BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
687 
? Yoldia thracioeformis Storer. 
Gould, 1870, p. 157; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
690, 509 (Long Island to Greenland). 
No definite local records, though this region is 
included within the recorded range of the 
species. 
? Leda tenuisulcata Stimpson. 
Gould, 1870, p. 161 (not listed for this region); 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 690, 509. 
Off Newport. — Sanderson Smith. 
Family SolEnomyim;. 
Solemya velum Say. [Chart 136.] 
Gould, 1870, p. 48; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
688, 360, etc. ( Solenomya velum); Dali, 1889, 
p. 46 ( Solenomya velum). 
Dartmouth Harbor.— Adams, cited by Gould. 
Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay. — Verrill. 
Katama Bay. — Osbum. Upper half of Buz- 
zards Bay, at frequent inshore stations; 2 to 5 
fathoms, chiefly on bottoms of mud or muddy 
sand. — Survey. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7629 (1 shell), 7631 (1 living), 
7669 (1 shell). 
Phalarope stations: 118 (1 shell), 127 (living 
young), 129 (1 shell), 130 (1 shell), 133 (1 liv- 
ing), 139 (1 shell), 147 (1 shell), 151 (1 living), 
156 (1 small living), 157 (1 small living), 160 
(2 living), 164 (several living). 
? Solemya borealis Totten. 
Gould, 1870, p. 50; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
689 ( Solenomya borealis). 
Vicinity of Newport. — Totten, cited by Gould. 
Vineyard Sound, at Cuttyhunk, rare; “may 
prove to be only the mature state of the pre- 
ceding,’’ i. e., S. velum. — Verrill. 
Family Carditidze. 
V enericardia borealis (Conrad). [Chart 137.] 
Gould, 1870, p. 146 ( Cardita borealis ); Verrill and 
Smith, 1873, p. 683, 418, etc. ( Cyclocardia 
borealis ); Dali, 1889, p. 46; Sumner, 1910, 
fig- * 3 - 
“ Common in the deeper parts of Vineyard Sound 
near its mouth, and off Gay Head and Buz- 
zards Bay, 10 to 25 fathoms. ” — Verrill. West- 
ern end of Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, 
near its mouth, common; shells likewise taken 
at Crab Ledge ; living specimens dredged in 6 
to 19 fathoms, chiefly on sandy bottoms. — 
Survey. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7561 (1 shell)*, 7562 bis (1 
shell), 7563 (1 shell), 7567 (2 shells), 7568 
(few shells)*, 7569 (3 shells), 7570 (several 
16269° — Bull. 31, pt 2 — 13 10 
V enericardia borealis — Continued. 
shells), 7571 (1 shell), 7572 (several shells), 
7576 (few shells), 7577 (several shells), 7578 
(several shells, 2 living), 7581 (few shells), 
7582 (few shells), 7583 (few shells), 7584 (many 
shells), 7585 (several living and shells), 7586 
( ? 1 shell), 7587 (1 shell), 7591 (several shells), 
7592 (few shells), 7594 (few shells), 7597 (1 liv- 
ing, several shells), 7598 (many living), 7604 
(few shells), 7607 (few shells), 7609 (several 
shells), 7664, 7665, 7666 (few living and shells), 
7671, 7672 (many living and shells), 7673 (nu- 
merous living and shells), 7674 (few shells), 
7678 (2 shells), 7679 (many living and shells), 
7680, 7681 (many shells), 7682 (few shells), 
7683 (several shells, 1 living), 7686*, 7688 (few 
fragments), 7694 (few shells), 7698 (few shells), 
7699 (few shells), 7700 (many shells), 7701 
(few shells), 7702 (many shells), 7703 (few 
shells), 7704 (few shells), 7706 (few living and 
shells), 7707 (few shells), 7708 (few shells), 7709 
(few shells), 7710 (several small shells), 7717 
(few living and shells), 7718 (many shells), 
7719 (shells), 7720 (few shells), 7723 (few small 
shells), 7724 (several small shells), 7725 (few 
small living), 7726 (few shells), 7727 (several 
small shells), 7728 (1 small living), 7730 (few 
shells), 7731 (several shells), 7735 (1 living and 
1 shell), 7750 (1 shell). 
Phalarope stations: 52, 53, 59, 65 (several shells 
and living), 66 (1), 76 (1 shell), 81 (living and 
shells), 82 (few r shells), 94, nr (1 shell), 113, 
1 14, (shells common), 115 (shells common). 
V enericardia borealis novanglioe Morse. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 684, 423, etc. ( Cy- 
clocardia novanglioe). 
“Mouth of Vineyard Sound and off Gay Head, 
10 to 25 fathoms.” — Verrill. 
Family Astartid.E. 
Astarte undata Gould. Chestnut shell. [Chart 
i3 8 -] 
Gould, 1870, p. 119 {Astarte sulcata); Verrill and 
Smith, 1873, p. 684, 508; Dali, 1889, p. 46. 
“Off Gay Head and Buzzards Bay, and in the 
deeper parts of Vineyard Sound.” — Verrill. 
Vineyard Sound, abundant at the western 
end, though occasionally met with throughout 
its length; Buzzards Bay, near its mouth; Crab 
Ledge at several stations. — Survey. Living 
specimens dredged almost exclusively at 
depths of 10 fathoms or more, on quite various 
bottoms. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7556 bis, 7558(1 living and 2 
shells)*, 7560 (1 small shell)*, 7567 (1 shell), 
