. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . nder the generic name Venus are inpoint of beauty not worthy of their promising name. GENUS Venus V. mercenaria. This is the common hard-shell clam, the Lit-tle Neck of the hotels and restaurants, with which every one in New Yorkand New England is familiar. The species ranges from Cape Cod toFlorida, and occupies two different kinds of station: one in shallowmuddy bays near low-tide mark, in estuaries, etc.; the other the sandystations in open deeper bays or the open ocean. Th
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . nder the generic name Venus are inpoint of beauty not worthy of their promising name. GENUS Venus V. mercenaria. This is the common hard-shell clam, the Lit-tle Neck of the hotels and restaurants, with which every one in New Yorkand New England is familiar. The species ranges from Cape Cod toFlorida, and occupies two different kinds of station: one in shallowmuddy bays near low-tide mark, in estuaries, etc.; the other the sandystations in open deeper bays or the open ocean. Those coming fromoutside have thinner, more delicate shells, with thin, concentric burrow in the sand or mud, or crawl quite rapidly. The siphonsare short and are united almost to their ends. The mantle is open (savefor the siphons), and the edges are delicately frilled. In the UnitedStates this species is very extensively gathered for the markets. Whenthe oyster season closes in April, the hard-shell clam comes into vogue,the season lasting until September or October. The clams are exten- PELECYPODS 44!J. sivcly gathered in the estuaries from Cape May to Cape Cod. Meu armed with rakes drift about in small boats and fish the sluggish crea-tures up out of the mud. They will live for many days out of water itkept in a cool place. Smaller or immature clams are better for the table, since they are not so tough as their elders. A few features of the slid]of this species arenoticea Mr the rather prominent i unbones directed for-ward, the heart->haped lunule, the external ligament,! lie concentric sculp-turing of growth-lines, the pure-white interior (with occasionally violetzones about themuscle-scars andmargin), the threestout cardinal teeth,the sharp-angledpallial >iuus, and theventral margin fine-ly crenulated greatest lengthis alK»ut three inchesand the height twoand a half inches,but these dimensionsexceed those of theclams usually servedupon the half-s
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