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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Section II. A List of those Molluscs of the waters of 
Acadia which are Useful or Injurious- 
to Man. 
Analysis. 
A. Useful Mollusca. 
(a) Directly useful. 
1. As food. See Ostrea Virginiana 
Mya arenaria. 
Mya truncata. 
Pecien tenuicostatus. 
Pecten Islandicus. 
Pecten irradians. 
Venus mercenaria. 
Mytilus edulis. 
Modiola modiolus. 
Solen ensis. 
Mactra solidissimcc. 
Mactra ovalis . 
Cyprina Islandica. 
Zirphcea crispata. 
Cardium Islandicum. 
Littorina litorea. 
Lunatia lieros. 
Buccinum undatum. 
Fusus Islandicus. 
Fusus decemcostatus. 
2. As bait in the fisheries. See Ommastrephes illecebrosa. 
Loligo Pealei. 
Mya arenaria. 
Mya truncata. 
Mytilus edulis. 
Mactra solidissima. 
Mactra ovalis. 
Buccinum undatum. 
Purpura lapillus. 
