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York the long clam is but little sought as an article of food, except for local 
use. On the coast of New Jersey it is often called the “ maninose clam,” 
from the Indian name (frequently corrupted to ‘“‘nanny-nose.”) It is 
also sometimes called the “soft-shelled clam,” in distinction from the 
“ quahog,” which is called “hard-shelled.” The “long clams” of certain 
localities on Long Island Sound, as, for instance, those from Guilford, 
Connecticut, are of very excellent quality, and are very highly esteemed, 
The Guilford clams are assorted into regular sizes, and are bought from 
the fishermen on the spot by the hundred. Those of large size bring 
about $3 per hundred ; these are retailed in the market at New Haven 
for 60 cents per dozen. Smaller sizes bring 48 cents and 36 cents per 
dozen. During unusually low tides in winter clams of extraordinary size 
are obtained at Guilford, below the zone ordinarily uncovered by the 
tide; these often weigh a pound or more, and sell for about $1.25 per 
dozen; occasionally the weight is as much asa pound and a half, and the 
shells become six or eight inches in length. 
The ordinary long clams of small and moderate sizes bring 95 cents, 
$1.25, and $2 per bushel at wholesale; these retail in our markets at 
50 cents to 75 cents per peck, the smallest sizes being cheapest, while 
the reverse is the case with the rouud clams. 
In New Haven the long clams are chiefly sold in winter, being “ out 
of season” in summer, when the round clams supply the markets. But 
in New York the long clams are sold during the whole year. 
Large quantities of these clams are also collected on the northern 
coasts of New England and put up for bait, to be used in the cod-fishery 
at the banks of Newfoundland. 
The total amount collected and used annually is probably not less 
than 1,000,000 bushels. 
List of species inhabiting sandy shores and bottoms of estuaries. 
ARTIOULATA. 
Insects. 
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Larve of fly, (Muscide).... 463| Bledius cordatus ........-. 462 
Ephydra, sp., larvie ....... 466' B. pallipennis............. 462 
Cicindela, larvie........... 335. Heterocera undatus ....... 335 
Bembidium constrictum. .-. | Phaleria testacea.......... 
B. contractum............. ; zAnurida maritima......... 331 
Phytosus littoralis......... 335, 
Crustacea. 
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Gelasimus pugilator....... 462, Orchestia agilis........... 462 
Cancer irroratus.....-..... 312: Talorchestia longicornis.... 462 
Carcinus granulatus....... 312° T. megalophthalma........ 462 
Eupagurus longicarpus .... 463 Epelys trilobus............ 370 
Palemonetes vulgaris... ... 463, Limulus Polyphemus ..... 340 
Crangon vulgaris.......... 463 
