Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Shells

Gastropods II

Dr. Harry Lee, a nationally known malacologist, deserves much credit for this work. Thanks to him, we know the identity of many of the shells of Sunset Beach, NC.

Black lines on ruler visible in some images depict milimeters. Not all species have been photographed.



163. Oliva sayana Ravenel, 1834 Lettered Olive




164. Olivella mutica (Say, 1822) Variable Dwarf Olive


165. Olivella cf. prefloralia Olsson and Harbison, 1953 cf. Rice Olive (2)


166. Prunum apicinum (Menke, 1828) Common Atlantic Marginella


167. Prunum roscidum (Redfield, 1860) Seaboard Marginella


168. Cancellaria Reticulata (Linné, 1767) Common Nutmeg (2)


169. Terebra concava (Say, 1826) Concave Auger


170. Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822) Eastern Auger


171. Cerodrillia bealiana Schwengel and McGinty, 1942 Beal’s Drillia


172. Cryoturris dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Dorvill’s Mangelia


173. Kurtziella atrostyla (Tryon, 1884) Brown-tip Mangelia


174. Nannodiella vespuciana (d’Orbigny, 1847) Vespucci’s Dwarf-turris


175. Pyrgocythara hemphilli Bartsch and Rehder, 1939 Hemphill's Mangelia


176. Rubellatoma rubella Bartsch and Rehder, 1939 Red-brown Mangelia


177. Splendrillia moseri (Dall, 1889) Moser's Drillia


178. Boonea impressa (Say, 1822) Impressed Odostome


179. Chrysallida nioba (Dall and Bartsch, 1911) Niobe Odostome


180. Cyclostremella humilis Bush, 1897 False Cyclostreme


181. Eulimastoma canaliculatum (C. B. Adams, 1850) Channeled Odostome


182. Eulimastoma weberi (Morrison, 1965) Weber’s Odostome


183. Fargoa bartschi (Winkley, 1909) Bartsch's Odostome


184. Fargoa buijsei (de Jong and Coomans, 1988) Buijse's Odostome


185. Odostomia acutidens Dall, 1884 Sharp-tooth Odostome


186. Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) buteonis Bartsch, 1909 Hawk Turbonille


187. Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) wrightsvillensis E. Powell, 1981 Carolina Turbonille


188. Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) viridaria Dall, 1884 Conrad's Turbonille


A - Turbonilla caroliniana Holotype [Bushra Hussaini photograph, American Museum of Natural History] B - Turbonilla caroliniana from Sunset Beach, North Carolina [Jo O'Keefe] -- combination photo from www.jaxshells.org and Jo O'Keefe



189. Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) caroliniana Holmes, 1859 Incised Turbonille


190. Acteon candens Rehder, 1939 Rehder’s Baby-bubble


191. Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840) Pitted Baby-bubble


192. Acteocina bidentata (d’Orbigny, 1841) Two-tooth Barrel-bubble


193. Acteocina canaliculata (Say, 1826) Channeled Barrel-bubble




Bill Rudman, operator of the Sea Slug Forum -- www.seaslugforum.net -- wrote this about the above photo: "In your photo, the light brown [center left] object is part of the shell, while the other objects - or at least most of them - are the large bulky gizzard plates which form a band of crushing plates to pulverise the sea weed before it enters the sea hare's stomach."
194. Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828 Mottled Seahare





195. Diacavolinia deblainvillei van der Spoel, Bleeker, and Kobayasi, 1993 Longsnout Cavoline, a Pteropod, plankton (2)


196. Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870) Northern Aeolis


197. Melampus bidentatus Say, 1822 Eastern Melampus -- this highly evolved species is a pulmonate, i.e., it has pulmonary function




198. Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 Common Octopus

Updated Apri 22, 2010