15 ^■^ MOLLUSCA OF THE GuLF OF MEXICO 122 



Distribution. — Key West, Florida to Porto Rico, Guade- 

 loupe, and the Gulf of Mexico at Vera Cruz, Mex. 



Seucopleura Gmelin, S3'St. Nat., 13, p. 3699, 1792, {a^s Patella)', 

 Pilsbrj^ Trj^on, Man., 13, 7, 40, pi. 5, f. 16-21, '91; Dall & 

 Simpson, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., i, p. 440, 1901. 



melanolenca Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 156, 1889. Not of 

 Gmelin. 



Genus LEPETELLA Verrill 



tubicola Verrill and Smith, Amer. Jour. Sci., (3), 20, p. 396, 

 '80; Verrill, Tr. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., 5, p. 534, pi. 

 58, f. 29, 29a, '82; Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., 18, p. 413, pi. 25, 

 f. 6, '89; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 158, pi. 25, f. 6, '89; 

 Johnson, Occ. Pa. Bost. Soc. N. H., 7, p. 86, 1915. 



Distribution. — Martha's Vineyard, Mass., at 130-388 fms., 

 to Gulf of Mexico between Mississippi delta and Cedar Keys, 

 at 324 fms. 



Genus PHASSANELLA Lam.arck 



pidcheHa C. B. Adams, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 2, p. 7, '45, 

 (as Turbo); Tryon, Man., 10, p. 264, '88; Dall, Bull. M. 

 C. Z., 18, p. 351, '89; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 158, 

 1889. 



brevis C. B. Adams. Not of d'Orbign}^, 1842. 



Distribution.— Cedar Keys, Fla., to St. Thomas, W. I. Plio- 

 cene of South Carolina. 



Genus TURBO Linnaeus 



castaneus Gmelin, S3^st. Nat., p. 3595, 1792; Pilsbry, Man., 10, 

 p. 203, pi. 45, f. 88-89, '88; Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 

 158, '89; Dall and Simpson, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., i, p. 

 441, 1901. 



Distribution. — Cape Hatteras to Trinidad, W. I. Also West 

 Florida in shallow water. 25-295 fms. Pliocene, Caloosa- 

 hatchie and Shell Creek, Fla. 



