Proceedings of the Essex Institute, Volumes 1-2Essex Institute, 1856 - Natural history |
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... Common . Solemya borealis . Nahant beach . Rare . Glycemeris siliqua . I found several , after a storm in the month of April , 1851 , on Nahant beach : they are abun- dant at Middle Bank , Massachusetts Bay . Mya arenaria . Mya truncata ...
... Common . Solemya borealis . Nahant beach . Rare . Glycemeris siliqua . I found several , after a storm in the month of April , 1851 , on Nahant beach : they are abun- dant at Middle Bank , Massachusetts Bay . Mya arenaria . Mya truncata ...
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... Common in the crevices of isolated rocks , along shore at half tide and below . Petricola pholadiformis . Common . Sanguinolaria fusca . Common . Sanguinolaria sordida . Rare . Tellina tenera . Common . Tellina tenta . * Small specimens are ...
... Common in the crevices of isolated rocks , along shore at half tide and below . Petricola pholadiformis . Common . Sanguinolaria fusca . Common . Sanguinolaria sordida . Rare . Tellina tenera . Common . Tellina tenta . * Small specimens are ...
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... common . Nucula sapotilla . * Nucula proxima . * Nucula tenuis . * Rather common . Unio complanatus . Very common at the Floating - bridge pond , Lynn . Anodon fluviatilis ... common . Lottia alveus . Very common . Dentalium dentale . * 28.
... common . Nucula sapotilla . * Nucula proxima . * Nucula tenuis . * Rather common . Unio complanatus . Very common at the Floating - bridge pond , Lynn . Anodon fluviatilis ... common . Lottia alveus . Very common . Dentalium dentale . * 28.
Page 29
... common , in Lynn harbor . I have looked for it in vain , since ; it seems to have entirely disappeared . Bulla triticea . * Frequent in deep water in various parts of the bay . Bulla puncto - striata . * Off Scituate . Rare . Bulla ...
... common , in Lynn harbor . I have looked for it in vain , since ; it seems to have entirely disappeared . Bulla triticea . * Frequent in deep water in various parts of the bay . Bulla puncto - striata . * Off Scituate . Rare . Bulla ...
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... common species . Planorbis bicarinatus . Rare . Planorbis armigerus . Very common . Planorbis hirsutus . Common . Physa heterostropha . Occasionally found in a shaded ditch by the roadside at Swampscot . Physa ancillaria . Found with ...
... common species . Planorbis bicarinatus . Rare . Planorbis armigerus . Very common . Planorbis hirsutus . Common . Physa heterostropha . Occasionally found in a shaded ditch by the roadside at Swampscot . Physa ancillaria . Found with ...
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