Published monthly by the 



University of the State of New York 



BUl^LETIN 296 



SEPTEMBER 1903 



New York State Museum 



\. 



Frederick J. H. Merrii^Iv Director 



Bulletin 71 

 ZOOLOGY 10 



FEEDING HABITS AND GROWTH 



OF 



VENUS MERCENARIA 



JAMES L. KELIyOGG Ph. D. 



PAGE 



Introduction 3 



Feeding habits ot Venus, growth a 



matter of food 6 



Growth experiments 15 



Methods 18 



Growth between tide lines 19 



Wandering habits of Venus 22 



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Growth under wire netting 23 



Growth above the bottom 28 



Enemies 24 



Conclusion 25 



Description of figures 26 



Figures 1-8 face 28 



Index 28 



