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VERMETUS.- A dans. 1757. 



VERMETQS ANGUINA. 



Platk XXVI. Fig. 12. 



Serpula anguina, H. C. Lea, Ter. fossil shells, p. 7, pi. 34, fig. 2. 



S. testa contorta, adnexa, swperficie sine lineis longitudinalibus ; transversis striis; aper- 

 tura rugosa, rotunda. 



Description. Shell contorted, attached, without longitudinal lines on the surface, 

 transversely striated; striae rugose; aperture round. 



Plate XXVI. Fig. 12. A cluster of individuals. 



Locality. Pee Dee. Museum, College of Charleston. 



PETALOCONCHUS.— Lea. 



PETALOCONCIIUS SOUL PTURATTJS. — Lea. 



Plate XXVI. Fig. 13. 



Petaloconchus sculpturatus, H. C. Lea, Ter. fossils of Virginia, p. 7, pi. 34, fig. 3. 



P. testa tubulata, costis longitudinalibus, nodulosis, inaqualiter convolutis, vermiformibus, 

 duabus intemis longitudinalibus laminis; laminis Icevibus; apertura rotunda sine laminis. 



Description. Shell tubular, with longitudinal, nodulous costse, irregularly twisted, 

 vermiform, with two internal longitudinal plates ; plate smooth, mouth round and without 

 plates. 



This is the only species of the genus known. The internal longitudinal plates readily 

 distinguish it from Vermetus. It is a variable shell in form. 



Plate XXVI. Fig. 13. Natural size. 



Locality. Sumterville. Museum, College of Charleston. 



