. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . •k PLATE LXXXI. 1, Tellina alternata. 3, Donax variabilis. 2, Macoma secta. 4, Donax californicus. 5, Rseta canalieulata. PELECYPODS 44.) margin is striking. It has very fine cardinal teeth. Length two tothree boMica, M* proocima, M. tenta. The first two of these species an- dingy in color, and are covered with a dirty-looking, thin epidermis. The first has a wide range to Norway and Scotland, and is exceedingly common all along our coast from Maine to Georgia. It oc
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . •k PLATE LXXXI. 1, Tellina alternata. 3, Donax variabilis. 2, Macoma secta. 4, Donax californicus. 5, Rseta canalieulata. PELECYPODS 44.) margin is striking. It has very fine cardinal teeth. Length two tothree boMica, M* proocima, M. tenta. The first two of these species an- dingy in color, and are covered with a dirty-looking, thin epidermis. The first has a wide range to Norway and Scotland, and is exceedingly common all along our coast from Maine to Georgia. It occurs plentifully in the Hudson River above New York, and in all sandy or muddy bays. It is rounded in outline, while the next species (.17. ) is more pointed posteriorly. When these species are buried in the sand their two long, slen- der siphons project aliove, one supplying the animal with a constant current of fresh water, and the other ejecting that which, having passed the gills and M,,,,,,,,,, (.,</<..„. labial palps, is exhausted of its air and nutriment
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