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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Bittium alternatum Continued . 

 Phalarope stations: 8, 17, 25*, 73, 82*, 87, 91, 92*, 

 95, 96 (many), 97, 101 (i shell), 105 (shells), 

 107 (few shells), 108, 109, no, 117 (living and 

 shells), 118 (i shell), 119 (i shell), 120 (shells), 

 121 (few shells), 122 (i shell), 126 (i shell), 129, 

 130 (many living), 131 (abundant), 133 (i 

 shell), 134 (few), 136, 138 (i shell), 141 (few), 

 142 (i shell), 143 (i shell), 144 (several shells), 

 147 (i), 148 (i shell), 152 (i shell), 158 (i), 159 

 (i shell), 161 (i shell). 



Family C^ECID^. 



CcBcum pukhellum Stimpson. 



Stimpson, 1851; Gould, 1870, p. 315; Verrill and 



Smith, 1873, p. 649, 417, etc.; Dall, 1889, p. 



142. 

 New Bedford Harbor. Stimpson. "Vineyard 



Sound, i to 4 fathoms, and dead on shore at 



Nobska beach. '!, Verrill. Buzzards Bay, at a 



number of stations along the eastern shore; 



dredged in 3 to 7 fathoms on bottoms of sand 



and gravel. Survey. 

 Phalarope stations: 91*. 92 (i living), 109 (i 



shell), no, 116 (many)*, 117 (i living), 118 (i), 



134 (i living), 135 (i living). 



Caecum johnsoni Winkley. 

 Winkley, 1908, p. 54. 



"Dredged at Woods Hole, Mass., on gravel bot- 

 tom in 2 to 3 fathoms." 



Ccecum cooperi Smith. [Chart 178.] 



Verrill, 1872, p. 283 (Cacum costatum); Verrill 

 and Smith, 1873, pp. 649, 417, etc. (Ccecum 

 cooperi and C. cosiatum); Verrill, 18823, p. 

 525; Dall, 1889, p. 142. 



"Vineyard Sound, 8 to 10 fathoms."- Verrill. 

 Taken at a number of inshore stations in Buz- 

 zards Bay, and two in Vineyard Sound; 

 dredged in 3 to 7 fathoms, chiefly on bottoms 

 of sand and gravel. Survey. 



Phalarope stations: 33 (several living)*, 52, 91*, 

 too, 102, 108 (living), 117 (2 shells), 123 (2 

 shells), 133 (2 shells), 133 (2 living), 135, 140 

 (i shell), 141 (common), 146 (i). 



Family VERMETID^E. 



Vermicularia spirata Philippi. [Chart 179.] 

 Stimpson, 1851, p. 39 (Vermetus radicula); Gould 

 1870, p. 316 (Vermetus radicula); Verrill and 

 Smith, 1873, pp. 649, 417 (Vermetus radicula); 

 Dall, 1889, p. 144. 



New Bedford Harbor. Gould. "Vineyard 

 Sound and Buzzards Bay, 3 to 10 fathoms, not 

 uncommon." Verrill. Common in Great 



Vermicularia spirata Continued . 



Harbor, Woods Hole. V. N. Edwards. By 

 the Survey taken chiefly in the eastern half of 

 Vineyard Sound, and near the shores of Buz- 

 zards Bay; dredged in 3 to 13 fathoms, chiefly 

 on bottoms of gravel and sand; in nearly all 

 cases empty shells. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7531 (i shell), 7534 (i 

 shell), 7535 bis (i shell), 7536 (10 shells), 7537 

 bis (many shells, mostly broken), 7541 bis 

 (several shells), 7546 bis, 7552 bis, 7556 bis 

 (few shells), 7557 (i), 7563 (? i broken shell), 

 7563 bis (few shells), 7614 (few fragments), 7630 

 (few fragments), 7643 (i shell), 7659, 7730 (i 

 shell), 7748 (many shells), 7750 (i shell), 7752 

 (i shell), 7753 (i small shell), 7757 (i shell), 

 7759 (i shell), 7760 (i shell), 7763 (i small 

 shell), 7764 (many small shells), 7767 (few 

 shells), 7768 (2 shells). 



Phalarope stations: i (i shell), 6 (2 tips), 7 (i), 

 8 (shells and living), 9 (i), n (i), 42 (few 

 shells), 62 (2), 63 (several shells), 69 (i), 70 (i 

 shell), 74 (i), 76 (i), 77 (few shells), 83 (sev- 

 eral shells), 84 (i shell), 91, 92, 96, 97, 108, 109, 

 no, 115 (shells common), 120 (shells), 123 

 (shells), 134 (i shell), 141 (few shells), 146 (2 

 shells), 160 (i fragment ?). 



Eggs "deposited in July ... in an advanced 

 stage of development." Stimpson. 



Family LITTORINID^E. 



Littorina irrorata Say. 



Gould, 1870, p. 311 (not listed for this region); 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 651, 372; Dall; 



1889, p. 146. 

 "Vineyard Sound, sparingly;" found on muddy 



shores; it "may have been introduced from 



farther south with oysters." Verrill. 



Littorina rudis Maton. 



Gould, 1870, p. 304 (Littorina rudis), p. 306 (L. 

 tenebrosa); Verrill and Smith, 1873, pp. 651, 

 305; Dall, 1889, p. 146. 



Distribution general along stony shores through- 

 out the region, commonly associated with L. 

 litorea and L. palliata. Unlike the latter spe- 

 cies, however, it is, in such localities, usually 

 found upon the rocks themselves and seldom 

 upon the rockweeds attached to them. Lit- 

 torina rudis has a wide range of habitat, being 

 found upon the surf-beaten bowlders at Gay 

 Head, as well as upon eelgrass in Great Pond, 

 where the water is somewhat brackish. It is 

 strictly littoral, however, and hence even the 

 shells are seldom dredged. 



