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Polynices immaculata (Totten). 
Gould, 1870, p. 344 ( Mamma 9 immaculata)', Ver- 
rill and Smith, 1873, p. 646, 508 ( Lunatia im- 
maculata); Dali, 1889, p. 154 (Lunatia immacu- 
lata). 
Newport. — Totten, cited by Gould. “Off Mar- 
thas Vineyard, 20 fathoms”; a northern shell. — 
Verrill. Vineyard Sound, at Fish Hawk sta- 
tion 7549 (*i small shell)*. South arm of West 
Falmouth Harbor* (collected by L. J. Cole). 
IPolynices nana (Moller). 
Verrill, 1882c, p. 516 ( Lunatia nana). 
South of Marthas Vineyard and Block Island; 
22 to 29 fathoms, 1880 and 1881. 
Polynices sp. (undetermined). 
Fish Hawk stations: 7568, 7586, 7604, 7608, 7609, 
7614, 7701, 7730, 7732, 7767, 7776. 
Phalarope stations: 52, 57, 64, 63, 68, hi, 165 
(1 fragment), 167 (1 fragment). 
Some of these specimens were identified in the 
field as P. immaculata, but the identification 
now seems doubtful. 
Polynices sp. (egg cases). 
Fish Hawk stations: 7534 (1), 7550 (few), 7563 
(few), 7567 (1), 7578 (1), 7590 (fragments), 7591 
(fragments), 7596 (1), 7609 (fragment), 7615 
(fragment), 7709 (1), 7717 (1), 7740 (1). 
Phalarope stations: 1 (1), 28 (1), 29 (1), 30 (1). 
Family Marseniid^E. 
Velutina laevigata Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 334 ( Velutina haliotoidea; not 
listed for this region). 
Crab Ledge, August, 1902, 15 to 17 fathoms*; 
Fish Hawk station 7609 (also at Crab Ledge), 
1 living*. 
Velutina zonata Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 335 (not listed for this region). 
Fish Hawk stations 7608* and 7609* (both at Crab 
Ledge); in each case, 1 living. 
Class CEPP 
Family Spiruudaj. 
Spirula peronii Lamarck. 
Stimpson, 1851, p. 57; Gould, 1870, p. 516 (Spi- 
rula fragilis); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 636; 
Dali, 1889, p. 174. 
Shells washed ashore at Nantucket. — Stimpson, 
Gould, Verrill. One found by R. L. Baird at 
Muskegetin 1904; another by F. B. Sumner at 
No Mans Land in 1904. 
Family Acm^Eid^. 
Acmaea testudinalis (Linnaeus). Limpet. 
Gould, 1870, p. 267 ( Tectura testudinalis), p. 269 
( Tectura alveus); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
661, 307, etc.; Dali, 1889, p. 156. 
“Marthas Vineyard, Cuttyhunk, and adjacent 
islands;” “comparatively rare and local south 
of Cape Cod.” — Verrill. Common at the end 
of Nobslca Point, on rocks, below low-tide 
level. Recorded from Devils Foot Island, 
Tarpaulin Cove, and Round Hill Point. 
Dredged by the Survey at a few inshore sta- 
tions, both in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards 
Bay, in 3 to 5 fathoms. These were all or 
nearly all dead shells. 
Fish Hawk station 7536 (1 shell); Phalarope sta- 
tions: 71 (several), 79 (1 shell), 91, 132 (1 
shell). 
Verrill states that “a peculiar narrow form of 
this shell, (var. alveus) . . . lives on the 
leaves of eelgrass.” We are informed by Dr. 
Dali that recent anatomical studies indicate 
that A. alveus is a good species. 
Family Trochid^E. 
Margarites obscurus Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 283 (Margarita obscura; not listed 
for this region); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
661, 508 (Margarita obscura); Dali, 1889, p. 164 
(Solariella obscura). 
“ Off Marthas Vineyard, 20 to 23 fathoms.” — Ver- 
rill. Crab Ledge, at Fish Hawk station 
7607*. — Survey. 
Margarites undulatus (Sowerby). 
Crab Ledge, August 19, 1902, in 17 fathoms, 
living*. 
Margarites sp. (undetermined). 
Fish Hawk station 7609 (Crab Ledge). 
'lLOPODA. 
Family Loliginid^. 
Loligo pealii Lesueur. Common squid (south of 
Cape Cod); long-finned squid. [Chart 189.] 
Gould, 1870, p. 513 (Loligo punctata), p. 514 
(Loligo pealii); Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
635, 416, etc.; Verrill, 1881, p. 30S; 1882, p. 
342; Bumpus, 1898a. 
Distribution general throughout the region from 
April or May till November, disappearing 
