Alabama Malacological Research Center
2370-G Hillcrest Road #236
Mobile, Alabama 36695
Littoral (including estuarine), sublittoral, bathyal, and abyssal regions.
SCISSURELLIDAE001 Scissurella crispata (Fleming, 1828)HALIOTIDAE002 Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881FISSURELLIDAE003 Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)TROCHIDAE004 Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)
005 Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850)
006 Calliostoma benedicti Dall, 1889CYCLOSTREMATIDAE007 Calliostoma euglyptum (A. Adams, 1854)
008 Calliostoma fascinans Schwengel & McGinty, 1942
009 Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin, 1791)
010 Calliostoma marionae Dall, 1906
011 Calliostoma oregon Clench & Turner, 1960
012 Calliostoma pulchrum (C. B. Adams, 1850)
013 Calliostoma sp.A
014 Calliostoma sp.B.
015 Gaza superba (Dall, 1881)
016 Microgaza rotella Dall, 1881
017 Solariella lacunella (Dall, 1881)
018 Solariella lamellosa Verrill & Smith, 1880
019 Solariella lubrica lubrica Dall, 1881
020 Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)TURBINIDAE021 Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
022 Arene sp.
023 Dillwynella modesta Dall, 1889
024 Astralium phoebium Roding, 1798NERITIDAE025 Ganesa sp.
026 Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791
027 Neritina reclivata (Say, 1822)LITTORINIDAE028 Littorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822)RISSOIDAE029 Littorina angustior (Morch, 1876)
030 Littorina irrorata (Say, 1822)
031 Littorina lineolata Orbigny, 1840
032 Littorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)
033 Alvania acuticostata (Dall, 1889)RISSOINIDAE034 Alvania auberiana (Orbigny, 1842)
035 Alvania precipitata (Dall, 1889)
036 Zebina browniana (Orbigny, 1842)ASSIMINEIDAE037 Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840)HYDROBIIDAE038 Littoridinops palustris Thompson, 1968VITRINELLIDAE039 Texadina barretti (Morrison, 1965)
040 Texadina sphinctostoma (Abbott & Ladd, 1951)
041 Circulus multistriatus (Verrill, 1884)FOSSARIDAE042 Circulus suppressus (Dall, 1889)
043 Cyclostremiscus pentagonus (Gabb, 1873)
044 Cyclostremiscus beauii (Fischer, 1857)
045 Episcynia inornatus (Orbigny, 1842)
046 Parviturboides interruptus (C. B. Adams, 1850)
047 Solariorbis infracarinata Gabb, 1881
048 Teinostoma biscaynense Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
049 Teinostoma parvicallum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
050 Vitrinella floridana Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
051 Macromphalina palmalitoris Pilsbry & McGinty, 1950CAECIDAE052 Caecum bipartitum de Folin, 1870TURRITELLIDAE053 Caecum cooperi S. Smith, 1860
054 Caecum cubitatum de Folin, 1868
055 Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
056 Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
057 Caecum johnsoni Winkley, 1908
058 Caecum nitidum Stimpson, 1851
059 Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851
060 Turritella acropora Dall, 1889ARCHITECTONIDAE061 Turritella exoleta (Linn, 1758)
062 Vermicularia fargoi Olsson, 1951
063 Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)
064 Architectonica nobilis Roding, 1798MODULIDAE065 Architectonica peracuta (Dall, 1889)
066 Heliacus bisulcatus (Orbigny, 1842)
067 Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
068 Modulus lindae Petuch, 1987POTAMIDIDAE069 Modulus modulus (Linn, 1758)
070 Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829)CERITHIDAE071 Bittium varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)CERITHIOPSIDAE072 Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778)
073 Cerithium eburneum Bruguiere, 1792
074 Cerithium muscarum Say, 1832
075 Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)
076 Finella dubia (Orbigny, 1842)
077 Seila adamsi (H. C. Lea, 1845)
078 Cerithiopsis crystallina Dall, 1881TRIPHORIDAE079 Cerithiopsis emersonii (C. B. Adams, 1838)
080 Cerithiopsis greeni (C. B. Adams, 1839)
081 Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829
082 Triphora melanura (C. B. Adams, 1850)JANTHINIDAE083 Triphora nigrocincta (C. B. Adams, 1839)
084 Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816EPITONIDAE085 Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
086 Janthina janthina (Linn, 1758)
087 Janthina pallida (Thompson, 1840)
088 Amaea mitchelli (Dall, 1896)EULIMIDAE089 Amaea retifer (Dall, 1889)
090 Epitonium albidum (Orbigny, 1842)
091 Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1830)
092 Epitonium candeanum (Orbigny, 1842)
093 Epitonium dallianum (Verrill & Smith, 1880)
094 Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener, 1838)
095 Epitonium krebsii (Morch, 1874)
096 Epitonium multistriatum (Say, 1826)
097 Epitonium novangliae (Couthouy, 1838)
098 Epitonium occidentale (Nyst, 1871)
099 Epitonium rupicola (Kurtz, 1860)
100 Epitonium tollini Bartsch, 1938
101 Sthenorytis pernobilis (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
102 Eulimostraca hemphilli (Dall, 1884)ACLIDIDAE103 Melanella arcuata C. B. Adams, 1850
104 Melanella intermedia (Cantraines, 1835)
105 Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
106 Niso hendersoni Bartsch, 1953
107 Strombiformis bilineatus Alder, 1848
108 Strombiformis auricinctus Abbott, 1958
109 Aclis sp.ATLANTIDAE110 Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817HIPPONICIDAE111 Hipponix sp.CAPULIDAE112 Malluvium benthophilum (Dall, 1889)
113 Capulus incurvatus (Gmelin, 1791)CREPIDULIDAE114 Capulus ungaricus (Linn 1767)
115 Calyptraea centralis (Conrad, 1841)XENOPHORIDAE116 Crucibulum auricula (Gmelin, 1791)
117 Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791)
118 Crepidula convexa Say, 1822
119 Crepidula fornicata (Linn, 1758)
120 Crepidula maculosa Conrad, 1846
121 Crepidula plana Say, 1822
122 Crucibulum striatum Say, 1824
123 Xenophora caribaeum Petit, 1856STROMBIDAE124 Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780)
125 Xenophora longleyi Bartsch, 1931
126 Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791ERATOIDAE127 Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832CYPRAEIDAE128 Trivia maltbiana Schwengel & McGinty,1942
129 Trivia pediculus (Linn, 1758)
130 Cypraea cervus Linn, 1771OVULIDAE131 Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, 1791
132 Cypraea spurca acicularis Gmelin, 1791
133 Cypraea zebra Linn, 1758
134 Cyphoma gibbosum (Linn, 1758)VELUTINIDAE135 Cyphoma macgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
136 Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
137 Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby, 1848)
138 Lamellaria leucosphaera Schwengel, 1942NATICIDAE139 Natica canrena (Linn 1758)CASSIDAE140 Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
141 Nevertia duplicatus (Say, 1822)
142 Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)
143 Sigatica carolinensis (Dall, 1889)
144 Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831)
145 Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831)
146 Tectonatica pusilla (Say, 1822)
147 Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822RANELLIDAE148 Phalium granulatum (Born, 1778)
149 Sconsia striata (Lamarck, 1816)
150 Charonia tritonis variegata (Lamarck, 1816)PERSONIDAE151 Cymatium corrugatum krebsii Morch, 1877
152 Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)
153 Cymatium muricinum (Roding, 1798)
154 Cymatium parthenopeum (von Salis, 1793)
155 Cymatium pileare (Linn, 1758)
156 Cymatium vespaceum (Lamarck, 1822)
157 Linatella caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
158 Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)BURSIDAE159 Distorsio constricta macgintyi Emerson & Puffer, 1771
160 Bufonaria bufo (Bruguiere, 1792)TONNIDAE161 Bursa rhodostoma thomae (Orbigny, 1842)
162 Eudolium bairdii (Verrill & Smith, 1881)FICIDAE163 Eudolium crosseanum (Monterosato, 1869)
164 Oocorys bartschi Rehder, 1943
165 Oocorys sulcata Fischer, 1883
166 Tonna maculosa (Dillwyn, 1817)
167 Tonna galea (Linn, 1758)
168 Ficus communis Roding, 1798MURICIDAE169 Ficus carolae Clench, 1945
170 Chicoreus florifer dilectus (A. Adams, 1855)CORALLIOPHILIDAE171 Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890
172 Favartia cellulosa (Conrad, 1846)
173 Murex anniae M. Smith, 1940
174 Murex bellegladeensis E. Vokes, 1963
175 Murex cabritii Bernardi, 1859
176 Murex rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897
177 Murex tryoni Hidalgo in Tryon, 1880
178 Murexiella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)
179 Murexiella leviculus (Dall, 1889)
180 Murexiella taylorae Petuch, 1987
181 Muricanthus fulvescens (Sowerby, 1834)
182 Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
183 Paziella nuttingi (Dall, 1896)
184 Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin, 1791)
185 Pteropurpura bequaerti (Clench & Farfante, 1945)
186 Urosalpinx tampaensis (Conrad, 1846)
187 Stromanita haemostoma floridana (Conrad, 1837)
188 Stromanita haemostoma canaliculata (Gray, 1839)
189 Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822)
190 Urosalpinx perrugata (Conrad, 1846)
191 Coralliophila caribaea Abbott, 1958COLUMBELLIDAE192 Latiaxis mansfieldi (McGinty, 1940)
193 Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)BUCCINIDAE194 Anachis avara (Say, 1822)
195 Anachis floridana Rehder, 1939
196 Anachis lafresnayi (Fisher & Bernardi, 1856)
197 Anachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
198 Anachis semiplicata Stearns, 1873
199 Anachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859)
200 Cosmioconcha calliglypta (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
201 Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826)
202 Mitrella zonalis Gould, 1848
203 Nassarina columbellata Dall, 1889
204 Antillophos candei (Orbigny, 1842)MELONGENIDAE205 Bailya intricata (Sowerby, 1828)
206 Cantharus cancellarius (Conrad, 1846)
207 Cantharus multangulus (Philippi, 1848)
208 Pisania tincta (Conrad, 1846)
209 Busycon lyonsi Petuch, 1987NASSARIIDAE210 Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958
211 Busycotypus plagosus (Conrad, 1863)
212 Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) form johnstonei Clench & Turner, 1956
213 Nassarius acutus (Say, 1822)FASCIOLARIIDAE214 Nassarius albus (Say, 1826)
215 Nassarius vibex (Say, 1822)
216 Fasciolaria bullisi Lyons, 1972OLIVIDAE217 Fasciolaria lilium hunteria (G. Perry, 1811)
218 Fasciolaria tulipa (Linn, 1758)
219 Fusinus eucosmius (Dall, 1889)
220 Fusinus couei (Petit, 1853)
221 Fusinus helenae Bartsch, 1939
222 Fusinus stegeri Lyons,
223 Heilprinia timessus (Dall, 1889)
224 Latirus cariniferus Lamarck, 1822
225 Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
226 Pleuroploca gigantea (Kiener, 1840)
227 Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834COSTELLARIDAE228 Olivella dealbata (Reeve, 1850)
229 Olivella floralia (Duclos, 1853)
230 Olivella minuta (Link, 1807)
231 Olivella mutica (Say, 1822)
232 Olivella pusilla (Marrat, 1871)
233 Olivella cf. rosolina (Duclos, 1835)
234 Olivella sp.
235 Vexillum albocinctum (C. B. Adams, 1845)HARPIDAE236 Vexillum sp.
237 Morum oniscus (Linn, 1822)VOLUTIDAE238 Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842)
239 Scaphella dubia (Broderip, 1827) form kieneri Clench, 1946CANCELLARIDAE240 Scaphella gouldiana (Dall, 1887) form robusta (Dall, 1889)
241 Scaphella junonia (Lamarck, 1804) form johnstoneae Clench, 1953
242 Agatrix agassizii (Dall, 1889)MARGINELLIDAE243 Cancellaria reticulata (Linn, 1767)
244 Cancellaria rosewateri Petit, 1983
245 Trigonostoma rugosum (Lamarck, 1822)
246 Trigonostoma tenerum (Philippi, 1848)
247 Dentimargo eburneola (Conrad, 1834)CONIDAE248 Dentimargo aureocincta Stearns, 1872
249 Granulina ovuliformis (Orbigny, 1841)
250 Marginella apicina Menke, 1828
251 Marginella bella Conrad, 1868
252 Marginella hartleyanum Schwengel, 1941
253 Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834)
254 Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889TEREBRIDAE255 Conus armiger Crosse, 1858
256 Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792 form austini Rehder & Abbott, 1951
257 Conus delessertii Recluz, 1843
258 Conus ermineus Born, 1778
259 Conus floridanus floridensis Sowerby, 1870
260 Conus jaspideus stearnsi Conrad, 1869
261 Conus mazei form macgintyi Pilsbry, 1955
262 Conus spurius Gmelin, 1791
263 Conus stimpsoni Dall, 1902
264 Conus villepini Fisher & Bernardi, 1857
265 Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778)TURRIDAE266 Hastula salleana (Deshayes, 1859)
267 Terebra arcas Abbott, 1954
268 Terebra concava Say, 1827
269 Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822)
269b Terebra dislocata form onslowensis (Petuch, 1974)
270 Terebra floridana Dall, 1889
271 Terebra lindae Petuch, 1987
272 Terebra protexta (Conrad, 1845)
273 Terebra taurina Lightfoot, 1786
274 Brachycythara barbarae Lyons, 1972PYRAMIDELLIDAE275 Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1883)
276 Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881)
277 Compsodrillia acestra (Dall, 1889)
278 Cryoturris cerinella (Dall, 1889)
279 Cryoturris citronella (Dall, 1889)
280 Daphnella morra (Dall, 1881)
281 Gemmula periscelida (Dall, 1889)
282 Hindsiclava alesidota (Dall, 1889)
283 Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
284 Kurtziella cerina (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
285 Kurtziella diomedea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
286 Kurtziella limonitella (Dall, 1883)
287 Leucosyrinx tenoceras Dall, 1889
288 Leucosyrinx verrilli (Dall, 1889)
289 Nannodiella oxia (Bush, 1885)
290 Neodrillia cydia Bartsch, 1943
291 Pleurotomella bairdii Verrill & Smith, 1884
292 Pleurotomella blakeana (Dall, 1889)
293 Pleurotomella edgariana (Dall, 1889)
294 Polystira albida (Perry, 1811)
295 Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889)
296 Pyrogocythara hemphilli Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
297 Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
298 Pyrgospira tampaensis (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
299 Turris sp. A
300 Turris sp. B
301 Turris sp. C = (Daphnella corbicula?)
302 Turris sp. D
303 Boonea impressa (Say, 1822)ACTEONIDAE304 Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839)
305 Odostomia laevigata (Orbigny, 1842)
306 Odostomia weberi Morrison, 1965
307 Pyramidella crenulata (Holmes, 1859)
308 Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
309 Turbonilla aequalis (Say, 1827)
310 Turbonilla conradi Bush, 1899
311 Turbonilla dalli Bush, 1899
312 Turbonilla hemphilli Bush, 1899
313 Turbonilla incissa Bush, 1899
314 Acteon candens Rehder, 1939RINGICULIDAE315 Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
316 Ringicula semistriata Orbigny, 1842SCAPHANDRIDAE317 Acteocina bidentata (Say, 1822)PHILINIDAE318 Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1822)
319 Acteocina candei (Orbigny, 1842)
320 Scaphander pilsbryi McGintyi, 1955
321 Scaphander watsoni Dall, 1881
322 Philine sagra Orbigny, 1841BULLIDAE323 Philine sp.
324 Bulla striata Bruguiere, 1792HAMINOEIDAE325 Haminoea antillarum (Orbigny, 1841)RETUSIDAE326 Haminoea elegans (Gray, 1825)
327 Haminoea petiti (Orbigny, 1841)
328 Haminoea succinea (Conrad, 1826)
329 Pyrunculus caelatus (Bush, 1885)CAVOLINIIDAE330 Retusa sulcata (Orbigny, 1842)
331 Volvulella persimilis (Morch, 1875)
332 Volvulella recta (Morch, 1875)
333 Volvulella texasiana Harry, 1967
334 Cavolina longirostris (Blainvile, 1821)MELAMPODIDAE335 Cavolina tridentata (Niebuhr, 1775)
336 Cavolina uncinata (Rang, 1829)
337 Creseis virgula (Rang, 1823)
338 Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)
339 Diacria quadridentata (Blainville, 1821)
340 Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822SIPHONARIIDAE341 Williamia krebsii (M"rch, 1877)APLYSIIDAE342 Aplysia willcoxi Heilprin, 1886
DENTALIIDAE343 Antalis ceratum (Dall, 1881)SIPHONODENTALIIDAE344 Dentalium bartletti Henderson, 1920
345 Dentalium laqueatum Verrill, 1885
346 Dentalium texasianum Philippi, 1848
347 Episiphon sowerbyi (Guilding, 1834)
348 Fissidentalium meridionale (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
349 Graptacme perlongum (Dall, 1881)
350 Graptacme eborea (Conrad, 1846)
351 Laevidentalium callipeplum (Dall, 1889)
352 Polyschides elongatus (Henderson, 1881)353 Polyschides carolinensis (Bush, 1885)
354 Polyschides quadridentatus (Dall, 1881)
355 Polyschides tetrodon (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898)
ISHNOCHITONIDAE356 Ishnochiton papillosus (C. B. Adams, 1845)CHAETOPLEURIDAE357 Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1830)ACANTHOCHITONIDAE358 Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893)
UNIONIDAE359 Lampsilis claibornensis (Lea, 1838)NUCULIDAE360 Obovaria jacksoniana Frierson, 1912
361 Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823)
362 Nucula crenulata A. Adams, 1856MALLETIIDAE363 Nucula fernandinae Dall, 1927
364 Nucula proxima Say, 1822
365 Tindaria amabilis Dall, 1889NUCULANIDAE366 Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832)SOLEMYACIDAE367 Nuculana carpenteri (Dall, 1881)
368 Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)
369 Yoldiella pachia (Verrill & Bush, 1897)
370 Solemya caribbaea H. E. Vokes, 1970ARCIDAE371 Solemya occidentalis Deshayes, 1857
372 Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951LIMOPSIDAE373 Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819)
374 Anadara floridana (Conrad, 1869)
375 Anadara notabilis (Roding, 1798)
376 Anadara ovalis (Bruguiere, 1789)
377 Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
378 Arca imbricata Bruguiere, 1789
379 Arca zebra (Swainson, 1833)
380 Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
381 Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1779)
382 Barbatia domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
383 Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822)
384 Limopsis aurita (Brocchi, 1814)GLYCYMERIDIDAE385 Limopsis minuta Philippi, 1836
386 Limopsis sulcata Verrill & Bush, 1898
387 Glycymeris americana (DeFrance, 1829)MYTILIDAE388 Glycymeris pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)
389 Glycymeris spectralis Nicol, 1952
390 Amygdalum papyrium (Conrad, 1846)PINNIDAE391 Amygdalum politum (Verrill & Smith, 1886)
392 Amygdalum sagittatum Rehder, 1934
393 Brachidontes exustus (Linn, 1758)
394 Brachidontes modiolus (Linn, 1758)
395 Crenella divaricata (Orbigny, 1845)
396 Dacrydium vitreum (Hoboll in Moller, 1842)
397 Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817)
398 Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820)
399 Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
400 Lithophaga bisulcata (Orbigny, 1842)
401 Modiolus modiolus squamosus Beauperthuy, 1967
402 Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822)
403 Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786)PTERIIDAE404 Atrina serrata (Sowerby, 1825)
405 Atrina seminuda (Lamarck, 1819)
406 Atrina sp. nov.
407 Pteria colymbus (Roding, 1798)ISOGNOMONIDAE408 Isognomon sp.PECTINIDAE409 Aequipecten glyptus (Verrill, 1882)PROPEAMUSSIDAE410 Aequipecten muscosus (Wood, 1828)
411 Amussium papyraceum (Gabb, 1873)
412 Argopecten gibbus (Linn, 1758)
413 Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822)
414 Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819)
415 Chlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush, 1897)
416 Cryptopecten phrygium (Dall, 1886)
417 Nodipecten nodosus (Linn, 1758)
418 Pecten chazaliei Dautzenberg, 1900
419 Pecten raveneli Dall, 1898
420 Cyclopecten nanus Verrill & Bush, 1897PLICATULIDAE421 Cyclopecten sigsbeei (Dall, 1886)
422 Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1886)
423 Propeamussium sp. nov.
424 Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801SPONDYLIDAE425 Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781DIMYIDAE426 Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1856
427 Dimya argentea Dall, 1886ANOMIIDAE428 Anomia simplex Orbigny, 1842LIMIDAE429 Lima bullisi Vokes, 1963OSTREIDAE430 Lima locklini McGinty,1955
431 Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846
432 Lima scabra (Born, 1778)
433 Limea bronniana Dall, 1886
434 Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)
435 Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)LUCINIDAE436 Dendostrea frons (Linne, 1758)
437 Ostreola equestris (Say, 1834)
438 Anodontia alba Link, 1807THYASIRIDAE439 Codakia orbicularis (Linn, 1758)
440 Divaricella quadrisulcata (Orbigny, 1842)
441 Linga amiantus (Dall, 1901)
442 Linga pensylvanica (Linn, 1758)
443 Linga sombrerensis (Dall, 1886)
444 Lucina nassula (Conrad, 1846)
445 Lucina pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)
446 Lucina radians (Conrad, 1846)
447 Lucinoma sp.
448 Parvilucina multilineata (Tuomey & Holmes, 1857)
449 Pseudomiltha floridana (Conrad, 1833)
450 Thyasira trisinuata Orbigny, 1842UNGULINIDAE451 Diplodonta punctata (Say, 1822)CHAMIDAE452 Diplodonta semiaspera (Philippi, 1836)
453 Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866MONTACUTIDAE454 Chama congregata Conrad, 1833
455 Chama macerophylla (Gmelin, 1791)
456 Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819)
457 Mysella planulata (Stimpson, 1857)CARDITIDAE458 Pythinella cuneata (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
459 Carditamera floridana Conrad, 1838CONDYLOCARDIIDAE460 Pleuromeris armilla (Dall, 1902)
461 Pleuromeris tridentata (Say, 1826)
462 Cuna dalli Vanatta, 1904ASTARTIDAE463 Astarte nana Dall, 1886CRASSATELLIDAE464 Eucrassatella speciosa (A. Adams, 1852)CARDIIDAE465 Crassinella lunulata (Conrad, 1834)
466 Crassinella martinicensis (Orbigny, 1842)
467 Americardia media (Linn, 1758)MACTRIDAE468 Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot, 1786)
469 Laevicardium laevigatum (Linn, 1758)
470 Laevicarium mortoni (Conrad, 1830)
471 Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861)
472 Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886)
473 Nemocardium peramabile (Dall, 1881)
474 Nemocardium tinctum (Dall, 1881)
475 Nemocardium transversum Rehder & Abbott, 1951
476 Papyridea latum (Born, 1778)
477 Papyridea soleniformis (Bruguiere, 1789)
478 Trachycardium muricatum (Linn 1758)
479 Trigoniocardia antillarum (Orbigny, 1842)
480 Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802)MESODESMATIDAE481 Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791
482 Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822)
483 Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1819)
484 Rangia cuneata (Sowerby, 1831)
485 Spisula solidissima (Dillwyn, 1817)
486 Ervilia concentrica (Holmes, 1860)SOLENIDAE487 Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1806)
488 Ensis minor Dall, 1900TELLINIDAE489 Solen viridis Say, 1821
490 Macoma constricta (Bruguiere, 1792)DONACIDAE491 Macoma extenuata Dall, 1900
492 Macoma mitchelli Dall, 1895
493 Macoma pulleyi Boyer, 1969
494 Macoma tenta (Say, 1834)
495 Strigilla mirabilis (Philippi, 1841)
496 Strigilla surinamensis Boss, 1972
497 Tellidora cristata (Recluz, 1842)
498 Tellina aequistriata Say, 1824
499 Tellina alternata Say, 1822
500 Tellina iris Say, 1822
501 Tellina lineata Turton, 1819
502 Tellina listeri Roding, 1798
503 Tellina nitens C. B. Adams, 1845
504 Tellina squamifera Deshayes, 1855
505 Tellina sybaritica Dall, 1881
506 Tellina tampaensis Conrad,1866
507 Tellina texana Dall, 1900
508 Tellina versicolor DeKay, 1843
509 Tellina sp.
510 Donax variabilis Say, 1822SEMELIDAE511 Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)SOLECURTIDAE512 Abra lioica (Dall, 1881)
513 Abra longicostata americana Verrill & Bush, 1898
514 Cummingia tellinoides (Conrad, 1831)
515 Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837)
516 Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
517 Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
518 Solecurtus cumingianus Dunker, 1861DREISSENIDAE519 Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)
520 Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1794)
521 Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)VESICOMYIDAE522 Calyptogena ponderosa Boss, 1968CORBICULIDAE523 Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)VENERIDAE524 Agriopoma texasianum (Dall, 1892)PETRICOLIDAE525 Anomalocardia auberiana (Orbigny, 1842)
526 Callista eucymata (Dall, 1890)
527 Chione cancellata (Linn, 1767)
528 Chione clenchi Pulley, 1952
529 Chione grus (Holmes, 1858)
530 Chione intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849)
531 Chione latilirata (Conrad, 1841)
532 Cyclinella tenuis (Recluz, 1852)
533 Dosinia elegans Conrad, 1846
534 Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850)
535 Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
536 Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845)
537 Macrocallista maculata (Linn, 1758)
538 Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
539 Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
540 Mercenaria mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)
541 Parastarte triquetra (Conrad, 1846)
542 Pitar cordatus (Schwengel, 1951)
543 Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
544 Pitar simpsoni (Dall, 1889)
545 Ventricolaria rugatina (Heilprin, 1887)
546 Petricola pholadiformis (Lamarck,1818)MYIDAE547 Rupellaria typica (Jonas, 1844)
548 Sphenia antillensis Dall & Simpson, 1901CORBULIDAE549 Corbula barrattiana C. B. Adams, 1852GASTROCHAENIDAE550 Corbula chittyana C. B. Adams, 1852
551 Corbula contracta Say, 1822
552 Corbula cymella Dall, 1881
553 Corbula swiftiana C. B. Adams, 1852
554 Varicorbula operculata (Philippi, 1848)
555 Gastrochaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)HIATELLIDAE556 Spengleria rostrata (Spengler, 1783)
557 Hiatella artica (Linn, 1767)PHOLADIDAE558 Hiatella azaria (Dall, 1881)
559 Panopea bitruncata Conrad, 1872
560 Barnea truncata (Say, 1822)LYONSIIDAE561 Cyrtopleura costata (Linn, 1758)
562 Diplothyra smithii Tryon, 1862
563 Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
565 Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
566 Lyonsia floridana Conrad, 1849PANDORIDAE567 Pandora arenosa Conrad, 1834THRACIIDAE568 Pandora bushiana Dall, 1886
569 Pandora inflata Boss & Merrill, 1965
570 Pandora trilineata Say, 1822
571 Asthenothaerus hemphilli Dall, 1886PERIPLOMATIDAE572 Bushia elegans (Dall, 1886)
573 Periploma margaritaceum (Lamarck, 1801)POROMYIDAE574 Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943VERTICORDIIDAE575 Verticordia ornata (Orbigny, 1842)CUSPIDARIIDAE576 Cardiomya costellata (Deshayes, 1837)577 Cardiomya ornatissima (Orbigny, 1842)
578 Cuspidaria sp.
579 Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881)
SPIRULIDAE580 Spirula spirula (Linn, 1758)SEPIOLIDAE581 Rossia bullisi Voss, 1956LOLIGINIDAE582 Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE583 Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823)
584 Abralia veranyi (Ruppell, 1844)LEPIDOTEUTHIDAE585 Pholidoteuthis adami Voss, 1956LYCOTEUTHIDAE586 Lycoteuthis diadema (Chun, 1900)HISTIOTEUTHIDAE587 Oregoniateuthis springeri Voss, 1956
588 Histioteuthis corona corona (Voss & Voss, 1962)OMMASTREPHIDAE589 Illex illecebrosus (Lesueur, 1821)CHIROTEUTHIDAE590 Chiroteuthis lacertosa Verrill, 1881GRIMALDITEUTHIDAE591 Grimalditeuthis bonplandii (Verany, 1837)CRANCHIIDAE592 Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817OCTOPODIDAE593 Benthoctopus januari Hoyle, 1885ALLOPOSIDAE594 Octopus burryi Voss, 1950
595 Octopus vulgaris Cuvier,1797
596 Alloposus mollis Verrill, 1880STAUROTEUTHIDAE597 Cirroctopus megaptera Verrill, 1885OPISTHOTEUTHIDAE598 Opisthoteuthis agassizi Verrill, 1883ARGONAUTIDAE599 Argonauta argo Linn, 1758600 Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786
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