site | site # (info) | collection date | kind | depth | substrate | salin | comments | reference | |
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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 |