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Sunset Beach, North Carolina, Shells

Gastropods II

Jo O'Keefe Copyright 2010. Photos may be used for educational purposes only. Contact me with inquiries.

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.

   
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)
   
Terebra concava
Concave Auger
169. Terebra concava (Say, 1826) Concave Auger
 
170. Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822) Eastern Auger
 
171. Cerodrillia bealiana Schwengel and McGinty, 1942 Beal’s Drillia
 
Cryoturrisw dorvilliae
Dorvill's Mangelia
172. Cryoturris dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845) Dorvill’s Mangelia
 
Kurtziella atrostyla - Brown-tip 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, anterior end
   
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 May 27, 2010