Avril's Micro Shell Collection

Shells Donated by Marlo

Shell scans by Avril

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Yellow =conditional Ids and Comments by Avril

Blue= Marlo's conditional ID and comments
From Marlo:   "All my ID’s must be considered conditional, as in many cases the scans do not provide enough detail. Please so indicate on your page as I do not want to convey the impression that my ID’s are definitive. They should be the basis for further examination, consideration and confirmation!"

Red= Links used to help ID

Some of the web sites I used to help Identify these shells:

Books Used to assist in IDs:

  • National Audon Society Field Guide to Shells
  • Seashells of North America by Abbott.Sandsröm
  • Florida's Fabulous Seashells and Other Shore Life


1.
22 mm.
Cerithium muscarum
( Say, 1832)
Flyspeck cerith


2.
16 mm.
Cerithium eburneum
( Bruguière, 1792)
Ivory Cerith


3.
20 mm.
Cerithium eburneum
( Bruguière, 1792)
Ivory Cerith
     


31.
4 mm. (ridged)
Juvenile Cerithium atratum
(Born, 1778)
Dark cerith

May be juvenile atratum

Possibilities

Cerithium atratum

Cerithium atratum

Cerithium atratum

Cerithium muscarum

Cerithiopsis gemmulosa

 


19.
4 mm.

??Parvanachis ostreicola
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)

not Parvanachis ostreicola , we have found Cerithidae costata in this area. Yours has a bent teleoconch, but the round aperture makes me think Cerithidae.

 

 

 

 


7.
11 mm.
Batillaria minima
(Gmelin, 1791)
West Indian False Cerith

 

 

 

 

 

   
     


11.

9 mm.
Triphora castanea
(Gmelin, 1791)
Chestnut turban


11a
Juvenile Turbo castanea
Gmelin, 1791
Chestnut turban

 


43.
2 mm.
Juvenile Turbo castanea
Gmelin, 1791
Chestnut turban


     

53.
8 mm.
Turbo castanea
( Gmelin, 1791)
Chestnut Turban


54.

21 mm.
(periostracum is intact)
Turbo castanea
( Gmelin, 1791)
Chestnut Turban

 

     


12.
Width 10 mm.
Tegula fasciata
(Born, I. von, 1778)
Smooth Atlantic/Silky Tegula

 

 

 



45.
>2.0 mm.
Juvenile Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Buttonsnail

 

 

 



55.
10.5 mm. (width)
(Small, round, yellowish, transparent operculum)

Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Atlantic Modulus; Button Snail

Columella makes me think this is Modulus modulus

Calliostoma yucatecanum
( Dall, 1881)
Depressed top snail

     


6.
12 mm.
Conus stearnsii
(Conrad, 1869)
Stearn's/Dusky Cone


10.
5.5 mm.
Conus stearnsii
(Conrad, 1869)
Stearn's/Dusky Cone


10a
3.5 mm.
Conus stearnsii
(Conrad, 1869)
Stearn's/Dusky Cone

     


37.
3 mm.
Dentimargo aureocinctus
(Stearns, R.E.C., 1872)
Gold-lined Marginella

 

 


35.
3.5 mm
Dentimargo aureocinctus
(Stearns, 1872)

Juvenile
Dentimargo eburneolus
(Conrad , 1834)
Tan marginella

Color makes me think it’s
Dentimargo aureocinctus


36.
3 mm average
Zebina laevigata
(Adams, C.B., 1850)

Juvenile Vitreolina arcuata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Twisted Eulima

Consider Zebina laevigata. Look for small bump at base of aperture.

     


14.
10 mm.
Juvenile Prunum apicinum
(Menke, 1828)
Common Atlantic Marginella

 


3 4.

Gibberula lavaleena
(d'Orbigny, 1842)

Or Granulina hadria
(Dall, 1889)
Hadria Marginella

Go with Gibberula lavaleena. Not hadria


5.
10 mm.

Zafrona dicomata
(Dall, 1889)

 

     


22.
4 mm.
Juvenile Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, LA, 1859)


may not be Suturoglypta iontha but
Juvenile Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, LA, 1859)


26.
4 mm.

Juvenile Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, LA, 1859)

I see now the importance of scanning the aperture. 22 & 26 are the same shell


42.
5.5 mm
Juvinile Columbella rusticoides
(Heilprin, A., 1887)
Rusty Dove Shell

 

 

     


29.
2.5 mm.
Juvenile Pilsbryspira leucocyma
(Dall, 1884)
White-knob drillia

Same shape as 22 but it is quite ridged with white shoulder bumps.


58.
4 mm.

Pilsbryspira leucocyma
(Dall, 1884)
White-knob drillia

Check it out against ceriths

?? IDs

Cerithium (Thericium) guinaicum
(Philippi, R.A., 1849)
Guinea Cerith

Batillaria (Lampania) minima
(Gmelin, J.F., 1791) Caribbean/West Indian False Cerith
very doubful - wrong shape


50.
5 mm.
Pilsbryspira leucocyma
(Dall, 1884)
White-knob drillia

 

 

   
     

 



27.
3 mm.
Juvinile Fasciolaria lilium
(G. Fischer, 1807)
Banded Tulip

If I try to dislodge the shell from the lip,
I fear I will break both shells. They are tightly joined!


27a
7 mm.
Juvinile Fasciolaria lilium
(G. Fischer, 1807)
Banded Tulip
 
     


41.
3 mm.
Nassarius paucicostatus
(Marrat, F.P., 1877)




8.
8 mm.
Nassarius paucicostatus
(Marrat, F.P., 1877)


51.
13 mm
Nassarius vibex
(Say, 1822)
Bruised nassa


     

32.
3.5 mm.
Juvenile ?? Nassarius

Very distorted scan but possibly Nassarius

Very beaded and squater than
22 ,29
& 58

 

 
     



24.
4.5 mm.
Tricolia eulithidium adamsi
(M. Smith, 1937)
Pheasant shell

 



33.

3 - 5 mm.
Rissoina multicostata
(Adams, C.B., 1850)

R. multicostata fits the description and shell best

Consider Rissoina decussate as well


48.
6.5 mm.
Dentimargo eburneolus
(Conrad, T.A., 1834)
Tan Marginella

 

 

     


4.
12 mm

Columbella rusticoides
(Heilprin, A., 1887)
Rusty Dove Shell

52.
13 mm
Columbella rusticoides
Heilprin, 1886
Rusty dove snail
 
     



9.
9 mm.
Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, L.A., 1859)


49.
7 mm.
Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, L.A., 1859)
 
     


16.
5mm

probably Mitras But also check it against Pyrgocythara plicosa
(C.b.adams, 1850)
Plicate Mangelia

 

 


21.
3 mm & 5mm
probably Mitras (also check it against Pyrgocythara pilcosa)

Mitromica foveata
(Sowerby, G.B. II, 1874) Beaded Florida Ribbed Mitre

This may be what Abbott called Mitra floridana and is now called Mitromica foveata (see Redfern #496, he called it Thala floridana, but since has changed to Mitromica foveata


21a.
5 mm.
Mitromica foveata
(Sowerby II, 1874).

This may be what Abbott called Mitra floridana and is now called Mitromica foveata (see Redfern #496, he called it Thala floridana, but since has changed to Mitromica foveata

 

   
     


28.
6 mm.
Vexillum exiguum
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Hanley's Ribbed Mitre

Compare to Vexillum exiguum

Vexillum exiguum is the shell


60.
4 mm.
Vexillum exiguum
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Hanley's Ribbed Mitre

 

 

 

 

 


17.
6 mm.
Olivella pusillia
(Marrat, 1871)
Tiny dwarf olive



13.
6.5 mm.
Olivella pusillia
(Marrat, 1871)
Tiny dwarf olive


39.
2 mm
Juvenile Olivella perplexa
(Olsson, 1956)
Perplex dwarf olive

     


38.
Juvenile Olivella perplexa
(Olsson, 1956)
Perplex dwarf olive

 

 

     


18.
5 mm.

Juvenile Crassispira
(Crassispirella) fuscescens

(Reeve, L.A., 1843)
Ebony Turret/Brown-Black Drillia

 

 

 




20.
3 mm.
Juvenile Crassispira
(Crassispirella) fuscescens
(Reeve, L.A., 1843)
Ebony Turret/Brown-Black Drillia

 

 

 

 



59.
3 mm

Here the ribs go right to the base on the back, it's a sturdier shell with a thicker lip and slightly lighter brown shell so I will give it an unique number

probably
juvenile stellatoma stellata
(Stearns, 1872)

?? or
Pyrgocythara plicosa
(C. B Adams)
(Plicate Mangelia)

 


25.
4 mm.

triphora modesta
(C. B. Adams, 1850);


?? Triphora nigrocincta
(C. B. Adams, 1839)."

A triphora. Most likely triphora modesta


23.
1.5 mm.
6 whorls

looks like the beginning of a Triphora


46.
3 mm.
Melanella jamaicensis
(Adams, C.B., 1845)
Jamaica Eulima


?? Pyramidella crenulata
(Holmes, 1860)

Not a Pyramidella. Looks like a Eulimidae. We have found Melanella jamaicensis

     


44.
3 mm. (very opaque)
Odostomia laevigata
(Orbigny, A.D. d', 1841)
Ovoid Odostome


OR

Eulimastoma engonium
(Bush, 1885)
Needle Odostome


61.
3 mm
Odostomia laevigata
(Orbigny, A.D. d', 1841)
Ovoid Odostome


Compare to Odostomia laevigata

 

 


47.
<1 mm > 1.5 mm

Pyramidella suturalis
(Lea, H.C., 1846 )
Crenulated Pyram

image too poor

OR

Eulimastoma didymum
(A. E. Verrill and Bush, 1900)
Twin Odostome

     


40.
3.5 mm

Eulima auricincta
(Abbott, 1958)



This is Eulimidae, but can’t tell which.

?? Alaba incerta
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Varicose cerith
OR
?? Petitilla crosseana
(Dall, 1885)
OR
?? Sayella fusca
(C. B. Adams, 1839)


30.
4 mm
Juvenile Crepidula maculosa
(Conrad, 1846)
Spotted Slipper shell

 

 

 

 

 

 


15.
7 mm.
Atys caribaeus
(d'Orbigny, 1841)


?? Haminoea succinea
(Conrad, 1846)
Amber glassy-bubble

image poor, but probably
Atys caribaeus (sharpi is a syn.)


 

     


56
12 mm.
Melampus floridanus
Pfeiffer, 1856
Florida melampus

 

 

 


57.
11 mm.
Melampus coffeus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coffee melampus

 

 


 
     

Bivalves


A.
4 mm.
Carditamera floridana
Conrad, 1846
Broad ribbed carditid


D.

7mm.

Carditamera floridana
(Conrad, 1846)
Broad ribbed carditid

 
     

B.
3 mm
Chione cancellata
Linnaeus, 1767
Cross-barred Venus Clam


C.
10 mm (width)
Tellina tampaensis
Conrad, 1866
Tampa tellin

 

 

 

Shell photos below are now added to the above table
2/8/2004 Key Largo Shells donated by Marlo


48.
6.5 mm.
Dentimargo eburneolus
(Conrad, T.A., 1834)
Tan Marginella


49.
7 mm.
Costoanachis scutulata
(Reeve, L.A., 1859)

Columbella rusticoides
(Heilprin, A., 1887 )
Rusty Dove Shell


21a.
5 mm.
Mitromica foveata
(Sowerby II, 1874).

This may be what Abbott called Mitra floridana and is now called Mitromica foveata (see Redfern #496, he called it Thala floridana, but since has changed to Mitromica foveata

     

50.
5 mm.
Pilsbryspira leucocyma
(Dall, 1884)
White-knob drillia

27a
7 mm.
Juvinile Fasciolaria lilium
(G. Fischer, 1807)
Banded Tulip

51.
13 mm
Nassarius vibex
(Say, 1822)
Bruised nassa
     

52.
13 mm
Columbella rusticoides
Heilprin, 1886
Rusty dove snail

53.
8 mm.
Turbo castanea
( Gmelin, 1791)
Chestnut Turban


54.

21 mm.
(periostracum is intact)
Turbo castanea
( Gmelin, 1791)
Chestnut Turban

     


55.
10.5 mm. (width)
(Small, round, yellowish, transparent operculum)

Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus, C., 1758)
Atlantic Modulus; Button Snail

Columella makes me think this is Modulus modulus

Calliostoma yucatecanum
( Dall, 1881)
Depressed top snail


56
12 mm.
Melampus floridanus
Pfeiffer, 1856
Florida melampus

 

 

 


57.
11 mm.
Melampus coffeus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Coffee melampus

 

 


     
Bivalves

C.
10 mm (width)
Tellina tampaensis
Conrad, 1866
Tampa tellin


D.

7mm.

Carditamera floridana
(Conrad, 1846)
Broad ribbed carditid