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tus angulum carina marginata; basali anfractu superne truncato, angulato; spires anfractibus 

 medio angidatis, in apicem sub-inclinatis; anfractibus tenuis, convolutis, indistinctis lineis 

 instructis; in basalis anfr actus basim prominentibus, undantibus lineis; canale longo, attenuate-. 



Description. Shell pear shaped ; spire short, depressed ; suture profoundly canalicu- 

 lated, margined by the obtuse carina at the angle of the whorl ; body whorl truncated 

 above, angular ; whorls of the spire angulated in the middle, and inclined slightly to 

 summit, having fine revolving lines, indistinct, but prominent and waved on the base 

 of body whorl ; canal long, tapering. 



The widely canaliculated spire and subtruncated whorls distinguish this from its con- 

 geners, and are very characteristic. 



Plate XXX. Fig. 1, Natural size, 



Locality. Sumter. Museum, College of Charleston. 



OASSIDtJLTJS PYRUM. 

 Plate XXX. Fig. 2. 



Bulla pyrum, Dill, Cat., p. 485. 



Buccinis ampullaceis tenuibus, Lister Conch., t. 877. 



Pyrula spirata, Lam., An. sans Vert., 9, p. 512. 



Fulgur pyruloides, Say, Amu. Conch., pi. 19. 



Pyrula spirata, Reeve, Conch., Icon., pi. 8, fig. 27. 



Fulgur pyrum, Con., Pro. Aca. Nat. Sci., Vol. 6, p. 319. 



Fulgur pyruloides, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. 2, p. 237. 



C. testa pyriformi, spiratim striata, superne complanata, inermi; sutura canaliculata ; spira 

 brevi, exserta. 



Description. Shell pear shaped, spirally striated, flattened above, unarmed ; suture 

 canaliculate. Spire, short, exserted. 



Large specimens of this shell common on the southern coast. 



Plate XXX. Fig. 2. 



Locality. Pee Dee. Museum, College of Charleston. 



