. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. MOLLUSCA 189. / J Fig. 31 Neptunea decemcostata Say Buccinum undatum Linne (Whelk) PLATE XX. Fig. 1 This large gastropod (2 to 3 inches long) is common on the coast of Newfoundland and along northern New England. Farther south it is re- stricted to deep water and off New Jersey is known only from 32 fathoms or deeper. Occasionally shells are found on the beach, some of which are probably fossils which lived during a part of the Pleistocene when the climate was cooler than the present— probably during a glacial stage. The peculiar egg
. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. MOLLUSCA 189. / J Fig. 31 Neptunea decemcostata Say Buccinum undatum Linne (Whelk) PLATE XX. Fig. 1 This large gastropod (2 to 3 inches long) is common on the coast of Newfoundland and along northern New England. Farther south it is re- stricted to deep water and off New Jersey is known only from 32 fathoms or deeper. Occasionally shells are found on the beach, some of which are probably fossils which lived during a part of the Pleistocene when the climate was cooler than the present— probably during a glacial stage. The peculiar egg masses of this species are common on northern beaches and are occasionally. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Horace Gardiner, 1906-. Boston, B. Humphries, inc
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