Part II - State of New Jersey

96 CRETACEOUS FOSSILSper end perceptibly the sn~allest, and the point of greatest diameterrather below the middle of the lengtl~. Tipper end slightly truncate, andin the cast rather strongly perforate, indicating ;I solid axis or spire ofconsiderable dimensions, the outer lip of the apcrture rising somewhatabove the truncation; aperture very elongate: narrow and roundedabove, scarcely widening for the upper third of its length, then ratherrapidly expanding below, but principally on the inner side, to twicethe width at the lower third of that of the upper third of the length;base pointedly rounded and projecting considerably below the oppositepart of the body whorl. Columella thickened and showing slightindications of an angularity on its inner edge, not visible except with aglass, looking within the cavity, then only on the larger well preservedspecimens. Surface marked throughout with fine, nearly equidistant,spiral, depressed lines and obscure transverse nndulations of irrezularityof growth." (Whitfield)Range in New Jersey-&IT. LAUKEL-NAT'ESINK: 37,40,47,53Range outside New Jersey-Maryland, Alabama, hfississippi.Family A~:teocinidaeCylichna recta Gabb, 1860Plate 64, Figures 5,7Bnlla recta Gahb, 1860, Jonr. Ac:~d. Nat. Sci. Phil., 2nd ser., vol. 4,p. 302, pl, 48, fig. 16.Cyliel~na recta TVhitfield, 1892, p. 164, pl. 20, figs. 10-11.Cylichna recta TVeller, 1907, p. 814, pl. 99, figs. 17-18.Cylichna recta Gardner, 1916, p. 411, pl. 18, figs. 10.11.Cylichm recta Wade, 1926, p. 106, pl. 34, figs. 18-20.Description.-"Shell small, measuring only abont half an inch inextreme length, form cylindrical, largest below, with nearly straightsides; spire deeply sunken in the cast; aperture large and the lip nearlystraight on the sides, hut gradually expanding below; columella curvcd :surface unknown." (Whitfield)Range in New Jersey-WENONAH: 34MT. LAUREL-NAVESINK: 43, 57Range outside New Jersey-Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee.Type.-Burlington Co., N. J. ; ANSP 18782.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY