Part II - State of New Jersey

64 CRETACEOUS FOSSILSsolete below the middle of the outer volution, the lower i:analiculatcportion of the shell being marked by rather fine revolving ribs. Apertureelongate, rounded above, pointed below; outer lip thin, eolumellamarked by a single revolving fold, which is situated high up, and sofar back that it can scarcely be seen from the aperture in complete exnlnplesof the shell." (\\:ellei-)Range in A'ezu Jersey-MERCHANTVILLE : 11,16IIARSHALLTOWN: 28MT. LAUREL-NAVESINK: 37,44, 47Range outside New Jersey-Maryland, Mississippi ?T!lpe.-Tipper Freehold. Types of 1'. ftrrrit~rs. Burlington Count>-X.J.; AXSP 16865, 16866.Bellifusus slacki (Gabb) 1861Plate 58, Figures 7, 8Pasciolaria Slacki Gabb, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. (1861), p. 322.Odontofnsus Slacki Whitfield, 1892, p. 66, pl. 6, figs. 8-9.Orloutofusus slacki IVeller, 1907, p. 766, pl. 90, fig. 17.Bellifusus slacki Stephenson, 1941, p. 338.Description.-"Shell, as shown by internal casts, slender, fusiform,nearly of equal length above and below the point of greatest diameterof the body whorl ; spire slender, apical angle about 35O to 40" ; volntionsfive or six (none of the specimen. are perfect to the apex) ; angnlarin the middle and slightly convex above and below, the last one increasingmore rapidly than those above; sutures distinct and deep;anterior end prolonged into a straight, moderately slender canal; columellastrong, marked by a single oblique, well defined ridge or fold atabout the middle or above thc middle of its length; aperture pyriform.largest abovc and angular at the middle of the outer lip correspondingto the angulation of the body whorl; volutions marked by distant, angular,vertical folds or ridges, seven to nine of which may be counted on asingle volution; these folds are indicated very strongly on the centerof the volution in the cast, but not visible to any great extent muellabove or below; no positive indications of spiral lines have been seenon any of the casts." (Whitfield)Range in New Jersey-MERCHANTVILLE : 15,17WOODBURY: 20MT. LAUREL-NAVESINE : 47Type.-Crosswieks, N. J.; AhTSP 13822.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY