﻿GLOSSARY 
  

  

  Common 
  names 
  as 
  shown 
  

   in 
  Bureau 
  reports 
  

  

  Scientific 
  names 
  

  

  CRUSTACEANS 
  - 
  Continued 
  

  

  Crabs': 
  - 
  Continued 
  

  

  Rock 
  

  

  Stone 
  

  

  Crawfish: 
  

  

  Fresh-water 
  

  

  Salt-water 
  

  

  Horseshoe 
  crab 
  

  

  Lobsters: 
  

  

  Northern 
  

  

  Spiny 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  

  

  MOLLUSKS 
  

  

  Abalone 
  

  

  Clams: 
  

   Cockle 
  

  

  Hard 
  

  

  Ocean 
  quahog 
  

  

  Razor 
  

  

  Soft 
  

  

  Surf 
  

  

  Conchs 
  

  

  Mussels: 
  

   Sea 
  

  

  Fresh-water: 
  

  

  Mussel 
  shells 
  

  

  Pearls 
  and 
  slugs. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Octopus 
  

  

  Oysters: 
  

  

  Eastern 
  

  

  Pacific 
  

  

  Western 
  

  

  Periwinkles 
  or 
  cockles. 
  . 
  

   Scallops: 
  

  

  Bay 
  V 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  

  

  Sea 
  

  

  jCancer 
  inoratus 
  (New 
  England) 
  

   ]Ca'ncer 
  species 
  (California) 
  

   Menippe 
  mercenaria 
  

  

  {Cambarus 
  species 
  (Atlantic) 
  

   Astacus 
  species 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  imulus 
  species 
  

  

  jPanuUi 
  

   ^Panulii 
  

  

  Homarus 
  americanus 
  (Atlantic) 
  

   irus 
  argus 
  (Atlantic) 
  

   irus 
  interruptus 
  (Pacific) 
  

   Penaeus, 
  Pandalus, 
  and 
  X 
  iphopenaeus 
  

   (Atlantic), 
  Pandalus, 
  Pandalopsis, 
  

   and 
  Crangon 
  species 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Haliotis 
  species 
  

  

  Cardium 
  corbis 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Saxidomus 
  nuttalli 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Protolhaca 
  staminea 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Venus 
  mercenaria, 
  Mercenaria 
  mercenaria 
  

  

  Arc 
  tic 
  a 
  islandica 
  

  

  Ens 
  is 
  species 
  (Atlantic) 
  

  

  Siliqua 
  patula 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Mya 
  arenaria 
  

  

  Spisula 
  solidissima 
  

  

  Strombus 
  species 
  

  

  Busycon 
  species 
  

  

  Mytilus 
  californianus 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  iiytilus 
  edulis 
  (Atlantic) 
  

  

  Unionidae 
  

  

  Paroctopus 
  appollyon 
  

  

  Crassostrea 
  virginica 
  

   Crassostrea 
  gigas 
  

   Ostrea 
  lurida 
  

   Littorina 
  species 
  

  

  jPecten 
  species 
  (Atlantic) 
  

  

  1 
  Pccfen 
  caurinus 
  (Pacific) 
  

  

  Placopecten 
  magellanicus 
  

  

  