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BUCCINID^. 



ACUS.— Humph. (1797.) 



TEREBRA. — Lam. (1801.) 



AGUSDISLOCATTJM. 



Plate XXVI. Fig. 16. 



Terebra dislocatum, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 2, p. 235. 

 Terebra Carolinensis, Con., Sill. Jour., Vol. 4, p. 345. 



A. testa subulata attenuata; anfractibus crebris, parvis, spiralibus impressis hneis promi- 

 nentibusque transversis costis instructis; costis transversis prope utriusgue anfractuum 

 apicem linea convoluta valde impressa dislocatis. 



Description. Shell subulate, attenuated; whorls with numerous minute revolving 

 impressed lines, and prominent transverse ribs; near the summit of each whorl the 

 transverse ribs are dislocated by a revolving line deeply impressed, which divides them 

 into two series, the superior being shorter and thicker than the inferior. 



A. dislocatum is common on the shores of South Carolina. The fossil variety T. 

 Carolinensis, Con., is figured in plate xxviii, fig. 8, with another A. unllineata, which 

 was discovered after plate xxvi was finished. 



KKVI 

 Plate XXV. Fig. 18; Shell natural size. 



Locality. Waccamaw; Goose Creek. Museum, College of Charleston. 



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