BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Miliolina bicornis (Walker & Jacob). 



Cushman, 1908, page 27. 



Dredged by the Survey at two stations (Fish 

 Hawk 7710 and 7722) at the western end of 

 Vineyard Sound; once near West Falmouth 

 Harbor (Phalarope 134); in each case a few 

 specimens. 



Family TEXTULARIID^S. 



Verneuilina polystropha (Reuss). 



Cushman, 1908, page 27. 



A single specimen dredged in Vineyard Sound 

 at a 1907 repetition of Fish Hawk station 



Family 



Bolimna punctata d'Orbigny. 



Cushman, 1908, page 28. 



"A number of specimens . . . were obtained 

 from the surface of old shells of Mytilus edulis 

 attached to the outer piles of the U. S. Fisheries 

 dock at Woods Hole." 



Family POLYMORPHINID^E. 



Polymorphina lactea (Walker & Jacob). [Chart 5.] 



Cushman, 1908, page 28. 



Frequent at the western end of Vineyard Sound; 

 recorded likewise from scattered stations 

 throughout Buzzards Bay, both in the adlit- 

 toral zone and in deeper waters. Dredged in 2 

 to 19 fathoms, on bottoms of sand or mud. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7679, 7680 (few), 7681 

 (few), 7682 (few), 7704 (few), 7705 (few), 7724 

 (common), 7725 (common), 7726 (few), 7727 

 (few), 7728 (few), 7729. Supplementary sta- 

 tions (1907): 7612 (few), 7614 (few), 7620 

 (few), 7621 (few), 7628 (few), 7639 (few), 7649, 

 7651 (2), 7728 (several). 



Phalarope stations: 78 (few), 81 (few), 82 (few), 

 93 (i), 94 (few), 133 (few), 138, 142, 147 (few), 

 148 (few), 152 (few). 



Polymorphina concava (Williamson). 



Cushman, 1908, page 28. 



Upper half of Buzzards Bay, at Phalarope sta- 

 tions 133 and 148; in Vineyard Sound, at a 

 1907 repetition of Fish Hawk station 7525. 



Polymorphina rotundata (Bornemann). 



Cushman, 1908, page 29. 



Vineyard Sound, at Fish Hawk station 7728 



(1907 repetition?); Buzzards Bay at Phalarope 



station 146 (single specimen). 



Family 



Patellina corrugata Williamson. 



Cushman, 1908, page 29. 



"A single specimen . . . found in material 

 scraped from the surface of a large shell of 

 Mytilus edulis, taken from the outer piles of the 

 dock at Woods Hole, July 19, 1905." Further 

 search revealed no other specimens. 



Discorbina rosacea (d'Orbigny). [Chart 6.] 



Cushman, 1908, page 30. 



Common and generally distributed, occurring on 

 hydroids growing upon piles, etc., as well as 

 on those upon the bottom in deeper waters. 

 "Anything that is stationary in the water for any 

 length of time is sure to have its share of the 

 shells of this species. ' ' Recorded from a num- 

 ber of scattered stations in Vineyard Sound and 

 along the shore line of Buzzards Bay in 3 to 13 

 fathoms; also at Crab Ledge in 16 to 19 

 fathoms. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7606 (abundant), 7607 

 (abundant), 7608 (abundant), 7680 (few), 7728, 



7729. 773. 7731. 776i (few). 

 Phalarope stations: 8, 85 (few), 87 (i), 91 (few), 

 103, 118 (few). 



Discorbina sp. undetermined (perhaps the above). 

 Found by Peck (1894) in food of menhaden. 



Truncatulina lobatula (Walker & Jacob). 



Calkins, 1902, page 420; Cushman, 1908, page 30. 



"Found frequently among the algae at Woods 

 Hole." Calkins. Recorded from four of the 

 survey dredging stations at the lower end of 

 Buzzards Bay and the adjacent portion of the 

 Sound, in 5 to 17 fathoms. 



Fish Hawk station 7685 ; Phalarope stations : 

 78 (common), 79 (common), 81 (common). 



Truncatulina rosea (d'Orbigny). 



Cushman, 1908, page 30. 



"A single specimen . . . from material . . . 

 scraped . . . from the piles of the dock at 

 Woods Hole," July 19, 1905. 

 Pulmnulina literalis (Terquem). [Chart 7.] 



Cushman, 1908, page 30. 



Dredged at numerous stations throughout the 

 length of Vineyard Sound, at 4 to 13 fathoms, 

 chiefly on sandy bottoms; recorded also from 

 the lower end of the Bay. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7681 (common), 7704 (few), 

 7706 (few), 7710, 7719 (common), 7720 (few), 

 7722 (few), 7724 (few), 7727 (common), 7734 

 (few), 7735 (few), 7736, 7751, 7755 (few), 7759 

 (few), 7767 (few). Supplementary stations: 

 7525 (common), 7592 (few), 7667 (few), 7731 

 (i worn), 7761 (few). 



Phalarope stations: 78 (i), in (common). 



