|   | 
site | 
site # (info) | 
collection date | 
kind | 
depth | 
substrate | 
salin | 
comments | 
reference | 
| A | 
Forty Steps Beach, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA | 
1821
  map | late 1960 s | 
  | 
  | 
sorted coarse sand | 
  | 
occurs in well sorted coarse sand. | 
Riser NW (1981): 140 | 
| B | 
Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA | 
1822
  map | 1972 | 
  | 
  | 
sorted coarse sand | 
  | 
occurs in well sorted coarse sand.  Collected by Tor Karling at Preston Beach. | 
Riser NW (1981): 141 | 
| C | 
Dionis Beach, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA | 
1823
  map | Dec 1976 | 
type locality | 
upper intertidal | 
sorted coarse sand | 
  | 
found in dense populations in the pre-impact study following the Argo Merchant Oil Spill (Dec 1976) off Nantucket.  Fully ripe individuals. | 
Riser NW (1981): 141 | 
| D | 
Plum Island, Massachusetts, USA | 
1824
  map | late 1960 s | 
  | 
  | 
sorted coarse sand | 
  | 
common on the beaches of Plum Island. | 
Riser NW (1981): 141 |