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55> P- 757- 1903- Not polita of Spengler, 1798; nor of 

 Sowerb}^, 1825 ; nor of Poll and Risso. 

 Note. — Inasmuch as the name polita had already been given 

 several times to species of Tellina before Say named his 

 shell, Dr. Dall proposed the name sayi, which was sug- 

 gested in a manuscript of Deshaj^es in Dr. Dall's posses- 

 sion. 

 Distribution. — North Carolina to Progreso, peninsula of Yuca- 

 tan. Pliocene to Recent. Gulf coast. — St. Joseph's Bay, 

 Fla.; Corpus Christi, Tex. Pleistocene : Lake Borgne bor- 

 ings and the New Orleans artesian well of 1856 (Hilgard). 

 Pliocene : Caloosahatchie. 



(Angulus) paiiperata d'Orbigny, In de la Sagra's Hist. Pol. y 



Nat. Isla de Cuba, 2, 1846 ; Dall, Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, 



p. 296, 1901 ; Vanatta, A. N. S. Phila., 55, p. 757, 1903. 



Distribution. — Florida to Martinique. Gulf coast. — Tampa 



and St Joseph's Eaj^ and Crooked Isl., Calhoun Co., Fla. 



(Angulus) tampaensis Conrad, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 2, p. 

 281, pi. 15, f. 8, 1866 ; Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 60, 

 '89, {SLS Macoma) ; Singley, 4th Ann. Rept. Tex., p. 329, 

 '93 ; Mitchell, Ust Tex. Sh., p. 17 ; Dall, Proc. U. S. N. 

 M., 23, p. 296, 1910. 

 Distribution. — West Florida to Texas, Pliocene to Recent. 

 Localities: Tampa Bay (type locality), Fla. ; Corpus 

 Christi Bay, (dredged), Kspiritu Santo Bay, living on the 

 flats. Pliocene : Caloosahatchie. 



(Angulus) meraSay, Amer. Conchology, 1834 ; Dall. Bull. 37, U. 

 S. N. M., p. 60, 1889 ; Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, p. 296, 

 1 901. 

 Distribution. — South Carolina to the Bahamas. Pliocene to 

 Recent. Gulf coast — Tampa, Florida. Pliocene : Caloosa- 

 hatchie beds. 



(Angulus) promera Dall, Proc. U. S. N. M., 23, pp. 296, 312, pi. 

 2, f. II, 1901. 

 Distribution. — West Fla., at Tampa Bay to Curasao Isl. 



(Angulus) simplex d'Orbigny, In de la Sagra's Hist. Pol. y Nat. 



