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CoLUS Humphrey 



C. STiMPSONii (Morch). {Fusus stimpsonii Morch, 1868, 

 Vid. Medd. Naturh. Foren. ; Fusus islandicus Gould, 1870, Inv. 

 Mass., p. 371, fig. 638 ; Neptunea curta Verrill, 1873, Inv. Vine- 

 yard Sound; Sipho stimpsonii Verrill, 1882, Trans. Conn. 

 Acad.) A common form from hard bottoms and found in 

 all sizes. Mostly young taken in the Bay, but large ones are 

 found outside. " Stations : D 64, 68, 75, 94, 120, 122, 139. 

 Dredged by the Woods Hole Survey in 16 to 20 fathoms, 

 showing that it favors deeper water toward the south. Re- 

 ported from Eastport and Casco Bay, Bay of Fundy, Atlantic 

 coast of Nova Scotia. 



C. PYGMAEUS (Gould). Fusus islandicus var. pygmaeus 

 Gould, 1841, Inv. Mass. ; Fusus trumhulli Linsley, 1845, Amer. 

 Jour. Sci. ; Fusus pygmaeus Gould, 1870, Inv. Mass., p. 372, 

 fig. 639; Neptunea (Neptunella) pygmaea Verrill, 1873, Inv. 

 Vineyard Sound.) Common and found generally with the 

 preceding form, but easily distinguished by its epidermis. 

 More widely distributed than S. stimpsonii. Not taken by 

 Woods Hole Survey. ''Off Buzzards Bay, 25 fathoms; off 

 Gay Head, 19 fathoms, mud, abundant and large." — Verrill. 

 Stations : D 5, 8, 14, 23, 27, 37, 38, 43, 51, 53, 62-65, 71, 77, 83, 

 84, 89, 94, 95, 99, 100. Reported various places from Eastport 

 to Connecticut, Bay of Fundy, Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. Verrill gives the bathymetrical range 

 of this species from low water to 430 fathoms. 



Cancellariidae 

 Admete Kroyer 

 A. couTHouYi (Jay). (CanceUaria huccinoides Couthouy, 



1838, Jour. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. ; CanceUaria couthouyi Jay, 



1839, Cat. Shells; A. viridula Simpson, 1851, Shells of New 

 England; A. viridula Gould, 1870, Inv. Mass., p. 391, fig. 652.) 

 Quite abundant at places in the outer Bay near Egg Rock. 

 Stations : D 9, 19, 20, 68, 74, 94. Reported from Eastport, 

 Casco Bay, Massachusetts Bay, off Nauset Light. "Entire 

 Canadian x^tlantic region from 10 to 60 fathoms." (Whit- 

 eaves). 



