Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Shells

Bivalves 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. Information on how to find these shells in seaweed and sea drift from the eastern point of Sunset Beach is at: http://www.okeefes.org/Barrier_Islands/Sunset_Beach/Shells/Sunset_Beach_Shells.htm

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


44. Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot, 1786) Atlantic Giant Cockle


45. Laevicardium serratum (Linnaeus, 1758) Eggcockle


46. Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856) Florida Pricklycockle


47. Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Pricklycockle


48. Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802) Smooth Duckclam


49. Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) Dwarf Surfclam



50. Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) Channeled Duckclam


51. Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1831) Southern Surfclam


52. Solen viridis Say, 1822 Green Jackknife


Left and right views of same specimen


53. Ensis megistus Pilsbry and McGinty, 1943 Minor Jackknife


54. Angulus sybariticus (Dall, 1881) Sybaritic Tellin


55. Angulus texanus (Dall, 1900) Texas Tellin


56. Angulus versicolor (DeKay, 1843) Many-colored Tellin


57. Eurytellina alternata (Say, 1822) Alternate Tellin


58. Macoma tenta (Say, 1838) Elongate Macoma


59. Merisca aequistriata (Say, 1824) Striate Tellin


60. Scissula consobrina (d'Orbigny, 1853) Consobrine Tellin


61. Scissula iris (Say, 1822) Rainbow Tellin




62. Strigilla surinamensis Boss, 1972 Surinam Strigilla (4) The fourth specimen is an adult. Notice that the grooves become more "horizontal" late in life.


63. Donax parvulus Philippi, 1849 Little Coquina




64. Donax variabilis Say, 1822 Variable Coquina


Donax variabilis Say, 1822 Variable Coquina -- almost all juvenile	Donax spp Say, 1822 Little Coquina and Variable Coquina


65. Abra aequalis (Say, 1822) Atlantic Abra


66. Abra lioica (Dall, 1881) Smooth Abra


67. Cumingia tellinoides (Conrad, 1831) Tellin Semele


68. Ervilia concentrica (Holmes, 1860) Concentric Ervilia


69. Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799) Atlantic Semele


70. Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) Stout Tagelus


71. Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) Carolina Marshclam


72. Chione elevata (Say, 1822) Cross-barred Venus


73. Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850) Disk Dosinia




74. Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1844) Elegant Dosinia


75. Lirophora latilirata (Conrad, 1841) Imperial Venus


76. Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) Sunray Venus


77. Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Southern Quahog


78. Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern Quahog


79. Puberella intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849) Lady-in-waiting Venus




80. Timoclea grus (Holmes, 1858) Gray Pygmy-venus


81. Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) False Angelwing


82. Paramya subovata (Conrad, 1845) Subovate Softshell


83. Sphenia dubia (H. C. Lea, 1843) Dubious Sphenia


84. Sphenia fragilis Carpenter, 1857


85. Caryocorbula barrattiana C. B. Adams, 1852 Truncate Corbula




86. Caryocorbula contracta Say, 1822 Contracted Corbula


87. Corbula dietziana C. B. Adams, 1852 Rosy Corbula


88. Rocellaria stimpsoni (Tryon, 1861) Carolina Gastrochaenid


89. Barnea truncata (Say, 1822) Atlantic Mud-piddock


90. Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758) Angelwing


91. Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822) Wedge Piddock


92. Nototeredo knoxi Bartsch, 1917 Foliaceous Shipworm


93. Entodesma brasiliense (Gould, 1850) Pearly Entodesma


94. Lyonsia hyalina hyalina (Conrad, 1831) Glassy Lyonsia

Updated April 19, 2010