18 SHELLS OF NEW ENGLAND. 
Whole Coast. Plentifulin 3 f. mud, Eastport; rare 
in 40 f. off Grand Manan, (W. 8S.) Off Isles of 
Shoals, 20 f. sand,(Wh.) St. George’s Bank, in 30 f. 
(Tufts.) Vineyard Sound, 6-14 f.(Ag.) Nantuck- 
et Shoals in 20 f. (Ag.) The animal agrees with 
that of Astarte. 
ASTARTE MacTRAcEA, Linsley, Conn. Cat.71. Desc. by 
Gould, Am. Jour., Sept. 1848. A. lunulata, Con. (?) 
—Lamin. Stonington, (Linsley.) New Bedford 
Harb. in 4 f. gravel, (Prime and W.8.) This species 
occurs in the Post Pliocene deposits of South Carolina, 
and was found alive on that coast by Lieut. Kurtz. 
A. sutcata, Flem. Gould, 78, f.46. Pectunculus sulca- 
tus, Da Costa. “ A. undata, Gould,” Migh.— Lamin. 
et Corall. Whole Coast. Common at Eastport in 
4 to 60 faths. mud, (W. 8.) Marblehead Harb. at 
low water, (Haskell.) Stonington, (Lins.) Vine- 
yard Sound, 6 f. (Ag.) 
A. Porrianpica, Mighels, Bost. Jour. iv. 345.— Casco 
Bay. 
A. quaprans, Gould, 81, f. 48.— Lamin. et Corall. 
Casco Bay to Stonington, Conn. Salem Harb. in 4 
f. sand, (Wh. and W. 8.) 
A. cASTANEA, Say. Gould, 76, f.45.— Lamin. From 
Casco Bay southward. 
CYPRINIDA. 
Cyprtna Istanpica, Lam. (Venus) Lin. — Lamin. 
Whole Coast. 
