Checklists & Collecting Reports
Lists of shells collected at Florida/Gulf locations
Posted: Oct 25 2012
Ponce Inlet (North Central Florida)
Ponce Inlet is in Volusia County, Florida. There is no bridge over the inlet. Beach collecting can be good after storms.
This list was started 11/16/07 with contributions solicited via Conch-L and reflects data from: JW = Joel Wooster; MK = Marlo Krisberg; WW = Albatrosswtw; KC = Kevin Czaja; PP = Phil Poland. All IDs confirmed by photos and, where questionable, confirmed by Harry Lee (Lee, Harry G. 2009. Marine Shells of Northeast Florida. Jacksonville Shell Club, Jacksonville, Florida).
Univalves
Acteocina canaliculata Say, 1822 (WW)
Acteon candens (MK
Alaba incerta d’Orbigny, 1842 (WW; MK)
Astyris lunata Say, 1826 (WW; MK; KC)
Bittiolum alternatum Say, 1822 (WW)
Bittiolum varium (KC; MK
Boonea impressa (MK
Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839) (KC)
Busycon sinistrum (MK
Busycotypus spiratus (MK
Eupleura caudata (MK
Cerithiopsis dominguezi (MK
Cerithiopsis fusiformis (WW; MK; KC)
Cerithiopsis krisbergi Rolán&Fernádez-Garcés, 2007 (WW; MK; KC)
Cerithiopsis sp. aff. greenii (MK
Cerithium atratum (MK
Cerithium eburneum (MK
Chrysallida buijsei (MK
Chrysallida gemmulosa (MK
Chrysallida nioba (MK
Costoanachis avara (MK
Costoanachis sertulariarum (MK
Costoanachis sparsa Reeve, 1859 (WW; MK)
Crepidula atrasolea (MK
Crepidula fornicata (MK
Dendropoma corrodens (MK
Diodora cayenensis (MK
Diodora jaumei (MK
Echinolittorina interrupta (MK
Epitonium angulatum (MK
Epitonium multistriatum (MK
Epitonium rupicola (MK
Eulimastoma canaliculatum (MK
Eulithidium pterocladicum (WW)
Eupleura caudata (MK
Fargoa dianthophila (MK
Fasciolaria hunteria (AP; MK
Fasciolaria tulipa (MK
Gemophos tinctus Conrad, 1846 (WW; MK; KC)
Haminoea succinea (MK
Hastula salleana (MK
Ilyanassa obsoleta (JW; MK
Ilynanassa trivittata (MK
Marginella lavalleana Orbigny, 1842 (WW)
Melongena corona (MK
Littoraria irrorata (MK
Marshallora modesta (KC; MK)
Nassarius acutus (MK
Nassarius polygonatus (MK
Nassarius vibex (MK
Nerita fulgurans (MK
Nerita tessellata (PP
Neverita duplicata (MK
Oliva sayana (MK
Olivella sp. aff. floralia (MK
Olivella mutica (MK
Parviturboides interruptus (MK)
Triplofusus gigantea (MK
Schwartziella catesbyana (MK
Seila adamsi Lea, 1845 (WW; MK; KC)
Sinum maculatum (AP; MK
Sinum perspectivum (AP; MK
Siphonaria alternata (MK
Siphonaria pectinata (MK
Smaragdia viridis Linné, 1758 (WW; MK)
Stramonita floridana (MK
Strombus alatus (MK
Terebra dislocata (MK
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) levis (MK
Turbonilla laxa (MK
Urosalpinx cinerea (MK
Tectonatica pusilla (MK
Vitreolina conica (MK
Bivalves
Abra aequalis (MK
Acar domingensis (MK
Anadara transversa (MK; KC
Angulus versicolor (MK
Angulus texanus (MK
Anomia simplex (JW
Argopecten gibbus (MK; JW
Asthenothaerus hemphilli (MK
Atrina rigida (JW
Atrina seminuda (JW
Atrina serrata (JW; MK
Barnea truncata (JW
Brachidontes exustus (MK; JW
Carycorbula caribaea (MK
Chama congregata (MK
Chama radians (MK
Crassostrea virginica (MK; JW; WW
Cyclinella tenuis (MK
Cyrtopleura costata (JW
Dacrydium vitreum Holböll in Möller, 1842 (WW)
Dinocardium robustum (MK; JW
Donax fossor (D. parvulus is a synonym) (JW; MK
Donax variabilis (PP; JW
Dosinia discus (MK; JW
Dosinia concentrica (JW; MK Syn: D. elegans
Ervilia concentrica Holmes, 1860 (WW)
Geukensia granosissima (Sowerby III, 1914) (G. demissa is a synonym) (JW; MK
Isognomon bicolor (JW; PP
Isognomon alatus (JW
Isognomon radiatus (MK
Laevicardium pictum (WW)
Lioberus castanea (MK
Lunarca ovalis (MK; JW
Macrocallista maculata (JW
Macrocallista nimbosa (JW
Mactrotoma fragilis (JW; MK
Martesia striata (JW
Mercenaria campechiensis (JW
Mercenaria mercenaria (JW; MK
Modiolus squamosus (JW; MK
Mulinia lateralis (JW
Musculus lateralis Say, 1822 (WW; MK; KC)
Noetia ponderosa (JW
Ostreola equestris (MK
Parastarte triquetra (MK
Parvilucina crenella (MK
Perna viridis (JW; MK
Petricola lapicida (MK
Phacoides pectinatus (JW
Pinctada imbricata (JW; MK
Pitar fulminatus (JW
Pteria colymbus (MK
Raeta plicatella (JW
Scapharca brasiliana (JW
Semele proficua (JW
Serratina aequistriata (MK
Scissula iris (PP
Solen viridis (PP
Sphenia fragilis (H. & A. Adams, 1854) Sphenia antillensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 is a synonym (WW; MK; KC)
Spisula raveneli JW
Tagelus divisus (JW; MK
Tagelus plebeius (JW; MK
Tellidora cristata (JW
Timoclea grus Holmes 1858 (WW; MK; KC)
Trachycardium muricatum (MK
Tusk Shells
Dentalium americanum (MK;