Nicw KocE^NB Species from Alabama 



BY 

 T. H. AlvDRICH 



Mitramorpha turriculata, n. sp. PI. i. Fig. i. 



Shell small, biconic, whorls eight, three embryonic and 

 smooth, the fourth with strong longitudinal ribs, which continue 

 over the other whorls, dying down some on the body whorl. 

 Spiral striae numerous, and impressed, a strong double band bor- 

 dering the suture, aperture narrow, smooth within. Length 

 6 mm. 



Locality. — Choctaw Corner, Ala. Woods Bluff horizon. 



Type. — My cabinet. 



Remarks. — This little shell seems to be nearest to Mitramor- 

 pha ; it has a glazed appearance ; there is some evidence of a 

 slight notch on and above the periphery of the body whorl. 



Turris (Pleurotoma) nodoideus, n. sp. PI. i. Figs. 2, 3. 



Shell small, spire pointed, whorls nine ; first four embr3^on- 

 ic, the fifth bearing longitudinal ribs in part, and revolving lines 

 in part with the ribs also present but without the subsutural col- 

 lar below. The sixth, seventh and eighth whorls with the bor- 

 dering part of the ninth carrying first, a subsutural collar which 

 becomes doubled and thicker towards the body whorl and is 

 marked with very numerous raised lines belonging to the f asciole ; 

 second, just below is a rather broad concave revolving space 

 reaching to the peripheral parts of the whorls carrying very 

 numerous close set semicircular anal markings, these continue 



