Part II - State of New Jersey

Range in New Jersey-NAVESINE : 41GASTROPODAType.-Holmdel, N. J. NJSM 7660.Turricula leda \Vhitficld 1892Plate 62, Figure 1~urricula letla Whitfield, 1892, p. 93, pl. 11, fig. 7.Tz~rricxla leda \Veller, 1907, p. 790, pl. 97, fig. 9.Descriptioa.-"Shell fusiform, with a moderately elevated andturreted spire, the apical anglc of which is somewhat less than 30';volutions five or six in number, flattened in the direction of the spire,or very little eonvex on the surface, and bordcred on the lower marginsin the cast by a distinct band, which forms about one-third of theheight; body ~olution proportionally rather more convex in the middlethan the others and constricted below, forming a beak of moderatelength; the height of this volution as seen from the back of the outerlip forms, with the beak, rather more than one-half of the entire lengthof tlic shell ;shell m;~rked t,liro~~gl~out by clistinct verticlil ridges or folds,more numerous and more closely arranged on the body whorl than onthose above? esccpt perhaps the apical ones, and have a slight backwardcurvature in t,l~c middle in passing from suture to suture; the shell alsomarked by spiral ridges which, on thc body volution, are of nearlyequal strength with the vertical folds, but are invisible on the other rolutionsin the specimens used." (Whitfield)Remarks.-This species differs from Vz~bpccula reileyi in its lessslender form and its proportionally shorter spire with a smaller numberof volutions; and in the coarser surface markings. (Weller)Range in New Jersey-NAVESINK : 43Type.-Freehold,N. J. ; (type and unique).Surcula strigosa Oabb 1876Plate 64, Figure 1Szbrcula strigosa Gabb, 1876, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila. for 1876,p. 279.S. Strigosa Whitfield, 1892, p. 105, pl. 13, fig. 1.Description.-"Shell elongated, turreted, with an elevated spire;the number of rolutions unknown, there being now in existence only afragment of a specimen, consisting of part of the body volution and nextabove; body volution proportionally large as compared mith the other,eoncave on the upper surface and gently convex on the middle portion,the anterior beak and canal being absent; the next volution above theprincipal one suhangular at the upper third of its height and marlredNEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY