PLEIO GENE FOSSILS. 149 



SYCOTYPUS.— Browne. (1756.) 



FICUS.— Bolten. (1793.) 



S Y C T i r PUS R E T I C TJ L A T A . 



Plate XXX. Pig. 3. 



Pyrula recticulata, Lam., Anim. sans Vert,, p. 510. 



S. testa pyriformi, tenuissima, cancellata; spira brevi, convexa, exserta; superficie striis 

 convolutis, prominentibus, alterna vice minoribus, distantibus, tenuisque lineis reticulata; 

 labro acuto, superne arcuato; labio concavo; canali brevi, recto, truncato, 



Description. Shell pear shaped, very thin; cancellated; spire short, convex, exsert- 

 ed; revolving strise prominent, alternately smaller, distant, crossed by fine lines, which 

 give the surface a reticulated appearance ; outer lip acute, arched above ; inner lip con- 

 cave; canal short, straight, truncate. 



This species is recent on the coast of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. 



Plate XXX. Fig. 3, Natural size. The reticulations are not very distinct in the figure. 



Locality. Sumter. 



Museum, College of Charleston. 



COLUS.— Humph. (1797.) 

 FUSUS.— Lam. (18 1.) 



C L U S Q A I) R ICOS T A T U S . 



Plate XXX. Fig. 4. 



Fusus quadricostatus, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., 4, p. 127. 



C. testa ovato-ventricosa; anfractu basali quatuor elevatis, equidistantibus annulis instruc- 

 to; spira brevi, duobus annulis in convolutions, reliquis annulis ab anfractibus occultis; labro 

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