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2. Molluscs occasionally poisonous. 
See Mytilus edulis, 
Modiola modiolus. 
Peden tenuicostatus. 
(b) Indirectly injurious. 
1 . Destructive to oyster beds. 
See Buccinum cinereum , 
Purpura lapillus . 
Lnuatia heros. 
Mytilus edulis. 
2. Destructive to young fish. 
See Ommastrephes illecebrosa: 
Loligo Pealei. 
Class CEPHALOPODA. 
1. Ommastrephes illecebrosa (Lesueur) Verrill. 
Ommastrephes sagittatus Ferussac. 
[Verrill thinks that this species is not identical with' 
the European 0 . Sagittatus. The Loligo Bartramii of 
Stimpson, in his Synopsis of the Marine Invertebrata of 
Grand Manan is this species.] 
Squid, Short-finned Squid, Sea-arrow, Flying Calamary. 
MicmaCy Sedaasoo-k. Passamaquoddy , Sah tah sis. 
Acadian French , Alcorne. 
[Ommastrephes, turning its eyes; illecebrosa, very attractive.] 
Distribution, (a) General; — Rhode Island to Cumber- 
land Gulf. 
(h) In Acadia; — Abundant around the entire coast of the- 
three Provinces. Verrill says it is “ abundant from Cape Cod 
to Newfoundland.” 
