113 MOLLUSCA OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 



houn Co.), Fla. ; Horn Island, Miss. ; Point au Fer, 

 Cameron, La. ; Galveston, Corpus Christi, Matagorda 

 Island, Texas. Pleistocene : Lake Borgne borings, New 

 Orleans artesian well of 1856 at 66 feet ; New Orleans 

 pumping station No. 7 ; Knapp's wells, Terrebonne Par- 

 ish, No. I at 2443 feet, No. 3 at 1 150- 1200, 1200- 1300, 

 1443- 1470 feet. Pliocene : Caloosahatchie. 

 Note. — Varying in color from an exquisite pink (var. taylor- 

 iana Sowerby. in Reeve, 1867), to bluish or pure white. 

 Some, like Say's type, are tinged within with canary "n 

 yellow. 

 (Euryteilina) georgiana Dall, Proc. N. S. N. M., 23, pp. 294, 310, 

 pi. 2, f. 3, 1901 ; Dall and Simpson, B. U. S. Fish Com., 



I, P- 479, 1901. 

 nitida var. carolinensis Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 60, 

 1889. Not carolinensis Conrad, 1875. 

 Distribution.— Hatteras to St. Thomas, West Indies. Dredged 

 in Gulf of Mexico, 32 fms. Slightly resembles the Euro- 

 pean species T. nitida Lamarck. 

 (Phyllodina) squamifera Deshaj^es, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 

 365, 1854 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon., Tellina, pi. 55, f. 325, 

 1869 : Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 60, '89 ; Proc. U. S. 

 N. M., 23, p. 294, 1901. 

 Distribution. — Hatteras to Sombrero Isl., 22-85 fcis. Not in 

 the China Sea, as cited by Sowerby. Gulf coast. — West 

 Florida. 

 (Moereila) gouldii Hanley, Thes. Conch., p. 272, pi. 56, f. 26, 

 1846 ; Dall, B. M. C. Z., Harv. Coll. 9, p. 134, 1881 ; 12, 

 p. 278, '86 ; Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, p. 294, 1901. 

 cuneata d'Orbigny, In de la Sagra's Hist. Isla de Cuba, 2, p. 

 256, pi. 26, f. 23, 1853; Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 

 60, 1889. 

 Distribution. — Hatteras to Yucatan, 2-50 fms. Gulf of Mex- 

 ico ; Tampa, Fla. ; Yucatan Strait, 640 fms. 

 (Mcerella) martinicensis d'Orbigny, In de la Sagra's Hist. Pol. y 

 Nat. Isla de Cuba, 2, p. 253, pi. 26, f. 6, 8, 1845 ; Dall, 



