. Economic mollusca of Acadia . Fig. 13. Modiola plicatula. Natural Size. It lives in brackish water, preferring ditches and sluggish marsh streams. It partly burrows into the mud, well up towards high-water mark, and attaches itself by a strong byssus, or mass of threads. Economics. It is sometimes eaten, but is not considered as good as Mytilus eclulis. It is a useful bait, but compara- tively little used, chiefly, no doubt, on account of its scarcity. It does not appear to be used for either of these purposes in Acadia. In New Jersey and about Long Island it is employed as a fertilizer, and
. Economic mollusca of Acadia . Fig. 13. Modiola plicatula. Natural Size. It lives in brackish water, preferring ditches and sluggish marsh streams. It partly burrows into the mud, well up towards high-water mark, and attaches itself by a strong byssus, or mass of threads. Economics. It is sometimes eaten, but is not considered as good as Mytilus eclulis. It is a useful bait, but compara- tively little used, chiefly, no doubt, on account of its scarcity. It does not appear to be used for either of these purposes in Acadia. In New Jersey and about Long Island it is employed as a fertilizer, and in all probability it occasionally forms a small part of the " Mussel-mud " of our North Shore. 6
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