. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . ge, and in this the eggs aredeposited. As the tide is falling a large number of these little snails can begathered in an hours hunt. Two large conchs, the I-ulgar carica, and .^ycotxpus canaliculatus. wereat one time found in large quantities upon the beach, but these shells have beensought after to such an extent in their deep water home, for use as garden orna-ments and llower pots, that they are now comparatively rare. By the Indians they(3G;{) 304 DA
. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . ge, and in this the eggs aredeposited. As the tide is falling a large number of these little snails can begathered in an hours hunt. Two large conchs, the I-ulgar carica, and .^ycotxpus canaliculatus. wereat one time found in large quantities upon the beach, but these shells have beensought after to such an extent in their deep water home, for use as garden orna-ments and llower pots, that they are now comparatively rare. By the Indians they(3G;{) 304 DAILY UXION HISTORY OF ATLANTIC COUNTY. were used as driiikiiif; cups, and the ceutral white spiral was made iuto egg cases of these conchs are formed of strings of cajisules. there being twentyor more capsules in a string. They are found upon the beach during the latterpart of winter. Adhering to stones or shells, especially the inside surface of small shells thathave lost their inhabitants, will be found the crepidula. shell issimply a liood. more or less flattened, in the end of which is placed a tiny £EA SHELLS. The shell confuniis to the surface on which it rests, and the little animal attachesitself to this surface by a strong muscle that has the power of suction. The crepi-dula ungiformis (Fig. 6) is flattened and usually white, and it more frecjuentlyfound on the inside surface of other shells. The crepidula fornicata (Fig. 5) islarger, and deeper, and is usually found on the outside surface of shells or piled ingroups one upon another. The crepidula feeds upon sea weeds. Another snail found upon the stones along the inlet is the Littorina littorea MAK1X1-: LIFF. IX THI-: SAXUS. , (Fig-. 31. It is a native of iiortluTn iuiniiic, -tcius tn have lieeMiiu- nalurali/.eilUpon the Xew England coast, and is rapidlv extending smitinvanl. Large num-bers of them can be gathered at Idw-water an\ dav nn tlie stones that form thebreak-wat
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