13 - 



Rare Plants and Animals: 



Plants: Probably none. 

 Marine invertebrates: 

 Annelida 



Polychaeta 



Chaetopterus variopedatus Special concern 



Parchment tube worm 



Mollusca 



Gastropoda 



Busycon canaliculatum Special concern 



Channeled whelk 

 Busycon carica Special concern 



Knobbed whelk Special concern 



Busycon contrarium Special concern 



Lightning whelk 

 Pelecypoda 



Panopea bitruncata Special concern 



Atlantic geoduck-one record at Bird Shoal 



Reptiles and Amphibians: 



Atlantic Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta caretta , 

 (endangered in North Carolina) probably occur, at least 

 occasionally, in the adjacent inlet, and they might rarely 

 nest on the inlet beach of Bird Shoal. 



