PLEIOCENE FOSSILS. l$g 



DOLIUM. — Browne. 



D O LIUM GALEA. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 11. 



Dolum galea, Linn, Kienery, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



D. testa globosa, ventricosa, tenui; spira depressa; apertura magna; anfractibus spiratim 

 costatis; costis convexis alterna vice magnis etparvis; sutura profunde excavata. 



Description. Shell globular, ventricose, thin ; spire depressed ; aperture large; whorls 

 spirally ribbed; costse convex, alternately large and small, suture deeply excavated. 



Our figure is taken from a cast found in the marl of Goose Creek, where numerou s 

 specimens may be easily obtained, and some of a large size. It is common on our sea coast- 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 11, External view of natural cast. 



Localiti Smith's, Goose Creek. Museum, College of Charleston. 



COLUMBELLA.— Lam. 



COLUM BELLA AVARA -Con. 

 Plate XXVIII. Fig. 12. 



Columbella avara, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 2, p. 230. 

 Columbella avara, Gould, Invert. Mass., p. 313, fig. 197. 



C. testa parva elongato-ovata; spira acuta, elevata; anfractibus spiralibus impressis lineis 

 costisque transverse elevatis instructis; basalis anfractus costis circiter medium terminantibus ; 

 lineis in basim spiralibus distinctis; labro intus denticulato; labio lamina distincta, sub- 

 mar gine crenato; sutura distincta; apertura testa? lo7igitudinis circiter triente aqua. 



Description. Shell small, elongated-ovate ; spire pointed, elevated; whorls with spiral 

 impressed lines, and transverse elevated ribs ; ribs on body-whorl terminate about the 

 middle; spiral lines on the base distinct; labrum denticulated within; columellar lip with 



