32 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Me. — Common in Casco Bay and northward, low water to 80 

 fathoms. 

 Mass. — Off Gay Head, 10 fathoms; Duxbury. 

 Conn. — Off Stonington, 4 to 5 fathoms. 



*Anomia simplex d'Orbigny. 



d'Orbigny, Moll. Cubana, 1845, (Spanish ed.), vol. 2, p. 367, pi. 

 38, figs. 31-35. [Cuba.] 



Anomia ephippium Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 204, fig. 497 (non 

 Linne). 



Anomia electrica Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 205, fig. 499 (non 

 Linne). 



Anomia squamula Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 206 {non Linne). 



Anomia glabra Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci., 1872, ser. 3, vol. 3, 

 p. 213. 



Me. to Conn. — Common south of Cape Cod, adhering to oysters 

 and scallops. 



MYTILIDAE. 



*Mytilus edulis Linne. 



Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 705. " O. Europaeo, 

 Indico & Balthico." Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 183, fig. 483. 



Me. to Conn. — The common edible mussel. 



*Mytilus edulis pellucidus Pennant. 



Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 184, fig. 484. 



Mytilus pellucidus Pennant, Brit. Zool., 1777, vol. 4, p. 95, pi. 

 63, fig. 75. " Anglesea, [England.] " 



Me. to Conn. — Common, associated with the typical form. 



*Mytilus (Hormomya) recurvus Rafinesque. 



Mytilus recurvus Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles, 

 1820, vol. 5, p. 54. " LE Mississippi pres de la Nouvelle- 

 Orleans." 



