. Economic mollusca of Acadia . Fig. 20.—Solen ensis, var. Americana, Half Natural Size. S., Siphons; Sh., Shell; J/., Mantle; F., Foot. 26. Zirpliaea crispata (Linn.) Morch. [Zn-/)7ife«,—(?); crispata, wrinkled.] Date-fish. Distribution, (a) 6-'enem?;—Shallow water to seventy fathoms. Connecticut to Gulf of St. Lawrence. Iceland, Northern Europe to Great Britain and France. West coast of America, south to California. {b) In Acadia;—{m N. B.) Grand Manan, very rare, Stimpson. Bay of Fundy, eight to seventy fathoms, in hard clay, VerriU. L'Etang Harbor. (In N. S.) Sable Island, large specimens,


. Economic mollusca of Acadia . Fig. 20.—Solen ensis, var. Americana, Half Natural Size. S., Siphons; Sh., Shell; J/., Mantle; F., Foot. 26. Zirpliaea crispata (Linn.) Morch. [Zn-/)7ife«,—(?); crispata, wrinkled.] Date-fish. Distribution, (a) 6-'enem?;—Shallow water to seventy fathoms. Connecticut to Gulf of St. Lawrence. Iceland, Northern Europe to Great Britain and France. West coast of America, south to California. {b) In Acadia;—{m N. B.) Grand Manan, very rare, Stimpson. Bay of Fundy, eight to seventy fathoms, in hard clay, VerriU. L'Etang Harbor. (In N. S.) Sable Island, large specimens, Jones (on authority of Willis). Prince Edward Island, boring in red sandstone reefs, Daioson. Probably to be found in suitable localities all around our const.


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