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MOLIvUSCA OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 



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yndulosUFal de Folin, Ann. Soc. Linu. Maine et Loire, ii, 1869: 

 Dall, Bull. 37, U. N. M., p. 142, '89. 



Distribution.— Charlotte Harbor, West Fla, to Jamaica, 

 Pliocene to Recent. 



nitidum Stimpson, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H., 4. p. 112, 1851, (as 

 Caecum); Tryon, Man.. 8, p. 222, pi. 67, f. 73, '86; Dall, 

 Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 302, £892; Vanatta, Pr. A. N. S. Phila., 

 55, P- 758, 1903- 



Distribution. — West Florida, at Tampa and Crooked IsL 

 (Calhoun Co. ), to Jamaica. 



Genus BIVOf^lA Gray 



exerta Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., Harvard Coll., 9, p. 39, 1881; 18, 

 p. 264, pi. 26, f. 6, '89; Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 144, pi. 26, 

 f. 6, '89. 



Distribution. — Cape Lookout, N. C, to Barbados. Gulf of 

 Mexico, West Florida and Texas regions, deep water. 31- 

 1002 fms. 



Genus VER!^ icy LABIA Lamarck 



spirata Philippi,Arch. fur Naturg. 2, pt. i, 224, pi. 7, f. 1, 1836, 

 (as Vermiculus); Tryon, Man., 8, p. 187, pi. 55, f. 99, 100, 

 '86; Dall, Bull. 37, U. S. N. M., p. 144, pi. 51, f. 4, '89; 

 Tr. W. I. S., 3, p. 304, '92; Singley, 4th Ann. Rept. G. S. 

 Tex., p. 340, '92. Johnson, Occ. Pa. Bost. Soc. N. H., 7, p. 

 i23, 1915- 



Distribution. — Massachussetts to the West Indies. Gulf 

 coast: West Florida; Matagorda and Corpus Christi Bays, 

 and Quintana, Tex. Pliocene of Shell Creek, &c, Fla. 



Note. — Moerch described as V. inelaito sclera (Pr. Zool. Soc, 

 p. 174, 186 1 ) a form from Vera Cruz which Tryon regarded 

 as a variety of spirata, and on the same page of the Proceed- 

 ings Moerch described V. qiiadra7igiilarisixomY\XQi2i\.2in.'V\iis 

 w^as also regarded by Tr3^on as a variety of spirata (See 



