. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . two and a half indies in length and one and a half inches in height,and is dark olive-green. The foot is like that of ). liiiin/nln. Tinlabial palps are exceedingly large. 1. sti(t<f. The shell isovate, prolonged on one side,thin, fragile, translucent, andcovered with a thin, glossy epi-dermis, greenish in color. Theanterior half is semi-oval, theposterior portion narrowed andcompressed ; within it is pearly-white, with a triangular cartilagecavity, andsixteen to eigh-teen
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . two and a half indies in length and one and a half inches in height,and is dark olive-green. The foot is like that of ). liiiin/nln. Tinlabial palps are exceedingly large. 1. sti(t<f. The shell isovate, prolonged on one side,thin, fragile, translucent, andcovered with a thin, glossy epi-dermis, greenish in color. Theanterior half is semi-oval, theposterior portion narrowed andcompressed ; within it is pearly-white, with a triangular cartilagecavity, andsixteen to eigh-teen pointed teeth On each y,,i,n,, thraciceformis. side. In length it is little less than an inch. Found from Long IslandSound northward. FAMILY SOLENOMYIDJEGENUS Solenomya Two species of this genus, which are greatly prized by collectorson account of the extraordinary development of the epidermis ofthe shell, occur in New England waters. The strong corneousperiostracum of a deep chestnut-color projects considerably be-yond the margins of the valves; the shells are exceedingly thinand fragile, and are mark
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