BELEMNITES pistilliformis. 
TAB. DLXXXI X.—Jig.3. 
Spec. Char. Fusiform, pointed, round, very much 
attenuated and elongated towards the base. 
Syn. B. pistilliformis. De Rlainville , Mem. sur les 
Belemn. p. 98. pi. V./. 14. 15. 16. & 17. 
An elegant but variable species ; sometimes it is equally 
attenuated at both ends, at other times it is much thick- 
est near the apex ; the older individuals generally ap- 
proach most towards cylindrical, and have an obtuse ex- 
tremity. We are not quite certain that this is exactly 
the species described by De Blainville, because we find 
some traces of longitudinal furrows or impressions of 
veins. It is very possibly the young of B. elongatus. 
The figures are all from specimens collected by our 
indefatigable friend H. H. Goodhall, Esq., out of the 
Lyas Clay at Shorne Cliff, east of Charmouth. De Blain- 
ville says it is from the J ura Limestone, 
