140 PLEIOCENE FOSSILS. 



a distinct plate crenated on sub-margin; suture distinct; aperture about one-third the 

 length of the shell. 



This is an abundant species in the Post Pleiocene beds, and common in a recent state 

 on the southern sea-shores. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 12, Natural size. 



Locality. Waccamaw. Museum, College of Charleston. 



STREPHONA.— Browne. (1756.) 



OLIVA.— Lam. (1801.) 



STEEPHONA LITERATA. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 13. 



Oliva literata, Lam., Anim. sans Vert., Vol. 10, p. 614. 

 Oliva literata, Say, Amn. Conch., pi. 3. 



<S. testa cylindrica, crassa, Icevi; spira exserta, acuta; anfractibus angularibus, marginibus 

 superioribus carinatis; sutura profunde sulcata; labro acuto, simplici, Icevi; labio multipli- 

 cato; apertura lineali, superne incisa, inferne emarginata. 



Description. Shell cylindrical, thick, smooth; spire exserted, acute; whorls angular, 

 carinated at the superior margins; suture deeply grooved; labrum acute, simple, smooth; 

 labium with many folds ; aperture linear, insised above, emarginate below. 



This is a common shell in the Post Pleiocene, and recent upon the coast. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 13, Natural size. 



Locality. Smith's, Goose Creek; Pee Dee. Museum, College of Charleston. 



