Crone SIMILLIMA Sby. Bie pew and south. Abundant on 
"the mud-flats between tides. 
- CHIONE. FLUCTIFRAGA Sby.—San Diego and south into Lower” 
California. Abundant on sandy beaches between tides. 
_ All three of these Chiones, commonly known as hard-shell clams, 
are occasionally offered in the market of San Diego, and are highly 
_ esteemed for their flavor and tenderness. 
Saxipomus NutTTauui Conr. Intermediate between the hard 
and soft shells. 
Puget Sound to Lower California. In gravel-beds, between 
tides, where it is found quite plentiful. Sold in the markets of 
Portland, Oregon, and the towns on Puget Sound. At San Diego 
it sometimes figures conspicuously at clam-bakes, and is highly es- 
teemed by the clam-bakers. 
SAxXIDOMUS ARATUS Gld.—San Diego. Mud- flats, between 
tides. Very nice for chowders, soup and pies. 
MacoMA NAsuTA Conr.— From Puget Sound to Lower Cali- 
fornia. Inhabiting mud-flats, at low tide; not rare, but difficult to 
find. Excellent eating when made into any kind of clam fixings. 
_, Abounding in the shell mounds about San Francisco Bay. 
Macoma sEcta Conr.—From Bolinas Bay to Lower California; 
sandy mud-flats, between high and low tides; not rare, but, like the 
preceding, hard to find living. Excellent cooked in any manner. 
__ The shells of the Macomas being thin, they are often called soft-shell 
_. clams. 
GARI RUBRORADIATA Nutt.—Monterey to San Diego. In gravel 
beds; rare. Very nice eating. Occasionally found with the follow- 
_ ing. : 
-SEMELE DECISA Conr.—San Diego, south into Lower Califor- 
nia. Gravel beds. It is said to be a very superior clam for cook- 
SOME Sr 
_ ScuizoTHa@RuUS NuttTaLyi Conr.—Bolinas to Lower California. 
In gravel beds at low tide. 
a ‘Beats any clam yet discovered for chowder, soup and pies. 
The mere memory of the soup and chowders I have eaten at 
- various times, where Schizothzerus was the grand staple, is like a 
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Le 2 _ Baible Mollusks. ee. “137, ok 
