78 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



*Mya truncata Linne. 



Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 670. " O. Europaeo." 

 Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 58, fig. 376. 



Me. — Casco Bay; Frenchman's Bay; Eastport. 

 Mass. — Massachusetts Bay; Georges Bank. 



CORBULIDAE. 



*Corbula contracta Say. 



Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1822, ser. 1, vol. 2, p. 312. 

 " COASTS OF Georgia and East Florida." Gould, Inv. Mass., 

 1870, p. 60, fig. 377. 



Mass.— Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, 5 to 19 fathoms. 

 R. I. — Narragansett Bay. 

 Conn. — Near New Haven. 



SAXICAVIDAE. 

 *Saxicava arctica (Linne). 



Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 89. 



Mya arctica Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1767, p. 1113. " Oceano 

 Norvegico." 



Saxicava rugosa Lamarck, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., 1818, 

 vol. 5, p. 501. Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 87, fig. 397. 



Me. to Conn. — Commonly found adhering to other objects. 



*Cyrtodaria siliqua (Spengler). 



Mya siliqua Spengler, Skriv. Nat.-Selsk. Kjobenhavn, 1793, vol. 

 3, pt. 1, p. 48. "Newfoundland." 



Glycymeris siliqua Gould, Inv. Mass., 1870, p. 53, fig. 374. 



Me. — Casco Bay; Frenchman's Bay, 5 fathoms. 

 Mass. — Ipswich Bay; Nahant; off Provincetown ; Buzzards 

 Bay; Duxbury, 20 fathoms. Georges Bank. 



