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Polyniccs immaculate (Tottcn). 



Gould, 1870, p. 344 (Mamma ? immaculata)} Ver- 

 rill and Smith, 1873, p. 646, 508 (Lunatia im- 

 maculata); Dall, 1889, p. 1 54 (Lunatia immacu- 

 lata). 



Newport. Totten, cited by Gould. "Off Mar- 

 thas Vineyard, 20 fathoms"; a northern shell. 

 Verrill. Vineyard Sound, at Fish Hawk sta- 

 tion 7549 (i small shell)*. South arm of West 

 Falmouth Harbor* (collected by L. J. Cole). 



"iPolytiiccs nana (Moller). 

 Verrill, i882C, p. 516 (Lunatia nana). 

 South of Marthas Vineyard and Block Island; 

 22 to 29 fathoms, 1880 and 1881. 



Polynices sp. (undetermined). 



Fish Hawk stations: 7568, 7586, 7604, 7608, 7609, 



7614, 7701, 7730, 7732, 7767, 7776. 

 Phalarope stations: 52, 57, 64, 65, 68, in, 165 



(i fragment), 167 (i fragment). 

 Some of these specimens were identified in the 



field as P. immaculata, but the identification 



now seems doubtful. 



Polynices sp. (egg cases). 



Fish Hawk stations: 7534 (i), 7550 (few), 7563 

 (few), 7567 (i), 7578 (i), 7590 (fragments), 7591 

 (fragments), 7596 (i), 7609 (fragment), 7615 

 (fragment), 7709 (i), 7717 (i), 7740 (i). 



Phalarope stations: i (i), 28 (i), 29, (i), 30 (i). 



Family MARSENIID^. 



Velutina lacvigata Gould. 

 Gould, 1870, p. 334 (Velutina haliotoidea; not 



listed for this region). 

 Crab Ledge, August, 1902, 15 to 17 fathoms*; 



Fish Hawk station 7609 (also at Crab Ledge), 



i living*. 



Velutina zonata Gould. 



Gould, 1870, p. 335 (not listed for this region). 

 Fish Hawk stations 7608* and 7609* (both at Crab 

 Ledge); in each case, i living. 



Family 



Acmaza testudinalis (Linnaeus). Limpet. 

 . Gould, 1870, p. 267 (Tcctura testudinalis), p. 269 

 (Tectura alveus); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 661, 307, etc.; Dall, 1889, p. 156. 



"Marthas Vineyard, Cuttyhunk, and adjacent 

 islands;" "comparatively rare and local south 

 of Cape Cod."- Yerrill. Common at the end 

 of Nobska Point, on rocks, below low-tide 

 level. Recorded from Devils Foot Island, 

 Tarpaulin Cove, and Round Hill Point. 

 Dredged by the Survey at a few inshore sta- 

 tions, both in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards 

 Bay, in 3 to 5 fathoms. These were all or 

 nearly all dead shells. 



Fish Hawk station 7536 (i shell); Phalarope sta- 

 tions: 71 (several), 79 (i shell), 91, 132 (i 

 shell). 



Verrill states that "a peculiar narrow form of 

 this shell, (var. alueus) . . . lives on the 

 leaves of eelgrass." We are informed by Dr. 

 Dall that recent anatomical studies indicate 

 that A . alveus is a good species. 



Family TROCHID^. 



Margarites obscurus Gould. 



Gould, 1870, p. 283 (Margarita obscura; hot listed 



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



661, 508 (Margarita obscura); Dall, 1889, p. 164 



(Solariella obscura). 

 " Off Marthas Vineyard, 20 to 25 fathoms. " Ver- 



rill. Crab Ledge, at Fish Hawk station 



7607*. Survey. 



Margarites undulatus (Sowerby). 



Crab Ledge, August 19, 1902, in 17 fathoms, 

 living*. 



Margarites sp. (undetermined). 



Fish Hawk station 7609 (Crab Ledge). 



Class CEPHALOPODA. 



Family SPIRULID^E. 



Spirula peronii Lamarck. 



Stimpson, 1851, p. 57; Gould, 1870, p. 516 (Spi- 

 rula fragi Us); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 636; 

 Dall, 1889, p. 174. 



Shells washed ashore at Nantucket. Stimpson, 

 Gould, Verrill. One found by R. L. Baird at 

 Muskeget in 1904; another by F. B. Sumner at 

 No Mans Land in 1904. 



Family LOLIGINID>E. 



Loligo pealii Lesueur. Common squid (south of 



Cape Cod); long-finned squid. [Chart 189.] 

 Gould, 1870, p. 513 (Loligo punctata), p. 514 

 (Loligo pealii); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 

 635, 416, etc.; Verrill, 1881, p. 308; 1882, p. 

 342; Bumpus, i898a. 



Distribution general throughout the region from 

 April or May till November, disappearing 



