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Inv. Mass., p. 333, fig. 604.) Not a very common form except 

 in certain places. Prefers a shelly bottom. Stations : D 25, 27, 

 28, 62, 63, 65, 71, 83, 99. Reported from Eastport to Bridge- 

 port, Grand Manan, Bay of Fundy, Gaspe Bay. 



Epitonidae 

 Epitonium Bolten 

 E. (Aectoscala) greenlandicum (Perry). (Scalaria green- 

 landica Perry, 1811, Conch, or Nat. Hist. Shells ; Scalaria sub- 

 idata Couthouy, 1838, Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. ; Scalaria groen- 

 landica Gould, 1870, Inv. Mass., p. 314, fig. 170.) Wherever 

 there was sand this beautiful white animal was found. The 

 best stations were D 27, 56, 71. Reported from Eastport to 

 Block Island Sound, Grand Manan, Gulf and River St. Law- 

 rence, Gaspe Peninsula. 



Naticidae 

 Natica Lamarck 

 N. (Cryptonatica) clausa Broderip and Sowerby. {N. 

 clausa Broderip and Sowerby, 1829, Zool. Jour ; Gould, 1870, 

 Inv. Mass., p. 342, fig. 612.) Not a common form. Stations: 

 D 27, 98, 100, 104. Reported from Eastport, Casco Bay, Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay. Not taken by Woods Hole Survey, ''One 

 small dead specimen .... dredged .... in 19 fathoms, off 

 Gav Head; no record of living specimens south of Cape Cod." 

 — Verrill. Throughout the entire Canadian Atlantic region. 



PoLiNiCES Montfort 

 P. (Euspira) heros (Say). {Natica heros Say, 1822, Jour. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.; Lunatia heros Gould, 1870, Inv. Mass., 

 p. 338, figs. 608, 609.) Not very common in this Region, due 

 to lack of sand, which it favors. There used to be very large 

 specimens at Sand Beach, but the 'trippers' have cleaned 

 them out. Common Maine to Connecticut, from low water 

 to 40 fathoms; at various places in Canadian Atlantic, with 

 the most northern record from Strait of Belle Isle. 



