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A genus of gastropods, having a fusiform shell and a columella with oblique folds. F. gigantea, of the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, is the largest gastropod known, reaching a length of nearly two feet. F. tulipa and F. distans are common along the coast of Florida.

Several figures are shown that represent Fasciolaria (Pl. 1, figs. — Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
Fasciolaria trapezium, Lamarck. — The Land of Midian — Volume 2
Mollusca: _Fasciolaria gigantea, Oliva_. — Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
Fasciolaria filamentosa, _Lam. — Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
The species of _Fasciolaria_ occurring on the Yucatan and adjacent coasts is characterized by numerous prominent bosses or projections on its later whorls, and these, too, appear in conventionalized form in most of the representations. — Animal Figures in the Maya Codices