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We are indebted to Mr. Searles Wood, F.G.S., for an admirable monograph on the fossil shells of these British pliocene formations. He has not himself given us an analysis of the results of his treatise, but the following tables have been drawn up for me by Mr. S. P. Woodward, the well-known author of the 'Manual of the Mollusca, Recent and Fossil' (London, 1853–6), in order to illustrate some of the general conclusions to which Mr. Wood's careful examination of 442 species of mollusca has led.

 

Number of known Species of Marine Testacea in the three English Pliocene Deposits, called the Norwich, the Red, and the Coralline Crags.

1. Brachiopoda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   6

1. Conchifera ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   206

1. Gasteropoda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   230

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1. Total ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   42

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Distribution of the above Marine Testacea.

Number of Species.

Species common to the

1. Norwich Crag81

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Red Crag225

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Coralline Crag327

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Norwich and Red Crag (not in Cor. )33

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Norwich and Coralline (not in Red)4

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Red and Coralline (not in Norwich)116

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Norwich, Red, and Coralline19^[1]

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

Proportion of Recent to Extinct Species.

Recent.

1. Norwich Crag69

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Red Crag130

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Coralline Crag168

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Extinct

1. 12

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 95

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 159

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Per-centage of
Recent.

1. 85

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 57

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 51

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

Recent Species not living now in British Seas.

Northern Species.

1. Norwich Crag12

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Red Crag8

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. Coralline Crag2

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Southern.

1. 0

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 16

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1. 27

   ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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1. These 19 species must be added to the numbers 33, 4, and 116 respectively in order to obtain the full amount of common species in each of those cases.