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appear to be all the circular form O.l. expansa Ostrea lurida expansa, while those on the ocean side are the long form O. lurida Ostrea lurida.


Long Beach, Cali. Long Beach, CA Tuesday July 12, 1910 July 12, 1910.

Cloudy morning. I arose at 5 a.m. and walked to Mira Mar Miramar, San Diego. Tide was low and I got some fine specimens, including a very large hermit crab hermit crab in shell of Polynices lewisii Polynices lewisii, flexible corals coral, several moonshells (P. lewisii) Polynices lewisii etc. Met a doctor from Harvard, Neb. Harvard, NE, on the beach who assisted me to get a big fossil Cardium quadrigenarium Cardium quadrigenarium half way up the bluff. Returned about 9 a.m. and spent balance of forenoon preparing and packing the material collected this morning. Cleared up before noon. John Kennedy, Wife and daughter called in forenoon, having just arrived from Pomona Pomona, CA. Saw D. E. Dobbins at Kennebec Cafeteria Kennebec Cafeteria at