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MatBio: MOLLUSKS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

American Tiger Armina 1
Armina wattla
Crepidula atrasolea
Eastern Auger 2
Terebra dislocata
Lemon Drop 1
Doriopsilla pharpa
Warty Dorid 1
Doris verrucosa
Sargassum Nudibranch 3
Scyllaea pelagica
Ragged Seahare 4
Bursatella leachii
Mottled Seahare 5
Aplysia fasciata
Lunar Dovesnail 3
Astyris lunata
Greedy Dovesnail 6
Costoanachis avara
Translirate Dovesnail 1
Costoanachis translirata
Well-ribbed Dovesnail 1
Cotonopsis lafresnayi
Fat Dovesnail 1
Parvanachis obesa
Sharp Nassa 7
Nassarius acutus
Black-spot Nassa 8
Nassarius polygonatus
Bruised Nassa 9
Nassarius vibex
Eastern Mudsnail 10
Ilyanassa obsoleta
Thick-lip Drill 7
Eupleura caudata
Florida Rocksnail 3
Stramonita floridana
Red-mouthed Rocksnail 11
Stramonita haemastoma
Atlantic Oysterdrill 12
Urosalpinx cinerea
Crown Conch 13
Melongena corona
Channeled Whelk 14
Busycotypus canaliculatus
Pear Whelk 7
Busycotypus spiratus
Knobbed Whelk 7
Busycon carica
Lightning Whelk 9
Busycon sinistrum
Lettered Olive 3
Americoliva sayana
Variable Dwarf Olive 1
Olivella mutica
Concave Auger 1
Terebra concava
Tinted Cantharus 3
Gemophos tinctus
True Tulip Snail 7
Fasciolaria tulipa
Horse Conch 7
Triplofusus giganteus
Eastern Banded Tulip 1
Cinctura hunteria
Seaboard Marginella 7
Prunum roscidum
Channelmouth Turrid 7
Lioglyphostoma oenoa
Sculptured Topsnail 7
Calliostoma euglyptum
Cayenne Keyhole Limpet 3
Diodora cayenensis
Chestnut Turban 6
Turbo castanea
Angulate Wentletrap 15
Epitonium angulatum
Trilix Vitrinella 1
Cyclostremiscus pentagonus
Adams' Miniature Cerith 1
Seila adamsii
Buttonsnail 3
Modulus modulus
Quiet Periwinkle 1
Echinolittorina placida
White-spot Periwinkle 7
Echinolittorina meleagris
Marsh Periwinkle 1
Littoraria irrorata
Brown Baby Ear 7
Sinum maculatum
White Baby Ear 16
Sinum perspectivum
Miniature Moonsnail 17
Tectonatica pusilla
Shark Eye 7
Neverita duplicata
Florida Fighting Conch 18
Strombus alatus
Ladder Hornsnail 19
Cerithideopsis scalariformis
Spiny Slippersnail 7
Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Common Atlantic Slippersnail 3
Crepidula fornicata
Eastern White Slippersnail 7
Crepidula plana
Grass Cerith 1
Bittiolum varium
Dark Cerith 7
Cerithium atratum
Impressed Odostome 3
Boonea impressa
Western Striate Bubblesnail 3
Bulla occidentalis
Antillean Nerite 13
Nerita fulgurans
Olive Nerite 1
Neritina reclivata
Virgin Nerite 7
Neritina virginea
European Melampus
Myosotella myosotis
Miraculous Pedipes 7
Pedipes mirabilis
Eastern Melampus 7
Melampus bidentatus
Florida Melampus 1
Melampus floridanus
Striped False Limpet 20
Siphonaria pectinata
Eastern Beaded Chiton 3
Chaetopleura
Atlantic Brief Squid 3
Lolliguncula brevis
Common Octopus 21
Octopus vulgaris
Eastern Oyster 22
Crassostrea virginica
Crested Oyster 7
Ostrea equestris
Common Jingle 23
Anomia simplex
Atlantic Calico Scallop 7
Argopecten gibbus
Stiff Penshell 7
Atrina rigida
Half-naked Penshell 7
Atrina seminuda
Sawtooth Penshell 7
Atrina serrata
Channeled Duckclam 7
Raeta plicatella
Atlantic Rangia 24
Rangia cuneata
Smooth Duckclam 7
Anatina anatina
Dwarf Surfclam 7
Mulinia lateralis
Corrugated Jewelbox 7
Chama congregata
Florida Spiny Jewelbox 9
Arcinella cornuta
Lunate Crassinella 7
Crassinella lunulata
Southern Quahog 25
Mercenaria campechiensis
Northern Quahog 26
Mercenaria mercenaria
Sunray Venus 27
Macrocallista nimbosa
Disk Dosinia 7
Dosinia discus
Cross-barred Venus 7
Chione cancellata
Cross-barred Venus Clam 7
Chione elevata
Calico Clam 8
Callista maculata
Amethyst Gemclam 1
Gemma gemma
Lightning Pitar
Pitar fulminatus
Yellow Eggcockle 7
Laevicardium mortoni
Atlantic Giant Cockle 27
Dinocardium robustum
Yoyo Galeommatid 1
Divariscintilla yoyo
Atlantic Abra 7
Abra aequalis
Striate Tellin 7
Tellina aequistriata
Alternate Tellin 7
Tellina alternata
Texas Tellin 1
Tellina texana
Many-colored Tellin 7
Tellina versicolor

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

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