South Australian Shells. 
A NEW SPECIES OF FOSSIL SHELL FROM THE 
UPPER PLIOCENE OF THE ADELAIDE PLAINS. 
By Bernard C. Cotton. 
Professor W. Howchin recently brought to the South Aus- 
tralian Museum a few fossil shells taken from a bore at Brook- 
lyn Park, S.A. Among the specimens was a new species of 
Pelicaria, a genus having its centre of distribution in New 
Zealand Seas. 
I he Brooklyn Park bore is one of many, recently sunk, 
about the City of Adelaide, to provide additional water for pump- 
mg mto the mains. The new species of fossil shell is described 
below as Pelicaria hozuchini sp. nov. 
Pelicaria howchini sp, nov. 
Shell ovate, spire obtuse about one sixth length of shell 
whorls five, obtusely angled, suture linear; protoconch missing 
sculpture smooth except for axial growth lines which become 
more marked towards the aperture; last whorl subquadrate, 
outer lip slightly indexed m the middle; columella very concave 
callous and smooth; callus spreading over the body whorl and 
the anterior portion of the penultimate whorl. 
n i,?n°! 0t PA e ‘ ,F Pper Pliocene - Brooklyn Park, 
D 112)4, S.A. Museum. 
S.A. Reg. No. 
breadth 29 mm. 
Height 36 mm. 
Diagnosis. The present species differs from its nearest allv 
Lrrsis k b Ltr' depresMd 
