Part II - State of New Jersey

GASTROPODAthe two type specimens being ; height, 24 mm. ; maximum diameter, 19mm. ; height of aperture, 14.2 mm. ; width of aperture, I0 mm. Volntionsrounded, about four in number, separated in the casts by distinctand deeply marked sutures; spire elcrateil, the apical angle 70'-SO0,the last rolution forming one-half or more t11:ln one-half th~: entireheight of the shell. Aperture subovate, rounded 11clo\r, slightly morepointed ahore, the inner margin straighter than the outer. Externalsurface characters of the shell not kno~\.n. (\\'eller)Rfrilge iir Serrr .losey-MT. LB~JRETJ-N~V@SINIC : 4iType.-Cross~ricks Creek, N. J. N.ISIl7605Amauropsis meekana \Vl~itfield 1892Plate 48, Fignre 1dir~ot~ropsi~ ~~~l!rrdirrircfo).~r~is, Gi~hb, 1S76, I'roc. :\ea(I. Xat. Sci. Phil.,1576, p. 296. (Not A. pa'?irli?rirefor~~ris hleelc 6; Hayden)B~~raaropsi.~ Neekairii, \\'hitfield, 1892, 1,. 131, pl. IG, figs. 22-25.r1111a?tropsis l~leekana, \\'eller, 1907, p. 681, pl. 77, figs. 1-3.Asratiropsis eleekono, Gardncr, 1916, p. 503.Amouropsis n~eekatra, Groot, Organist and Richards, 1954, p. 49.Description.-"Shell of medium size, elongate-suborate; spire moderatelyelevated> only about tvo-thirds as high above the apertnrc as thelength of the aperture; ~olutions fire or fire and a half in the 1:lrgcstspecimen; rentricose, with distinct, \\.ell marked sutures, hi hi el^ are verys:ightly channeled ; l:ody ro!ution more dislinetly vcntrieose than theothers; mis solid; aperture oratel aeutc at the ilpper end, ro~~niled andslightly effuse below; outer lip thin ant1 sllarp; colnmella somewhatthickened by the deposit of the lip, and grooved 11elolv the margin of thedeposit, but not umbilieate; surface of the shell marlced by prol>ortiorlatelystrong, - transverse lines of ero\\-th, - which are esceedinnly - irregn- -lar; and also by fine, even, corrugated spiral lines crossing tllcm."(Whitfield)The dimensions of one of the type speci~nens are: height, 24 mln. ;maximum diameter, 14.5 mm.; height of aperture, 14.5 mm. The Iargcstindividual observed has a height of 2i mm. ; and Inany spe~' vmens aremuch smaller than the dimensions of the type given.Ronqe iir :Yew: Joso!lhIERCHANTT~1LLE: 8TVOODBTiRY : 18,19,24Kltqqe orltsirle iYeu Jersey--DelawareNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY