644 PLIOCENE MOLLUSCA. 



Gefins CERATIA, H. and A. Adams, 1854. 

 Ceratia proxima (Alder MS.). Plate LI, fig. 41. 



1847. Bissoa (Cingula) proxima, Alder, MS. in Thompson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [1], vol. xx, p. 174. 



1853. Rissoa proxima, Forbes and Hanley, Brit. Moll., vol. iii, p. 127, pi. Ixxv, figs. 7, 8. 



1858. Ceratia proxima, H. and A. Adams, Gren. Rec. Moll., vol. i, p. 333, pi. xxxv, fig. 6. 



1859. Bissoa proxima, G. B. Sowerby, 111. Ind. Brit. Shells, lA. xiii, fig. 28. 



1867 — 71. Bissoa proxima, Jeffreys, Brit. Conch., vol. iv, p. 39, 1867 ; vol. v, p. 208, pi. Ixviii, fig. 3, 



1869 ; in Prestwich, Quart. Joiirn. Geol. Soc, vol. xxvii, p. 145, 1871. 

 1872. Bissoa proxima, S. V. Wood, Mon. Crag Moll., 1st Suppl., pt. i, p. 71, pi. iv, fig. 17. 



1872. B,issoa proxima, A. and R. Bell, Proc. Greol. Assoc, vol. ii, p. 204. 



1873. Bissoa (^Cingula) proxima, Weinkauff, Cat. europ. Meeresconch., p. 20, no. 324. 



1874 — TQ. Bissoa {Cingula) proxima, Seguenza, Boll. R. Com. Greol. Ital., vol. v, p. 6, no. 41G, 



1874 ; vol. vii, p. 180, no. 696, 1876. 

 1878. Bissoa proxima, Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. xx, pi. ii, fig. 18. 

 1878. Onoba proxima, Gr. 0. Sars, Moll. Reg. arct. Norv., pp. 173, 359, ]>1. xxii, fig. 4. 

 1878. Cingula proxima, de Stefani e Pantiuelli, Bull. Soc. Malac. Ital., vol. iv, p. 174. 

 1879 — 92. i^i'ssoft proa;i'ma. Van den Broeck, Ann. Soc. malac. Belg., vol. xiv, p. 71, 1879 ; vol. xix, 



p. 26, 1884; Bull. Soc. Beige GcoL, vol. vi (Memoires), pp. 123, 133, 1892. 

 1882. Bissoa proxima , Nyst, Conch. Terr. tert. Belg., p. 96, pi. xxviii, fig. 13. 

 1884. Ceratia proxima, Monterosato, Nomen. Gen. e Spec. Conch. Medit., jj. 71. 

 1890. Bissoa proxima, C. Reid, Plioc. Dep. Brit., p. 255. 

 1890. Bissoa (Ceratia) proxima, Carus, Prod. Faun. Medit., vol. ii, p. 327. 

 1892. Cingula proxima, Locard, Coq. mar. Cotes de France, p. 176, fig. 151. 

 1896. Bissoa proxima, Bernavs, Bull. Soc. Beige Geol., vol. x (Memoires), p. 129. 

 1898. Bissoa (Cingula) proxima, Bucquoy, Dautzenberg et Dollfus, Moll. mar. Rouss., vol. ii, p. 797. 

 1901. Ceratia proxima, Cimch. Soc. List, Journ. of Conch., vol. x, p. 18, no. 348. 



1913. Bissoa (Cingula) proxima. Alder MS., Dautzenberg et Durouchoux, Feuille des Jeunes Natur., 

 vol. xliv, p. 31. 



1914. Bissoia (Ceratia) proxima, Cerulli-Irelli, Palaeout. Ital., vol. xx, p. 196, pi. xv, figs. 58 — 62. 



Specific Characters. — Shell small, slender, subcylindrical ; whorls 5, convex, 

 the last more than half the total length ; ornamented bj'^ fine, regular and delicate 

 spiral stria3 ; spire elongate, gradually tapering, ending abruptly in a bluntly 

 truncated apex ; suture deep, oblique ; mouth slightly expanded ; outer lip thin, 

 recurved ; inner lip reflected on the pillar. 



Dimensiovs. — L. 5 mm. B. 2 mm. 



Disfrilnifiou. —Recent : Coasts of Devonshire and Cornwall, Cork, Bantry and 

 Dublin. France and Spain, diffused but not abundant, Teneriffe, Mediterranean. 

 Norwegian coast, Lofoten Islands (Carus). 



Fossil: Coralline Crag: Sutton. Pleistocene : Largo Bay, Loch- 

 gilphead, Garvel Park. Casterlien, Scaldisien, Poederlien : [Belgium. 



Upper Pliocene : Monte Mario, Legoli, Siena. 



Pleistocene : Monte Pellegrino, Ficarazzi. 



