. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. MOLLUSCA 169 Janthina janthina Linne (Floating Shell) (J. communis Lamarck; J. fragilis Lamarck) Fig. 27 A pelagic species, that is one that floats on the surface of the sea, usually far from shore. After storms they are occasionally washed upon the beaches from Nantucket to the "West Indies. The shell is very thin and is usually purple in color. The animal is kept on the surface of the water by a gelatinous secretion from the foot. Very rare on New Jersey beaches (one record from Cape May Point); more common on Florida beaches.
. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. MOLLUSCA 169 Janthina janthina Linne (Floating Shell) (J. communis Lamarck; J. fragilis Lamarck) Fig. 27 A pelagic species, that is one that floats on the surface of the sea, usually far from shore. After storms they are occasionally washed upon the beaches from Nantucket to the "West Indies. The shell is very thin and is usually purple in color. The animal is kept on the surface of the water by a gelatinous secretion from the foot. Very rare on New Jersey beaches (one record from Cape May Point); more common on Florida Fig. 27 Janthina janthina Linne Stilifer stimpsoni Verrill A small, elongate shell that lives among the spines of the Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocerdrotus drobachiensis), usually in deep water. One record from 35 fathoms off New Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Horace Gardiner, 1906-. Boston, B. Humphries, inc
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