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 Cerithiopsis gemmulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Marlo
Posted: Jan 12 2010, 02:40 PM


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SEM photos from: Rolán, E., Lee H., Krisberg, M. & Fernández-Garcés, R. 2012. The Protoconch and Early Teleoconch Whorls of the Brownish Cerithiopsis (Mollusca, Cerithiopsidae) in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. Xenophora 139:11-16.

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The above images are of a specimen from Quick Point, New Pass, Sarasota County (7.3 mm)

Below image is of shells collected off the black sponge (Hymeniocidon heliophila), Mosquito Lagoon at Haulover Canal, Brevard County, FL (about 4-7 mm.) | Digital image by Marlo Krisberg.
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Collection data

Marlo:
Mosquito Lagoon, Brevard County
Pt. Canaveral Inlet, Brevard County
Banana River Lagoon, Brevard County
Sebastian Inlet, Brevard County
Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach County
Florida Keys, Monroe County
New Pass, Sarasota, Sarasota County
Tampa Bay, Pinellas County
Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County

Lee:
Brevard, Dade, Pasco and Levy Counties

DISCUSSION:

The following comments are from The family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Cuba 3. The genus Cerithiopsis s. l., species with brown shells, Emilio Rolán and Jose Espinosa, IBERUS, 13(2): 129-147, 1995, reproduced here with permission of the author.

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