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Teachydermon ruber Carpenter. Plate XXV, fig. ICG. 



Chiton ruler Lowe, Zool. Jonru., vol. ii, p. 101, Plate 5, fig. 2 (t. Gould); Gould, 

 Invert., ed. i, j). 149, fig. 24 ; ed. ii, p. 260, fig. 523. Lejjfochiton ruber H. and 

 A. Adams, Genera, vol i, p. 473 ; tWs ReiJort, j). 399. 



Off New London, Connecticut, to the Arctic Ocean and northern 

 coasts of Europe. Eare and local in the colder outer waters south of 

 Cape Cod. Off Xew Loudon, 8 fathoms ; off' Watch Hill, 5 fathoms. 

 Stonington (Linsley). Very common inCascoBay and Bay of Fuudy, 

 from low-water mark to 40 fathoms. 



Ur. Carpenter assures me that this species should he referred to 

 Tracliydermon. 



Linsley records " Chiton fulminatus Couth." (= C marmoreus Gould, 

 Invert., ed. ii, p. 201, fig. 524) as from cod-fish taken oft' Stonington, Con- 

 necticut, but as it has not been confirmed from south of Cape Cod, this 

 must be regarded as a doubtful identification. This species is found 

 from Massachusetts Bay northward to the Arctic Ocean and northern 

 coasts of Europe. It is common in the Bay of Fundy, from low-water 

 mark to 40 fathoms, on "nullipore" {Lithothamnion). 



'■'■ Cldton cilhus''' {= Trachydermon alhus, t. CaTiieuter) has been men- 

 tioned as from this region, but probably erroneously. White specimens 

 of C. apiculata are often mistaken for it, when superficially examined. 

 The genuine albus is a northern species, with about the same distribution 

 as the preceding. It is abundant in the Bay of Fuudy,'from low-water 



to 80 fathoms. 



PULMONATA. 



Melampus BiDENTATUS Say. Plate XXV, figs. 160, 169rt. (p. 463.) 



Journal Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, p. 245, 18>^2; Gould, Invert., ed. 

 ii, p. 467, fig. 721. Auricula hidentata Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 117, fig. 131. Me- 

 lampus corneus Stiaipson, Shells of New England, p. 51, 1851. 



Massachusetts Bay to Florida, and along the northern shores of the 

 Gulf of Mexico to Texas. Very common on the shores of Vineyard 

 Sound, Buzzard's Bay, Long Island, and Long Island Sound. Fossil in 

 the Post-Pliocene of South Caroliua. 

 Alexia myosotis Pfeiff'er. Plate XXV, fig. 168. (p. 383.) 



Pfeifl'er, Mou. Auric. Viv., p. 148, (t. Binuey) ; Gould, Invert., ed. ii, p. 433, figs. 

 718, 719. JuricuJa myosotis Draparnaud, Tabl. Moll. P'r., p. 53. Aaricuin den- 

 ticulata Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 199, fig. 129 {non Montfort). 



Xew Jersey to Xova Scotia; also on the Atlantic and Mediterranean 

 coasts of Europe. It is common at Eastport, Maine ; Portland, Maine; 

 and at the mouth of West Eiver, near Xew Haven, Connecticut; also 

 near Xew York City. 



TECTIBRANCHIATA. 



Bulla solitaria Say. Plate XXV, fig. 101. (p. 371.) 



Journal Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. ii, p. 245, 1822; Binney's Say, p. 

 84 ; Gould, Invert., ed. i, p. 162', fig. 92; ed. ii, p. 222, fig. 513. Bulla iitsculpta 

 Totten, American Journ. Science, vol. xxviii, p. 350, fig. 4, 1835. 



Massachusetts Bay to South Caroliua. Common in the muddy lagoons 



