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bulletin op the bureau op fisheries. 
Bittium alternatum — Continued. 
Phalarope stations: 8, 17, 25*, 73, 82*, 87, 91, 92*, 
95, 96 (many), 97, 101 (1 shell), 105 (shells), 
107 (few shells), 108, 109, no, 117 (living and 
shells), 118 (1 shell), 119 (1 shell), 120 (shells), 
121 (few shells), 122 (1 shell), 126 (1 shell), 129, 
130 (many living), 131 (abundant), 133 (1 
shell), 134 (few), 136, 138 (1 shell), 141 (few), 
142 (1 shell), 143 (1 shell), 144 (several shells), 
147 (1), 148 (x shell), 152 (1 shell), 158 (1), 159 
(1 shell), 161 (1 shell). 
Family C.ECID.E. 
Ccecum pulchellum Stimpson. 
Stimpson, 1831; Gould, 1870, p. 315; Verrill and 
Smith, 1873, p. 649, 417, etc.; Dali, 1889, p. 
142. 
New Bedford Harbor. — Stimpson. “Vineyard 
Sound, 1 to 4 fathoms, and dead on shore at 
Nobslca beach. ” — Verrill. Buzzards Bay, at a 
number of stations along the eastern shore; 
dredged in 3 to 7 fathoms on bottoms of sand 
and gravel. — Survey. 
Phalarope stations: 91*, 92 (1 living), 109 (1 
shell), 110, 116 (many)*, 117 (1 living), 118 (1), 
134 (1 living), 135 (1 living). 
Ccecum johnsoni Winkley. 
Winkley, 1908, p. 54. 
“Dredged at Woods Hole, Mass., on gravel bot- 
tom in 2 to 3 fathoms.’’ 
Ccecum coo peri Smith. [Chart 178.] 
Verrill, 1872, p. 283 ( Ccecum costatum ); Verrill 
and Smith, 1873, pp. 649, 417, etc. ( Caecum 
cooperi and C. costatum)', Verrill, 1882a, p. 
525; Dali, 1889, p. 142. 
“Vineyard Sound, 8 to 10 fathoms.’’ — Verrill. 
Taken at a number of inshore stations in Buz- 
zards Bay, and two in Vineyard Sound; 
dredged in 3 to 7 fathoms, chiefly on bottoms 
of sand and gravel. — .Survey. 
Phalarope stations: 33 (several living)*, 52, 91*, 
100, 102, 108 (living), 117 (2 shells), 123 (2 
shells), 133 (2 shells), 133 (2 living), 135, 140 
(r shell), 141 (common), 146 (x). 
Family VERMETimE. 
Vermicularia spirata Philippi. [Chart 179.] 
Stimpson, 1851, p. 39 ( Vermetus radicula); Gould 
1870, p. 316 ( Vermetus radicula ); Verrill and 
Smith, 1873, pp. 649, 417 ( Vermetus radicula)', 
Dali, 1889, p. 144. 
New Bedford Harbor. — Gould. “Vineyard 
Sound and Buzzards Bay, 3 to 10 fathoms, not 
uncommon.” — Verrill. Common in Great 
Vermicularia spirata — Continued . 
Harbor, Woods Hole.— V. N. Edwards. By 
the Survey taken chiefly in the eastern half of 
Vineyard Sound, and near the shores of Buz- 
zards Bay; dredged in 3 to 13 fathoms, chiefly 
on bottoms of gravel and sand; in nearly all 
cases empty shells. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7531 (1 shell), 7534 (1 
shell), 7535 bis (1 shell), 7536 (10 shells), 7537 
bis (many shells, mostly broken), 7541 bis 
(several shells), 7546 bis, 7552 bis, 7556 bis 
(few shells), 7557 (1), 7563 (? 1 broken shell), 
7563 bis (few shells), 7614 (few fragments), 7630 
(few fragments), 7643 (1 shell), 7659, 7730 (1 
shell), 7748 (many shells), 7750 (1 shell), 7752 
(1 shell), 7753 (1 small shell), 7757 (1 shell), 
7759 (1 shell), 7760 (1 shell), 7763 (1 small 
shell), 7764 (many small shells), 7767 (few 
shells), 7768 (2 shells). 
Phalarope stations: 1 (1 shell), 6 (2 tips), 7 (1), 
8 (shells and living), 9 (1), 11 (1), 42 (few 
shells), 62 (2), 63 (several shells), 69 (1), 70 (1 
shell), 74 (1), 76 (1), 77 (few shells), 83 (sev- 
eral shells), 84 (1 shell), 91, 92, 96, 97, 108, 109, 
no, 1 15 (shells common), 120 (shells), 123 
(shells), 134 (1 shell), 141 (few shells), 146 (2 
shells), 160 ( 1 fragment ?). 
Eggs “deposited in July ... in an advanced 
stage of development.” — Stimpson. 
Family Littorinid^. 
Littorina irrorata Say. 
Gould, 1870, p. 311 (not listed for this region); 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 651, 372; Dali; 
1889, p. 146. 
“Vineyard Sound, sparingly;” found on muddy 
shores; it “may have been introduced from 
farther south with oysters.” — Verrill. 
Littorina rudis Maton. 
Gould, 1870, p. 304 ( Littorina rudis), p. 306 (L. 
tenebrosa)', Verrill and Smith, 1873, pp. 651, 
305; Dali, 1889, p. 146. 
Distribution general along stony shores through- 
out the region, commonly associated with L. 
litorea and L. palliata. Unlike the latter spe- 
cies, however, it is, in such localities, usually 
found upon the rocks themselves and seldom 
upon the rockweeds attached to them. Lit- 
torina rudis has a wide range of habitat, being 
found upon the surf-beaten bowlders at Gay 
Head, as well as upon eelgrass in Great Pond, 
where the water is somewhat brackish. It is 
strictly littoral, however, and hence even the 
shells are seldom dredged. 
