. College collection of palaeontology. . GASTEROPODA. Ill ORDER PROSOBRANCHIATA. No. 255. Murex caticulata, Broc. The Muricida? comineuce in the Mesozoic, and characterize the Tertiary and recent time. There are 160 fossil species and 200 living. Pliocene, Fosetta, Italy. No. 256. Fusus longaevus, Lam. 300 species of the genus are known since the Cretaceous, and 65 now living in the tropics, or subtropics. The genus is the type of the family Fusidte. Eocene, Grignon, France. No. 257. Fusus antiquus, Muller. (Contrarius, Sow.) An interesting reversed form, and a very characteristic shell of the
. College collection of palaeontology. . GASTEROPODA. Ill ORDER PROSOBRANCHIATA. No. 255. Murex caticulata, Broc. The Muricida? comineuce in the Mesozoic, and characterize the Tertiary and recent time. There are 160 fossil species and 200 living. Pliocene, Fosetta, Italy. No. 256. Fusus longaevus, Lam. 300 species of the genus are known since the Cretaceous, and 65 now living in the tropics, or subtropics. The genus is the type of the family Fusidte. Eocene, Grignon, France. No. 257. Fusus antiquus, Muller. (Contrarius, Sow.) An interesting reversed form, and a very characteristic shell of the Red Crag (Pliocene Tertiary), Walton, England. No. 258. Fusus antiquus, Muller. (Contrarius, Sow.) Quaternary, Palermo, Sicily. No. 259. Buccinum , Lam. The family Buccinidse, with the Muricidae, is characteristic of the Tertiary and recent time. Eocene, Grignon, France. No. 260. Pisania plicata, Broc. The subfamily Pisaniin* to which the genus belongs is included in the family Buccinidse. Pliocene, Modena, Italy. No, 261. Nassa senilis. This genus is the type of family Nassid*. It dates from the Eocene. These specimens are from the Miocene, Montegibia. No. 262. Nassa limata, Chemn. Pliocene, Modena, Italy. No. 263. Voluta cithara. Lam. 250 fossil species of this type genus of the family Volutidae are known from the Cretaceous and later strata. The genus exists in the tropics to-day. Eocene, Grignon, France. No. 264. Oliva Greenoughii, Lea. This genus dates only from the Eocene. It is the type of the family Olividae. Eocene, Claiborne, Alabama. No. 265. Columbella Bell. A large and varied genus in present seas, and represented in the Tertiary. Family Columbellidae. Miocene, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward's Natural Science Establishment, inc. Rochester
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