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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Busycon carica (Linnaeus). Conch or "winkle." 

 [Chart 165.] 



Gould, 1870, p. 383; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 640, 313, etc. (Fulgur carica); Dall, 1889, p. 

 112 (Fulgiir carica.) 



Fairly common in the shallower waters generally, 

 judging from the number of shells found on 

 shore. Much less abundant than B. canalicu- 

 latum, however. Shells dredged frequently 

 in Buzzards Bay, occasionally in the Sound; 

 taken in 2 to 13 fathoms, on various kinds of 

 bottom; few living specimens recorded during 

 the Survey dredging. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7530 bis (i shell), 7551 (i 

 large shell), 7616 (i fragment), 7618 (3), 7621 

 (several shells), 7622 (several living and shells), 

 7627 (i shell), 7632 (i living), 7634 (i living), 

 7645 (i shell), 7648 (i shell), 7660 (i shell and 

 egg case), 7661 (i living), 7709 (i shell), 7762 

 (2 shells), 7777 (i large shell), 7778 (i very 

 small), 7781 (i very large and i small shell). 



Phalarope stations: 107 (shells), 109, 129 (i 

 shell), 136, 138 (2 shells), 142 (i shell), 145 (i), 

 148 (i), 153 (i shell), 158 ( i living and many 

 shells), 163 ( i young). 



"At New Haven they spawn as early as March 

 and April. "Verrill. Egg strings, containing 

 well-formed shells found in April. Mead. 



Family BUCCINID^. 



Buccinum undatum Linnaeus. European whelk. 

 [Chart 1 66.] 



Gould, 1870, p. 366 (not listed for this region); 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 638, 494; Dall, 

 1889, p. 114; Sumner, 1910, fig. 15. 



"Mouth of Vineyard Sound and off Gay Head, 6 

 to 19 fathoms;" "a decidedly northern and 

 Arctic shell. . . . Not common south of Cape 

 Cod except on outer islands and in deep wa- 

 ter." Verrill. Western end of Vineyard 

 Sound; Sow and Pigs Reef; Crab Ledge; 

 dredged in 3 to 25 fathoms, on various bot- 

 toms. Survey. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7554 (few shells, one over 

 1 1/ 2 inches long)*, 7579 ( ? i), 7603 (2 large worn 

 shells and i small shell)*, 7604 (i shell and i 

 living), 7606 (2 living), 7607 (2 large living), 

 7608 (i small)*, 7609 (i small living), 7664 (i 

 living), 7679 (i shell), 7681 (2 shells), 7706 (i 

 large shell), 7707 (2 large shells), 7761 (i large 

 worn shell). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 29 (i young), 

 32 (i small living), 36 (i young living), 45 (i 

 small shell), 46 (several living), 56 (small 

 shells), 59 (i large, i small living), 60 (i small 

 shell). 



r hrysodomus decemcostatus (Say). 



Gould, 1870, p. 375 (Fusus decemcostatus; not 



listed for this region). 

 Dredged by the survey at Crab Ledge in 17 to 19 



fathoms: Fish Hawk stations 7603 (i large 



shell)* and 7604 (i fragment). 



Tritonofusus islandiciis (Gronovius). 

 Gould, 1870, p. 371 (Fusus islandicus)', Verrill, 



i882C, p. 508 (Sipho islandicus); Dall, 1889, p. 



114 (Sipho islandicus). 

 Crab Ledge, at Fish Hawk station 7608 (3 shells)*; 



Vineyard Sound, at Phalarope stations 2* and 



64* (i shell each). Not previously listed for 



this region. 



Tritonofusus stimpsoni (Morch). 



Dall, 1889, p. 114 (Sipho stimpsoni). 



Dredged by the survey at Crab Ledge in 16 to 20 

 fathoms: Fish Hawk stations 7603 (i large and 

 3 small shells)*, 7606 (2 shells), 7608 (2 shells). 



? Tritonofusus curius Verrill. 

 Gould, 1870, p. 371 (Fusus islandicus); Verrill 



and Smith, 1873, p. 638 (Neptunea curia). 

 No definite local records, though this region lies 



within the stated range of the species. 



Siphonorbis pygm&us (Gould). 



Gould, 1870, p. 372 (Fusus pygmceus; not listed 

 for this region); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 639, 508 (Neptunea pygmcea); Dall, 1889, p. 

 114 (Sipho pygmceus). 



"Off Buzzards Bay, 25 fathoms; off Gay Head, 

 19 fathoms, mud, abundant and large." Ver- 

 rill. 



Family ALECTRYONID^. 



Tritia irimttaia (Adams). [Chart 167.] 

 Gould, 1870, p. 364 (Nassa trivittata) , Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, p. 641, 354, etc., Dall, 1889, p. 

 116 (Nassa trivittata); Sumner, 1910, fig. 5. 

 Abundant and of very general distribution 

 throughout the region, being recorded from 

 more dredging stations than any other spcies 

 of animal. Living specimens dredged in 2 to 

 17 fathoms, on every sort of bottom. Like- 

 wise abundant in the tidal zone. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7521 (i), 7522 (few), 7522 

 bis (2), 7523 (i), 7524 bis (i), 7525 (few), 7525 

 bis (few shells), 7526 (few), 7527 (few shells), 

 7530 (few shells), 7530 bis (few shells), 7531 (i 

 shell), 7532 (few shells), 7532 bis (i living, also 

 shells), 7533 (fragments), 7533 bis (i shell), 

 7534 (several shells), 7534 bis (i shell), 7535 

 (several shells), 7535 bis (i), 7536 (i shell), 

 7536 bis (r shell), 7537 (few shells), 7537 bis 

 (few shells), 7538 (i shell), 7541 (few shells), 

 7541 bis (few shells), 7542 (few shells), 7542 bis 



