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Fulgur carica Conrad. PI. XXII, fig. 127. (p. 355.) 



Proceedings of the Academy of Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. vi, p. 319, 

 1853 ; Gill, on the Genus Fulgur and its Allies, in American Journal of Con- 

 chology, vol. iii, p. 145, 1867. Murex carica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 3545, 1788. 

 Fulgur eliceans (pars) Montfort, Conch. Syst., vol. ii, p. 503, 1810, fig. (fc. Gill). 

 Pyrula carica Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., ed. i, vol. vii, p. 138, 1822 ; Gould, 

 Invert, of Mass., ed. i, p. 296. Busycon carica Gould, op. cit., ed. ii, p. 383, fig. 

 646 ; Stimpson, in American Journal of Conchology, vol. i, p. 61, 1865. 



Eastern coast of tlie United States ; northward to Cape Cod ; south- 

 ward to northern Florida, and west Florida. Abundant in Vineyard 

 Sound, in 1 to 10 fathoms ; also in Long Island Sound, near New 

 Haven. Nantucket (Adams); St. Augustine, Florida (H. S. Williams) ; 



| west Florida (E. Jewett.) It occurs in the Miocene formation of Mary- 

 land and Virginia, and in the Post-Pliocene deposits of Virginia, North 



I Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. 



Sycottpus canaliculatus Gill. (p. 355.) 



American Journal of Conchology, vol. iii, p. 149, 1867. Murex canaliculatus Linne, 

 Syst. Nat., ed. xii, p. 1222. Pyrula canaliculata Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., 

 vol. vii, p. 137, 1822 ; Gould, Invert, of Mass., ed. i, p. 294, fig. 206. Busycon 

 canaliculatum H. and A. Adams, Genera of Recent Mollusca, vol. i, p. 151, 1858 ; 

 Gould, Invert, of Mass., ed. ii, p. 380, fig. 645. Fulgur canaliculata Say, 

 Journal Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, 1822 ; Conrad, Proc. Phil. 

 Acad., vol. vi, p. 219, 1853. 



Eastern coast of the United States ; northward to Cape Cod and Nan- 

 tucket ; southward to Georgia and Northern Florida, Western Florida, 

 and northern shores of Gulf of Mexico. Abundant in Vineyard Sound, 

 Long Island Sound, &c, in 1 to 8 fathoms. St. Augustine, Florida 

 (H. S. Williams). Found fossil in the Post-Pliocene of Virginia, North 

 and South Carolina, and Northern Florida ; in the Pliocene of South 

 Carolina ; and Miocene of Maryland. 



Nassa vibex Say. Plate XXI, fig. 114. (p. 371). 



Journal Academy Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, p. 231, 1822 ; Gould, 

 Invertehrata of Mass., ed. ii, p. 365, fig. 633. Nassa fretensis Perkins, Pro- 

 ceedings Boston Soc. Nat. History, vol. xiii, p. 117, figure, 1869 (variety). 



Eastern coast of the United States ; northward to Vineyard Sound ; 

 southward to Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico ; not abundant north of 

 Cape Hatteras. In Vineyard Sound and Long Island Sound, found 

 sparingly in shallow water among eel-grass. New Bedford (Adams), 

 Lloyd's Harbor, Huntington, and Nortbport, Long Island (S. Smith) ; 

 Egmont Key, Florida (Jewett). It has been found in the Pliocene and 

 Post-Pliocene of South Carolina. 



Some of Say's original specimens were from South Carolina, others 

 from Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey. At the latter locality I have also 

 collected among eel-grass, in shallow water, the variety described by 

 Dr. Perkins as JV. fretensis, which is the most common form in all the 

 more northern localities. Specimens intermediate between these and the 

 ordinary southern forms are, however, of frequent occurrence, and the 

 typical form also occurred in Vineyard Sound, with the variety. 



