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Vol: 22 No.: 11 Pages: 117-118 Date : 1909Dissertation:

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116 TH S ll"A.'D'TILlIl.during tbe eighl1.rOur ,ear. 'lll'hioh have elapted ,In"" 8olll'erby~ h . r . e t ~ l ' i R t J th e llenvlI, onll 11m! mQre r ~ e e n t spN::ie. ,.,!Iiell Caboonfillenl\l be affirmed to Lcloll1l10 the typ\clll Relio'! or Ille Ilelluahu belm di'8Cribed. Tllia is the P. lo"trzi Jeffreys, 18tH. P. llem.did4 hu it . bingll c... m ~ or A p, ir of oympha l"atBinh,. Ibeel.lemRI IiRlimellt, an d is front of lile n,'mplls II. triangular ll.rea,directly Ullder the LCRke, "Ilieh lup.,orled an internal re_ili"m. o.om,fibcl"8 or which still B ( l J l e r ~ III the lpecirl'um in the NlI.tlonlll MUM-um.Tho Ruler!nr edge of the re,i1i}(er i. railled inlo Brib-Iiile p 1 " 0 1 T ) j n O ! I I ~ , which is "d,aL in deEcriptions or th e Ilenul i, nAudly rtfem:d 10 il la n " ob.curf! IOOtl):' h i, 0 whid, i. '"" deep than in P. ZfI,/iJ(J. Themusoular impreillioni lLre oblcure, but eeem to Rgree .. lth Ihole ofba t Ipecl. . . eXlerior lllrgely, finely ~ , " , n u l o l l e , like mflny l1'Qci/u,

. c u l F I U ~ wh b 1tI0ffl or Ie . evidenl line' of srowlh, ud willi _ho

r ~ THl!: IfJ..UTlt.U_. 117

II10e low ,adial ridgell, Itllrling (rom the beak, nellr wbich there ar eIOmCl ir.!erca:llry ridges which become obsoJete aooul tbll middle ofthe d i ~ k ; bOlh "n,h nf !I'B ~ I , e l l ur e d l " ~ L i t \ l t e of ndilll tl;ulpturtl forabnut one-l'oUrlh th e lotll.l hmglh; there ill no defined dorMl area,lunule or ~ R c u l t l h < ! o n . ~ l ' I l f l l l 01' l' .he 48; knglh bebil1d the o(:flklIO; beight 54; beight of beak abo'"e th e I.in@:e-lil'le ..'i; (double)diameler ~ mrtl. Th e 8pRr.lle radial lICulptul'll in the middle or the.hell i, aJDlOfit exllctly like th.ll of P. ~ Q l l r l i d f ) " ~ x c e p t !l>1tl in th elatter there Lue ollscure n n d o ~ i L i l " 5 on lile ridget Rnd no intercaloriu,wbile both end. 118'"e obBOlete rll.dilll linu. in one Ipeciml:1l of P.t:/JIfdt'da there ~ r f'leven ridlju. Th e Iculplure of P. arottl' andafril:CDla ill quite diflt.rellt. Tb e bllse 01' P. p a d f i c ~ is ~ e n l J y arcu_Rle. Th e ~ p ~ d m ~ n ill r..gi6\ered in tile U. $. Nllt, nUll. II No.IlO,4,",l). It trllly be A d d ~ , d thlll tho:: gl"floUUllll;Qll 01 ~ h 80rlftl"lC inP. ctDdida io trluch les8 den8e and c o f l ~ p i c u O U 8 .

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Ellery student of North AmericlLn r J 1 ' ~ l l - w a t e r .helt. it ramili81_ilh ti,e rlll.me or Dr . E. R. Showll,her, He oolll!ctcd, probahly.three-rourLhs or th t Alllboma PlsuroceraJidtt described by ue , an dnot a few or the U . i o n i d ~ i many of Anthony's spooiefl caDle rromhim, and he cowllI.punded for Yf'f1rl with L e w i ~ , HarIman and olbEl'ettJlnllnt conchol{lgislll.. Dr. Showalter n!,idad at Union[o"n, Pt'r '7coRnly, .o d Rfterwards at Poinl Clear, near Mobile, an d he medeestentled ueull ion. 10 the Cahflba, Cooa and other riverl of theA!lIbamllo .yelem. His worw, ;nlerlllpted bJ 1hl! ClvU War, .... tI It4ken lip tpin abo-lut 18G7. though !lot apparently with tbe flameentblWi.. tm. Unlil Aldridl look up the (uk, Sho.....lter 'Wu alCQoatthe 1I"ly lDan in tld8 rich lield, an..! his specimem are ecllottf'redthrollgh All our collections.

Fe w n.fur.HILI know Ihfll Dr . S h o w . l ~ r had a oolleccion of bitown, ~ n rewer ~ l i l l im.${ifle 1I,.t iI i8 in t x i ~ t e n c e . I t h..d, in raet,II. nerro" eAo.pe rrom deal ruction. After Dr. Showfllter'e deatb the.heolla we r Iored fo r y ~ . , . under bl . hOUM .1 Poinl Clear. Like

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118 rK1t, IU.t:'l:ILV8.moe' ioutbern IIOUIe', thi. ill I U P P O ~ l e d by cornf'r pillara, the B P b o n e a ~ 1 i beiPIt open to tile ",'.ind. a.nd Ofltn 10 d r i v i n ~ rIIinA, SOIllIlof th e b o % ~ rOlted, Ipeeimen. rodl out Mnd III(,eI8 d t ' c l t y ~ d ; ",111m IIIlength t l H ~ collet:IiOIl bf'Cllroe the f ' r o p ~ r l , . of I h AI.\'llmll GeoloNicalSurvey, portion. of it had literally Lo he B