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MatBio Oyster Reef Biota

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 ↓

Eastern Oyster 1
Crassostrea virginica
Ragged Seahare 1
Bursatella leachii
Sharp Nassa 2
Nassarius acutus
Black-spot Nassa 3
Nassarius polygonatus
Bruised Nassa 4
Nassarius vibex
Eastern Mudsnail 5
Ilyanassa obsoleta
Crown Conch 6
Melongena corona
Common Atlantic Slippersnail 7
Crepidula fornicata
Impressed Odostome 7
Boonea impressa
Olive Nerite 8
Neritina reclivata
Virgin Nerite 2
Neritina virginea
Common Jingle 9
Anomia simplex
Asian Green Mussel 1
Perna viridis
Scorched Mussel 2
Brachidontes exustus
Ribbed Mussel 2
Geukensia demissa
Fragile Sphenia Clam 1
Sphenia fragilis
Ponderous Ark 1
Eontia ponderosa
Transverse Ark 2
Anadara transversa
Blood Ark 1
Anadara ovalis

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 1. (c) Jose Nunez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jose Nunez
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  • 4. (c) 2011 Marlo F. Krisberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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  • 9. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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