Excerpt from Mollusks of the Atlantic Coast of the United States, South to Cape Hatteras Deep sea and pelagic forms are excluded, except those whose shells are occasionally thrown upon the beach after storms. This is only a preliminary manual and of necessity must con tain numerous errors that will be gladly corrected by the author if brought to his attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.