PELECYPODA. 11 



PELECYPODA. 



PRIONODESACEA. 



SOLEMYIDAE. 



*Solemya velum Say. 



Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, ser. 1, vol. 2, p. 317, 

 "southern coast [of the United States]." Gould, Inv. Mass., 

 1870, p. 48, fig. 371. 



Solenomya velum Morse, Biol. Bull., 1913, vol. 25, p. 261. 



Me. — Casco Bay. 



Mass. — Common in Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, and Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay. 



R. I. — Narragansett Bay. 



Conn. — Near New Haven; Stratford and Long Beach. 



*Solemya borealis Totten. 



Totten, Amer. Journ. Sci., 1834, ser. 1, vol. 26, p. 366, pi., fig. 1. 

 " Vicinity of Newport, [R. I.]." Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 50, 

 fig. 372. 



Solenomya borealis Morse, Biol. Bull., 1913, vol. 25, p. 261. 



Me. — Casco Bay; Old Orchard. 



Mass. — Chelsea Beach; Nahant; Annisquam; Coffin's Beach; 

 Cuttyhunk. 

 R. I. — Newport. 

 Conn. — Stonington. 



NUCULIDAE. 



*Nucula proxima truncula Dall. 



Dall, Trans. Wagner Free Inst. Sci., 1898, vol. 3, pt. 4, p. 574. 

 ■"Long Island Sound northward to Nova Scotia." 

 Nucula proxima Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 150, fig. 458. 



Me. to Conn. — Common, in 2 to 30 fathoms. 



