. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . 1KLKCYIOps are not easily detected. They are not uncommon in such stations atMount Desert, Maine. M. j)lic<ifnl<i. This species of MorfloZa ranges from Canada to Hat-teras, and inliahits the tidal waters of streams, sheltered muddy reachesamong reeds, and tidal flats. It is a dingy-looking shell, ornamented with. Moilioln jiUrutulu, typical form. numerous radiating ribs, which are very fine upon the anterior portionof the shell. The epidermis is thin and of a dirty yello
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . 1KLKCYIOps are not easily detected. They are not uncommon in such stations atMount Desert, Maine. M. j)lic<ifnl<i. This species of MorfloZa ranges from Canada to Hat-teras, and inliahits the tidal waters of streams, sheltered muddy reachesamong reeds, and tidal flats. It is a dingy-looking shell, ornamented with. Moilioln jiUrutulu, typical form. numerous radiating ribs, which are very fine upon the anterior portionof the shell. The epidermis is thin and of a dirty yellowish-green it is silvery- white. In the ventral margin there is an opening forthe accommodation of a byssus. Length about three inches in NewEngland ; slightly larger at Norfolk. There is probably no muddy reachof land that is exposed at low tide from Maine to the Carolinas that is notinhabited by M. jtlicntifln. M. ttttifMi. This is the show shell of the genus Modioln in Americanwaters. It belongs to the Southern fauna, and, like the others of itsgenus, it moors itself towood or other solid ob-jects by means of itsbyssus. It is of aboutthe same size as the lastspecies, but is perfectlysmooth and of a bright-yellowish color, withdark rays over the cen-tral portion. M. recta. A speciesof Mni/iiiln fairly abun-dant on the Pacific coastfromVancouvertosoiith- .v,,,/,,,/,, „„„•„. ern California. It has a long,
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