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94 CRETBCEOUS FOSSILSwhich spreads noticeably forward on the parietal wall, connecting ateach end with the varix <strong>of</strong> the outer lip. Columella bearing three narro\v,prominent, round-crested, nearly horizontal folds, the posteriorone <strong>of</strong> which is a little the weaker.Dimensions <strong>of</strong> the holotype: height, 17.8 millimeters; diameter,14.3 millimetcrs." (Stephenson)Ren1arks.-"This species is not closely related to any <strong>of</strong> the fouror five species <strong>of</strong> t,lle genus previously described fro111 the Upper Cretaceousdeposits <strong>of</strong> the Atlantic Coastal Plain." (Stephenson)Range in A'ezu Josey-RARITBX : 1Range outside .Veto <strong>Jersey</strong>-Banquereau, Nova Scotia.Type.-Ranquercan, Xova Seotia; l'cabody Museum, Yale Univ.14857.Avellana costata (,lohnson) 1698Plate 63, Figure 12Cintclia costut(c Johnson, 1898, Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. N. J., for 1897,p. 264.Avcllana costata Weller, 190i, p. 810, pl. 99, fig. 21.Avellana costata Gardner, 1916, p. 405.Description.-"Shell with four whorls, spire prominent, bodywhorl with from 12 to 13 revolving grooves, which form an equal number<strong>of</strong> smooth, flat, rcrolving costae; these average about double thewidth <strong>of</strong> the grooves. In one specimen the third :md fourth costaefrom the suture are about twice as wide as the others, and the two lowercostae are divided by a minute, impressed line. The first spiral whorlhas six and the second five revolving grooves. Apical whorl smooth,suture deeply impressed. Aperture narrow, oblique, lip broad, thickand erenulatcd on the inner margin with eight small teeth-like projections,and extending to the suture, where it joins the callus <strong>of</strong> thc peristome,which is continuous to the base <strong>of</strong> the eolu~nclla; base with t.1~0oblique folds, abovc which is a prominent fold or plate extending atalmost right angles to the colnmella; between this and the posteriorangle <strong>of</strong> the aperture is a small, tooth-like projection.:\It.: 4; diam.: 2% mill." (.Jol~nson)Remarks.-The type specimen is thc only example <strong>of</strong> this speciesknown from <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>.Range in <strong>New</strong> Jersc!/-WOODBURY: 22Range outside <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>-Maryland.Type.-Mt. Laurel well, N. J. ; ANSP 691.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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