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845 Vermiculus fewkesi | 
“Shell consisting of a long, brown, conical tube, marked with 
numerous unequal raised lines along its entire length; at the 
pointed end is a spire of 10 closely connected whorls, upon each 
of which is a sharp raised line below the central portion of the 
whorl; a less prominent raised line shows at the jointure with 
the next whorl below, and after the whorls separate another and 
still less prominent line is seen; on the upper portion of the whorl 
which in the turritelloid portion of the shell is covered, or merged 
into the line of contact of the different whorls above, numerous 
fine lines are seen between, and all are crossed by distinct lines 
of growth; as the shell increases in size the lower raised line, in- 
stead of the central one, becomes most prominent. The turritelloid 
portion of the single specimen found is 9 mm long, the aperture is 
circular, 3 mm in diameter, the entire length of the shell is 16 
mm. One specimen found near Ellwood by Albert E. Yates.’’— 
Yates, Santa Barbara soc. nat. hist. bulletin 1:48 t2 f 8, 9. 
Dedicated to Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. 
346 Vertagus lordii 
Shell shows a sculpture of 7 rows of nodules, the upper 2 of 
which are the largest and gradually decrease until the seventh 
row is scarcely perceptible to the naked eye; a row of indistinct 
nodules is apparent between the 2 upper rows, the spaces between 
all the rows of nodules otherwise occupied by fine striae consist- 
ing of from 8-12 or more fine lines, each alternate raised line 
being larger than the intervening one; the varical ridges in the 
imperfect specimen found are placed one at the aperture, and 
one at about two-thirds of the last whorl; lip more flaring than 
in V. gemmatus, a distinct parietal knob on the columella near 
posterior angle of aperture, which running along the junction of 
the whorls forms a well marked spiral line about 1 mm from the 
junction. Color a uniform yellowish white. Found near Ell- 
wood, by Albert E. Yates. 
Dedicated to Mrs. F. C. Lord. 
347 Vertagus gemmatus 
Carpinteria, Santa Barbara county, Cal. (Yates). 
This shell is very constant in its characters, presenting a sharp 
straight outline, and a sculpture of 3 rows of nodules (of which 
the upper is the larger) with a double spiral line between.’’— 
Carpenter. 
348 Scalaria gracilis 
Santa Barbara Islands (Yates). 
349 Scalaria subcoronata ; 
Santa Barbara (Newcomb fide Yates). 
Synonym of Scalaria hindsii var. subcoronata. 
350 = Scalaria tincta 
Santa Rosa Island, and Carpinteria, Cal. (Yates). 
351 Venus fordii 
“Shell thick, solid, ovate, tumid, truncated at point, exterior 
light brown; beaks projecting to front of the shell, much elevated 
and curved, making more than half a turn forwards and inwards; 
lunule rough, much depressed, heart-shaped, bounded bv an im- 
‘pressed line; ligament not large, but nearly hidden in the depres- 
sion between the elevated beaks; surface with concentric rounded 
ridges and grooves, marked on the surface by minute concentric 
