BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



687 



? Yoldia thraciaformis Storer. 

 Gould, 1870, p. 157; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 



690, 509 (Long Island to Greenland). 

 No definite local records, though this region is 



included within the recorded range of the 



species. 



? Leda tenuisulcata Stimpson. 

 Gould, 1870, p. 161 (not listed for this region); 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 690, 509. 

 Off Newport. Sanderson Smith. 



Family SOLENOMYID^B. 



Solemya -velum Say. [Chart 136.] 



Gould, 1870, p. 48; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 688, 360, etc. (Solenomya velum)', Ball, 1889, 

 p. 46 (Solenomya velum). 



Dartmouth Harbor. Adams, cited by Gould. 

 Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay. Verrill. 

 Katama Bay. Osbum. Upper half of Buz- 

 zards Bay, at frequent inshore stations; 2 to 5 

 fathoms, chiefly on bottoms of mud or muddy 

 sand. Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7629 (i shell), 7631 (i living), 

 7669 (i shell). 



Phalarope stations: 118 (i shell), 127 (living 

 young), 129 (i shell), 130 (i shell), 133 (i liv- 

 ing), 139 (i shell), 147 (i shell), 151 (i living), 

 156 (i small living), 157 (i small living), 160 

 (2 living), 164 (several living). 



? Solemya borealis Totten. 



Gould, 1870, p. 50; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 689 (Solenomya borealis). 



Vicinity of Newport. Totten, cited by Gould. 

 Vineyard Sound, at Cuttyhunk, rare; "may 

 prove to be only the mature state of the pre- 

 ceding," i. e., S. velum. Verrill. 



Family CARDITID^. 



Venericardia borealis (Conrad). [Chart 137.] 

 Gould, 1870, p. 146 (Cardita borealis); Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 683, 418, etc. (Cyclocardia 

 borealis); Dall, 1889, p. 46; Sumner, 1910, 



% 13- 



" Common in the deeper parts of Vineyard Sound 

 near its mouth, and off Gay Head and Buz- 

 zards Bay, 10 to 25 fathoms. " Verrill. West- 

 ern end of Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, 

 near its mouth, common; shells likewise taken 

 at Crab Ledge ; living specimens dredged in 6 

 to 19 fathoms, chiefly on sandy bottoms. 

 Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7561 (i shell)*, 7562 bis (i 

 shell), 7563 (i shell), 7567 (2 shells), 7568 

 (few shells)*, 7569 (3 shells), 7570 (several 



16269 Bull. 31, pt 2 13 10 



Venericardia borealis Continued. 



shells), 7571 (i shell), 7572 (several shells), 

 7576 (few shells), 7577 (several shells), 7578 

 (several shells, 2 living), 7581 (few shells), 

 7582 (few shells), 7583 (few shells), 7584 (many 

 shells), 7585 (several living and shells), 7586 

 (? i shell), 7587 (i shell), 7591 (several shells), 

 7592 (few shells), 7594 (few shells), 7597 (i liv- 

 ing, several shells), 7598 (many living), 7604 

 (few shells), 7607 (few shells), 7609 (several 

 shells), 7664, 7665, 7666 (few living and shells), 

 7671, 7672 (many living and shells), 7673 (nu- 

 merous living and shells), 7674 (few shells), 

 7678 (2 shells), 7679 (many living and shells), 

 7680, 7681 (many shells), 7682 (few shells), 

 7683 (several shells, i living), 7686*, 7688 (few 

 fragments), 7694 (few shells), 7698 (few shells), 

 7699 (few shells), 7700 (many shells), 7701 

 (few shells), 7702 (many shells), 7703 (few 

 shells), 7704 (few shells), 7706 (few living and 

 shells), 7707 (few shells), 7708 (few shells), 7709 

 (few shells), 7710 (several small shells), 7717 

 (few living and shells), 7718 (many shells), 

 7719 (shells), 7720 (few shells), 7723 (few small 

 shells), 7724 (several small shells), 7725 (few 

 small living), 7726 (few shells), 7727 (several 

 small shells), 7728 (i small living), 7730 (few 

 shells), 7731 (several shells), 7735 (i living and 

 i shell), 7750 (i shell). 



Phalarope stations: 52, 53, 59, 65 (several shells 

 and living), 66 (i), 76 (r shell), 81 (living and 

 shells), 82 (few shells), 94, in (r shell), 113, 

 114, (shells common), 115 (shells common). 



Venericardia borealis no-vangliaz Morse. 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 684, 423, etc. (Cy- 

 clocardia novanglia) . 



"Mouth of Vineyard Sound and off Gay Head, 

 10 to 25 fathoms." Verrill. 



Family ASTARTID^. 



Astarte undata Gould. Chestnut shell. [Chart 



138-] 



Gould, 1870, p. 119 (Astarte sukata); Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 684, 508; Dall, 1889, p. 46. 



"Off Gay Head and Buzzards Bay, and in the 

 deeper parts of Vineyard Sound." Verrill. 

 Vineyard Sound, abundant at the western 

 end, though occasionally met with throughout 

 its length; Buzzards Bay, near its mouth; Crab 

 Ledge at several stations. Survey. Living 

 specimens dredged almost exclusively at 

 depths of 10 fathoms or more, on quite various 

 bottoms. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7556 bis, 7558 (i living and 2 

 shells)*, 7560 (i small shell)*, 7567 (r shell), 



