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Distribution. — Hatteras to Haiti and West Florida, moder- 

 ate depths. Pliocene. Caloosahatchie River and Shell 

 Creek, West Fla. 



cerithioides Ball, Bull. M. C. Z., 18, p. 258, '89; Bull. 37, U. S. 

 N. M., p. 140, '89; Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 276, pi. 16, f. 8, '92; 

 Dall and Simpson, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., i, p. 427, 1901. 

 (All as Bittiu7n cerithioide) . 



Distribution. — Cape I^ookout, N. C. . to Samana Bay, Do- 

 minican Republic. Singley lists with a question a shell from 

 Corpus Christi, Tex. Pliocene, Caloosahatchie River, Fla. 



Genus BflTtUi^l (Leach) Gray 



varium Pfeiffer, Arch, fur Naturg., p. 256, No. 139, 1840, (as 

 Cerithium); Tryon,Man., 9, p. 152, pi. 29, f. 86, '87; Dall, 

 Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 274, '92; Dall and Simpson, Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Com., i, p. 426, 1901. 



gibberulum C. B. Adams, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H,, p. 5, 1845; 

 Sowerby's Thes., p. 876, f. 210, 211, (as Cerithhan). 



Distribution. — Chesapeake Bay to St. Thomas, W. I. Gulf 

 coast: Cedar Keys, Fla.; Chandeleurs, La.; Corpus Christi, 

 Galveston and Laguna Madre, Tex. Pleistocene, North 

 Beach. Fla. Pliocene, Caloosahatchie and Shell Creek, 

 Florida. 



Note. — Bittium nigrum Totten, synonym of B. alternatuni 

 Say, has been erroneously reported from Cedar Keys, Fla. 

 and Chandeleurs, La. These specimens were probably 

 varium. True alteryiaium, Ude Dall, does not extend south- 

 ward of New York Harbor. 



boiplex Dall, Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 275, pi. 21, f. 14, '92. 



Distribution. — Lower Miocene, Chipola marl, Fla., and of 



the Basom No. i well, Mobile, Ala. at 1500-1556 ft., Chipola 

 horizon, Aldrich's collection. A varietal form. 



