142 PLETOOENE FOSSILS. 



APOLLON.— Montf. (1810.) 



RANELLA. — Lam. (1812.) 



APOLLON CAUDATA. 



Plate XXVIII. Pig. 15. 



Ranella caudata, Say, Amu. Conch., pi. 48. 

 Ranella caudata, Gould, Invt. Mass., p. 297, fig. 204. 



A. testa rhomboidea, crassa, lineis convolutis costisque. longitudinalibus tessellata; canali 

 hngi, recto; apertura ovata; labro crasso, margine elevatis granulis lineisque in- 

 structo. 



Description. Shell rhomboidal, thick, checkered with revolving lines and longitudinal 

 ribs; canal long and straight, aperture ovate, outer lip thick, margin with raised granules 

 and lines. 



This shell is found all along the Atlantic coast from Buzzard's Bay to Florida, but more 

 abundant at the south than the north. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig. 15, Natural size. 



Locality. Darlington. Museum, College of Charleston. 



CANCELLARIA.— Lam. 

 CANCEL L ARIA RETICULATA.— Lam. 



Plate XXVIII. Fig 16. 



Voluta reticulata, Lin., Syst. Nat,, p. 1190. 



Cancellaria reticulata, Lam., Anim. sans Vert., Vol. 9, p. 401. 



C. testa ovata, ventricosa, crassa; spira brevi, acuta; anfraclibus longitudinaliter trans- 



