BLANEY: MOLLUSCA OF FRENCHMAN’S BAY. 
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Crenella decussata (Montagu). 
Found abundantly with the preceding species — same conditions. 
Nucula tenuis (Montagu). 
Common, dredged abundantly at stations 7, 8, 9, muddy bottom, 
10 to 20 fathoms;” also found abundant in haddock. 
Nucula proxima Say. 
Most abundant, everywhere on muddy bottom. Found in had¬ 
dock, some fish having only this species in large numbers in stomach. 
Nucula delphinodonta Mighels. 
Very common, found usually in company with the preceding, as 
also in haddock. 
Yoldia limatula (Say). 
Rather rare, found occasionally in haddock; a few valves of large 
size dredged in Calf Island Bay. Found common and of large size 
in Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, by Mr. Harold S. Colton. 
We have dug a rich yellow colored form from mud off So ward’s 
Island, at just below low water mark, during low spring tides. 
Some specimens were over two inches in length. 
Yoldia sapotilla (Gould). 
Veiy common, dredged in large numbers on soft bottom at sta¬ 
tions 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12, in 15 to 35 fathoms. Also found common in 
haddock. Specimens dredged at station 13 ovulating on August 
21st. The eggs were of a delicate pink tint. 
Yoldia myalis (Couthouy). 
A few specimens dredged near station 18. 
Yoldia thraciaeformis (Storer). 
A few found of large size in sticky mud at station 9. Young 
specimens very common in August at station 12. Many young 
found in haddock. 
Leda tenuisulcata (Couthouy). 
Not common, dredged at stations 3, 7, 8, 10, rather muddy 
bottom. Also found in haddock. 
