Lake Worth Lagoon (Riviera Beach)
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GASTROPODA
Architectonica nobilis Röding, 1798
Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791
Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791 (juvenile)
Hexaplex fulvescens (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Conasprella pflugeri (Petuch, 2003)
OPISTOBRANCHIA
Lobiger souverbii P.Fisher, 1857 photo Sean Raabe
BIVALVIA
Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786)
Boca Raton
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T riplofusus giganteus (Kiener, 1840) attacking Strombus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
Spondylus americanus Hermann, 1781
Deerfield Beach
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Naria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Prunum guttatum (Dillwyn, 1817)
Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
Pompano Beach
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View of the Acropora coral rubble at 14 feet
Sampling shallow-water rubble bottom off Pompano Beach (Photo A. Modys)
Map of the dive site in Pompano Beach
Profile of bottom off Pompano Beach with benthic mollusk habitats
Frequency distribution of gastropods in habitats off Pompano Beach
GASTROPODA
Lithopoma phoebium (Röding, 1798)
Astraea tecta americana (Gmelin, 1791)
Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin, 1791)
Strombus gigas Linnè, 1758
Strombus raninus Gmelin, 1791
Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791 (juvenile)
Macrocypraea cervus (Linnè, 1771)
Luria cinerea cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 Photograph by Alex Modys
Naticarius canrena ( Linnè, 1758 )
Cassis flammea ( Linnè, 1758 )
Murexsul oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938)
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958)
Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnè, 1758)
Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
Prunum carneum Storer, 1837
Conus daucus Hwass, 1792
Conus flavescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Conasprella vanhyningi (Rehder, 1944)
Conus regius Gmelin, 1791
Hastula hastata (Gmelin, 1791)
Fenimorea fucata (Reeve, 1845)
Clathrodrillia solida (C.B. Adams, 1850)
BIVALVIA
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)
Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849)
Ft. Lauderdale
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GASTROPODA
Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin, 1791)
Strombus gigas Linnè, 1758
Strombus costatus Gmelin, 1791
Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Natica tedbayeri Rehder, 1986
Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnè, 1758)
Hemipolygona carnifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Prunum carneum Storer, 1837
Conus flavescens G. B. Sowerby I, 1834
Conasprella vanhyningi (Rehder, 1944)
Crassispira mesoleuca Rehder, 1943
BIVALVIA
Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793
Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807)