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Say, Columbella (Astyris) lunata (Say), Urosalpinx cinereus (Say), 

 Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) interrupta (Totten), Crepidula fornicata 

 (Linne), Crepidula plana Say, Venus mercenaria Linne, Ostrea virginica 

 Gmelin, Area (Scapharca) transversa Say. 



In New Jersey there is an important Pleistocene fossiliferous locality 

 at Heislerville in Cumberland county a few miles to the south of Port 

 Elizabeth. Among the Maryland species collected at this place are Cal- 

 linectes sapidus Eathbun, Tornatina canaliculata (Say), Nassa trivit- 

 tata Say, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), Columbella (Astyris) lunata 

 (Say), Eupleura caudata (Say), Crepidula fornicata (Linne), Crepidula 

 plana Say, Corbula contracta (Say), Mulinia lateralis (Say), Ensis 

 directus (Conrad), Venus mercenaria Linne, Ostrea virginica Gmelin, 

 Area (Scapharca) transversa Say. Marine Pleistocene fossils have also 

 been found at Cape May and Atlantic City, New Jersey. 



Marine Pleistocene deposits containing the more common forms of the 

 Atlantic coast have been reported from North Carolina near the mouth of 

 the Neuse river, but no description of the locality or list of fossils is avail- 

 able. At the mouth of the Cape Fear river, two miles above Southport, 

 Pleistocene fossils have been found, among which the author has recog- 

 nized Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), Rangia cuneata (Gray), Venus mer- 

 cenaria Linne, Ostrea virginica Gmelin, and Area (Noetia) ponderosa 

 Say. 



The best-known marine Pleistocene locality on the Atlantic coast is that 

 at Simmons' Bluff, Wadmalaw Sound, South Carolina, the fauna of which 

 has been so fully studied and described by Holmes 10 . This locality is 

 discussed by Tuomey in his Eeport on the Geology of South Carolina 

 published in 1848. The forms found at this locality similar to those in 

 Maryland are : Balanus crenatus Brugniere, Tornatina canaliculata 

 (Say), Terebra dislocata (Say), Fulgur canaliculatum (Linne), Fidgur 

 carica (Gmelin), Nassa trivittata Say, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), Colum- 

 bella (Astyris) lunata (Say), Eupleura caudata (Say), Urosalpinx cin- 

 ereus (Say), Scala lineata (Say), Odostomia impressa Say, Turbonilla 



10 Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina, Charleston, 1858-1860. 



