. West American shells; a description in familiar terms of the principal marine, fresh water and land mollusks of the United States found west of the Rocky Mountains, including those of British Columbia and Alaska ... Fig. 75. Fig. 76, X 4 (J^ Macoma sitkdna, Dall, the Sitka Macoma, isshown in Figure 76. The shell is thin and white,while the other features are well shown in the en-gravings. As its name indicates, its home is inAlaska, reaching northward from Sitka. Macoma secta, the Giant Macoma, is shown inFigure 77. It is the largest and finest species of OTHER BIVALVE MOLLUSKS 85


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