faintly devel- 

 oped longitudinal plications are present on the body whorl of the 

 Texas species. Pugnellus goldmani Gardner is a nearly smooth 

 species from the Monmouth formation of Maryland. Pugnellus 

 densatus Conrad from the Ripley formation of the eastern Gulf 

 region and from the Navarro formation of Texas, and Pugnellus 

 pauciplicatus Stephenson from the Snow Hill member of the Black 

 Creek formation of North Carolina are forms with longitudinal 

 plications well developed on the forward half of the body whorl. 



Locality. — From the new Rocky Point quarries a mile northeast 

 of Rocky Point station, Pender County, N. C. 



Geologic position. — Upper Cretaceous, upper part of Peedee 

 formation, upper part of Exogyrco costata zone. European equiva- 

 lent, upper Senonian (Maestrichtian). 



" Wade, Bruce, Fauna of the Ripley formation, Tennessee : U. S. Geol. Survey Prof. 

 Paper 137, p. 149, pi. 52, figs. 6, 7, 1926. 



