Part II - State of New Jersey

84 CRETACEOUS FOSSILSb1ississipl)i. and (in severa! varietal forms) from the Navsrro of Texas.L. rzchlei is narrower, has a more even slope from apex to aperture, andhas less pronounced sutures. Length 41.0 mm. ; width 22.8 mm : Typ~specimenis nnique." (Richards)Range in New Jersey-WOODBURY: 23Tgpe.-Fellowship, N. J. (well) ; ANSP 19764.Family VasidaeVasum conoides Whitfield 1892Plate 59, Figures 4, 5Vasum conoides TVhitfield, 1892, p. 83, pl. 9, figs. 9-10.Vmum conoides XVeller, 1907, p. 773, pl. 91, figs. 9-10.Description.-"Shell rather small, regularly conoidal ahovc andbelow the point of greatest diameter, which is at the upper edge of thebody volution; spire longer than the shell below, as seen from the hackof the volution; and very evenly and gradually diminishing; numberof volutions nnknown hut apparently numerous; apical angle about35'; aperture elongate, narrow, becoming pointed below, the lengthas given by projecting the spire of the shell to an imaginary apex israther less than one-third ;as long as the entire length of the shell;columella moderately strong, marked by three proportionally strongfolds and indications of a smaller fourth one very near the base; surfaceof the cast perfeetly smooth, with the exception of a broad sulcnsmarking its snrface on the last volution, at about one-third of the distancebelow the upper edge, indicating either a thickening of the insideof the shell or a sinuosity in the outer lip.'' (Whitfield)Remarks.-This species is known only from the type specimen foundnear Walnford and a poorly preserved specimen found at Mullica Hill.Both specimens are internal casts.Range in New Jersey-MT. LAUREL-KAVESINK: 46, 53Family PleurotomidaeCitham rnullimensir \Vhitfielcl IS92l'late 62, Figure 9 ; Plate 63, Figure 2Cithara Nullicaensis Whitfield, 1892, p. 106, pl. 13, figs. 2-6.Cithara mullicaensis TVeller, 1907, p. 804, pl. 98, figs. 22-28.Description.-"Shell moderately large and robust for its length,with a short, obtusely pointed spire and very large body whorl, whichconstitutes nearly the entire bulk of the shell; the spire, measuringNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY