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

 Linne). 



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



Anomia glabra Verrill, Amer. Joum. Sei., 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." 



