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Auricula ovula d'Orbigny, Moll. Cuba p. 187, Atlas, pi. 13, 

 f- 4-7, 1853- 



Distribution. — Florida to French Guiana. Pleistocene to 

 Recent. Gulf coast, Cedar Keys, Fla. and Texas. 



GOffeus var. gundiachi Pfeiffer, Vanatta, Pr. A. N. S. Phila., 55, 

 p. 757, 1903. 



Distribution. — St. Andrews Bay, Washington Co., Fla. 



fioridanus Shuttleworth, MSS., Pfeiffer, Mon. Aur. Viv,, p. 36, 

 1856; Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 92, pi. 47, f. 2, 1889. 



Distribution. — Tampa to Florida Keys. 



flavus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., p. 3436, 1792, (as Voluta); Binnej^ 

 Jour. Bost. Soc, Nat. Hist., 7, p. 166, 1863; Land & Fr. 

 Water Sh. pt. 2, p. 12, '65; Dall, Pr. U. S. N. M., 8, p. 281, 

 pi. 18, f. 2, '85; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 92, pi. 47, f. I, 

 '89; Dall & Simpson, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., i, p. 368, pL 

 54, f. 9, 1901; Mitchell, List Texas Shells. 



Voluta fiava Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3436, 1792. 



Bulhnus mo7iile Bruguiere, Ency. Me'th., i, p. 338, 1789. 



torosa Moerch, Cat. Yoldi, 38, 1852. 



coronatus Adams, 1849; coronulus Adams, 1854. 



Distribution. — Florida to Guadeloupe. Gulf coast: Tampa, 

 Cedar Keys, Fla.; Point au Fer, La.; Port Lavaca and 

 Espiritu Santo, Tex. 



Note. — According to Mr. Mitchell, this species lives near 

 shore, hiding in the day time under drift wood and sea 

 weed and goes in search of food nocturnally. 

 Bineatus Say. Jour. A. N. S. Phila., i ser. 2, p. 246, 1822; Dall, 

 Bull. 37, U. S. N, M., p. 92, pi. 47, f. 9, 12, '89; Singley, 

 4th Ann. Geol. Rept. Texas, p. 352, '92: Johnson, Occ. Pa. 

 Bost. Soc. N' H., 7, p. 178, 1915. 

 bide7itatus Sa}", Jour. A. N. S. Phila., i ser., 2, p. 245, 1822; 

 DeKay, N. Y., Moll., p. 57, pi. 5, f. 92, i, 2, 3, 1843; 



