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Part II - State of New Jersey

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53 111111.; heigllt <strong>of</strong> spire, 23 mni.; greatest diameter, 18 rnm.; apicalangle abont 34". Shell elongate-fusiforn~, \rit,h six or seven rolotions:the outer rol~~tion producc(1 iilt,o an clong;~te ;~ntcrior canal; sntlrremo~lcrately impressed ; the surface <strong>of</strong> thc i,ollitions <strong>of</strong> the spire regularlycoi~vex fro111 s11t11i-c to suture. Surface <strong>of</strong> t,hc shell rn;~rked hy ;Irevolvil~g ridge or sl~ould~:r <strong>of</strong> ino(lcl.atc: size just l~elo\rr the suture; e;iehvolotion marked by fron~ 1:i to 18: or less upon the slnaller volutions?ratller sharp, clerat,ecl, vertical, sliglitly c~u.ved ridges, the eoncave side<strong>of</strong> t.lre curve tor\.arrls the aperture; on the volut,ions <strong>of</strong> the spire theridges continue fro111 suture to sut,ure but on tlle outer roli~tion thcy becomeobsolete a lit,tlc less than half ~r~ay from tlle suture to the anteriorextremity <strong>of</strong> t,l~ canal; surface also marked by fine rerrol~~ing eostilc,three or four <strong>of</strong> which occupy the space <strong>of</strong> one millimeter, aid by distincttra~lsversc li~res <strong>of</strong> gromtlr ~vhich ]rave a broad hut slight sim~ositybelow the suture, follo~r-ing tlre direction <strong>of</strong> thc trans\rcrse ridges."(TVeller)12ez1~arlis.-TT'ellcr furthcr rlescrilles the type as "a partial internalcast with the nearly complete external ~noulcl, fro111 which a plastercast has been ttiken. Tlle transverse ribs are clearly risible on the internalcast, but they are broadly rounded t~nd lnucll lower than the shcllitself. The (Iilnelisions given arc <strong>of</strong> the largest individual obscrred."Range in Xctu <strong>Jersey</strong>-\VOODl:ljl1T : 181:~pe.-Lorill;~rcl, <strong>New</strong> ,Icrsey.Bellifusus medians (\Vhit,field) 1892Plate 58, lfigures 2, 3, 4Odont<strong>of</strong>iiszts nlediass \\'hitfield, 1892, 11. 67, pl. 5. figs. 18-21.?Pyrifasirs tzirritzis \I7\'hitfield21892, p. 54, pl. 5, fig. 4 (not figs. 1-3).0dont<strong>of</strong>zr.szis n~edicrns \\Teller, 1907, 11. 761: pl. 90> figs. 1-5, ?6.Odonf<strong>of</strong>~is~is n~etliazrs Gardner, 1916, 1). 443.l~ellif~i.s~i.s 1z~c~7it1zts S~C~~I~I!I~SO<strong>II</strong>~1!)41> 1). :3:38.Deseri.ptioi~.-"Slioll fnsiforrn \\.it11 scven or eight volutions, procloccdbelow into a rather slender: straight: a~~terior canal, spire slen

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