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COLOMBIAN

SEASHELLS
f r om t he ca r ibbean sea

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Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816
COLOMBIAN
SEASHELLS
f r om t he ca r ibbean sea

Enrique Yidi Daccarett Víctor Sarmiento Bossio


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Adriana Gracia
Afonso Jório
Alain Alarii
Amira Cueto
Andre Poremski
Armando Pérez
Alex Mercado
Luis Perez
Carlos Monsalve
David Massemin
Dominique Lamy
Enrique de la Espriella
Esther María Pacheco Díaz
Houart Roland
Jesús Ramírez
Juan Carlos Narváez
Juan Manuel Díaz Merlano
Kevin Sunderland & Linda Sunderland
Liseth Cecilia Atencio Fontalvo
Luís Carlos Gutiérrez Moreno
Luiz Couto
María Ines Moreno Payares
Nelson Pérez
Néstor E. Ardila E.
Octavio Galvis
Oramix Zambrano
Oriana Heredia
Peggy Williams
Rafael Borja
Rina Cabrera
Roberto Ardovini
Domenico Capua
Tiziano Cossignani
Vincenzo Cossignani

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras, INVEMAR


Centro de Investigaciones Oceanografías e Hidrológicas, CIOH
Museo Malacologico Piceno, Cupra Marittima
Universidad del Atlántico

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PROLOGUE
The Caribbean Colombian Coast extends for about 1.650 Kilometres from the border of Panama in
the Uraba Gulf to the most meridian portion of the Caribbean Sea at Castilletes, on the Northeast of
the Guajira Peninsula. Additionally, in Colombian territorial waters there is the oceanic Archipelago of
San Andrés and Providence surrounded by coral reefs located in the Caribbean Central region. Along
its beaches and continental platform, there are all the marine coastal habitats, which are possible to
find along the American mare nostrum: from estuaries of briny, turbid waters bordered by mangroves
to majestic coral reefs in crystalline, warm waters; extended plains of algae and marine grass; from
calm and warm bays to open coasts of cold waters attacked by energetic waves.

The great variety of environments and particular conditions presented on the coast of the Colom-
bian Caribbean, many times distributed as mosaics, is represented in a great diversity of living things
which find in such environments the possibility to be born, develop and reproduce. Among them,
mollusks stand out for being, not the most conspicuous – due to their much reduced dimensions -,
but for being one of the most abundant and diverse species. This characteristic is not exclusive to
the Caribbean Colombian coast, but of the Caribbean Sea in general and of many other regions of the
world. It is well known that mollusks have been one of the groups of animals with more evolutionary
success along earth’s history. During the Cambric Period, more than 500 million years ago, a long time
before most of the animal and plant groups we know today appeared on earth, the mollusk inhabited
the primitive seas. Since then, they have managed to adapt to survive, with very few exceptions, in all
kinds of marine, fresh water and terrestrial environments. Despite this fact, in comparative terms, the
Colombian Caribbean Coast occupies an important place concerning the diversity of mollusk species.
A recent analysis of biodiversity in the Caribbean Sea developed jointly by a group of biologists of
different Caribbean nationalities within the framework of the international program “Census of Marine
Life”, of which I was honoured to be part of, established that the area with the highest concentration
of mollusk species in the Caribbean correspond to the Coasts of Cuba, the group of the minor Antil-
les and the continental coasts of Colombia. This study determined that the total number of known
mollusk species in the Caribbean region is 3.032, from which about 1.200 (40%) have been registered
in Colombia.

It is impossible to know when and who developed the first scientific mollusk collection in the Co-
lombian Caribbean coast. The first collectors as evidenced by the shell deposits along the shores were
undoubtedly pre-Columbian people, who used them as food and their shells as ornamental and cer-
emonial objects. Later, European merchants and sailors probably collected and took shells to the old
continent for collectors and it is probable that some of them ended up in the hands of naturalists or
in a museum of natural science. Nevertheless, it was not until the beginning of the 20th century, after
some North American and European scientific exploring ships such as Albatross, Blake and Chazalie
passed along the Colombian coast collecting mollusk samples and other organisms, that the first
registers of malacologic species coming from Colombian waters are mentioned in literature. Most of
them published by the honoured naturalists William H. Dall and Philippe Dautzenberg.

Since then, the knowledge of the Caribbean malacologic fauna advanced slowly compared to other
Caribbean regions. But this trend suffered a radical change starting the 1980s; the extraordinary
malacologic richness of the Colombian Caribbean Coast started to be unveiled, in such a way that to

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develop a first compendium and catalogue of the known species in the region. It was necessary, ardu-
ous and wasteful work which took several years, but finally ended in 1994 with the publication of the
book “Molluks from the Colombian Caribbean. An illustrated catalogue”, whose authors are Mónica Puyana
Hegedus, my close colleague and myself. It was jointly edited by Colciencias, Natura Foundation and
the Institute for Marine and Coastal Investigations – INVEMAR. This work has served as a guide and
reference for many students, researchers and collectors of Colombian and the Caribbean region shells
since its appearance.

After 15 years of continuous studies and new malacologic inventories, some of them undertaken in
sites of the Colombian coasts not previously well explored and of significant advances in the knowl-
edge of the systemic organization of molluscs at world level, the reach and contents of that first work
were encouraged to be updated and embellished. At the same time the work had become inaccessible
to the studious and interested public since it was out of stock. Both objectives have been greatly
improved by the authors in this new work, which really accomplished their mission to uncover and
show the richness of the malacofauna of the Colombian Caribbean. The old and passionate hobby for
shell collection of Enrique Yidi Daccarett, added to the patient and perseverant devotion of the young
malacologist Victor Manuel Sarmiento Bossio, have harmoniously conjugated to offer this magnifi-
cent book to collectors, students, malacologists and all those able to discover in molluks and their
shells a fascinating world and the creative power of living nature.

This work has been elaborated on the basis of field campaigns for shell collection by the authors
and the painstaking work of identification and photography in the laboratory. This has not only wide-
ly complemented the pre-existing information, but it has also contributed with new data and revela-
tions about the diversity of the Colombian Caribbean malacology. I have no doubts that this book
will become a valuable reference tool for malacology students, shell collectors and those interested
in knowing the Colombian biological beauty of the shells illustrated there.

Juan Manuel Díaz, Dr. rer. nat.

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PRÓLOGO

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


Las costas colombianas del Caribe se extienden por casi 1.650 kilómetros desde el límite fronterizo
con Panamá en el golfo de Urabá, la porción más meridional del mar Caribe hasta Castilletes, al norori-
ente de la península de La Guajira; adicionalmente, en aguas territoriales colombianas se encuentra el
archipiélago de San Andrés y Providencia, salpicado de bancos y atolones coralinos localizados en la
región central del Caribe. A lo largo de sus litorales y de la plataforma continental se conjugan todos
los hábitats y ambientes marino-costeros que es posible hallar a lo largo y ancho del mare nostrum
americano, desde estuarios de aguas turbias y salobres, bordeados por manglares, hasta majestuosos
arrecifes de coral en aguas cristalinas, extensas llanuras de pastos marinos y algas, y desde bahías con
aguas calmas y cálidas hasta costas abiertas bañadas por aguas frías y embestidas por enérgicas olas.

La gran variedad de ambientes y de condiciones particulares que se presentan en las costas del
Caribe colombiano, muchas veces distribuidas en mosaicos, se traduce en una inusitada diversidad
de seres vivos que encuentran en tales ambientes la posibilidad de nacer, desarrollarse y procrear.
Entre ellos, los moluscos se destacan por ser, si no el más conspicuo – debido a su relativamente re-
ducido tamaño corporal–, uno de los grupos más abundantes y diverso en especies. Este atributo no
es, desde luego, exclusivo de las costas caribeñas de Colombia, sino del mar Caribe en general y de
muchas otras regiones del mundo, pues es bien conocido que los moluscos han sido uno de los grupos
de animales evolutivamente más exitosos a lo largo de la historia de la Tierra. Ya en el Cámbrico, hace
más de 500 millones de años, mucho antes de que la gran mayoría de grupos animales y de plantas
que conocemos aparecieran sobre la faz de la Tierra, los moluscos habitaban los mares primitivos; y
desde entonces han logrado adaptarse para vivir, con pocas excepciones, en prácticamente todos los
ambientes marinos, de agua dulce y terrestres posibles. Aun así, en términos comparativos, las costas
del Caribe colombiano ocupan un lugar relevante en cuanto a la diversidad de especies de moluscos.
Un análisis reciente de la biodiversidad marina del mar Caribe, llevado a cabo conjuntamente por un
grupo de biólogos de diferentes nacionalidades caribeñas en el marco del programa internacional
Census of Marine Life (Censo de la Vida Marina), del cual tuve el honor de hacer parte, pudo establ-
ecer que las áreas de mayor concentración de especies de moluscos en el Caribe corresponden a las
costas de Cuba, al conjunto de islas de las Antillas Menores y a la costa continental de Colombia. El
mencionado estudio determinó que el número total de especies conocidas de moluscos en la región
del Caribe es de 3.032, de las cuales alrededor de 1.200 (40%) han sido registradas en Colombia.

No es posible conocer cuándo y quiénes realizaron las primeras colectas de moluscos en las costas
colombianas con propósitos científicos. Los primeros en colectarlos, como lo evidencian los conche-
ros hallados a lo largo del litoral, fueron sin duda los pueblos precolombinos, que las utilizaban como
alimento y sus conchas como objetos ornamentales y ceremoniales. Posteriormente, comerciantes y
marinos europeos probablemente colectaron y transportaron al viejo continente conchas con destino
a coleccionistas, aunque es probable que una que otra llegara también a manos de algún naturalista
o a un museo de ciencias naturales. Sin embargo, no fue sino hasta los primeros años del siglo XX,
luego de que algunos navíos norteamericanos y europeos de exploración científica, como el Albatross,
el Blake y el Chazalie, hicieran su paso por costas colombianas colectando muestras de moluscos y
otros organismos, que se mencionan en la literatura los primeros registros de especies malacológicas
provenientes de aguas colombianas, publicados en su mayoría por los insignes naturalistas William
H. Dall y Philippe Dautzenberg.

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Desde entonces, el conocimiento de la malacofauna caribeña de Colombia progresó muy tímida-


mente en comparación con otras regiones del Caribe. Pero esa tendencia sufrió un cambio radical
a partir de la penúltima década del siglo XX; en el transcurso de unos pocos años se fue develando
la extraordinaria riqueza malacológica de las costas del Caribe colombiano, hasta el punto que para
realizar un primer compendio y catálogo de las especies conocidas en dicha región se hizo necesario
un dispendioso trabajo que tomó varios años pero que vio la luz en 1994 con la publicación de la obra
Moluscos del Caribe colombiano, un Catálogo Ilustrado, cuya autoría es de mi entrañable colega Mónica
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Puyana Hegedus y de este servidor, editada conjuntamente por Colciencias, la Fundación Natura y el
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (Invemar). Esta obra ha servido de guía y referencia
para muchos estudiantes, investigadores y coleccionistas de conchas colombianos y de la región del
Caribe desde su aparición.

Tras 15 años de subsiguientes estudios y nuevos inventarios malacológicos, algunos efectuados


en lugares antes poco explorados de las costas colombianas, y de significativos avances en el cono-
cimiento de la organización sistemática de los moluscos a nivel mundial, el alcance y el contenido de
la aquella primera obra, por demás hace tiempo agotada y ya inaccesible para la mayoría del público
interesado, estaban urgidos de actualización y embellecimiento. Ambos propósitos han sido magnífi-
camente logrados por los autores de esta nueva obra, que honra sobradamente su misión de mostrar
y dar a conocer la riqueza de la malacofauna del Caribe colombiano.

La vieja y apasionada afición por el coleccionismo de conchas de Enrique Yidi Daccarett, sumado
al interés y a la paciente y perseverante dedicación del joven malacólogo Víctor Manuel Sarmiento
Bossio, se han conjugado armónicamente para poner a disposición de coleccionistas, estudiantes,
malacólogos y de todos aquellos que son capaces de descubrir en los moluscos y en sus conchas un
mundo fascinante y el poder creativo de la naturaleza viva este magnífico libro.

Esta obra ha sido elaborada sobre la base de campañas de campo para la colecta de conchas por
parte de los autores y del minucioso trabajo de identificación y fotografía en el laboratorio, con lo
cual han logrado no sólo complementar ampliamente la información preexistente, sino contribuir
decididamente con nuevos datos y revelaciones acerca de la diversidad malacológica del Caribe co-
lombiano.

No tengo la menor duda de que este libro se constituirá en una valiosa herramienta de referencia
para estudiantes, malacólogos, coleccionistas de conchas e interesados en conocer la riqueza biológi-
ca colombiana, como también en un preciado motivo para recrear la vista con la fascinante belleza de
las conchas presentadas en él.

Juan Manuel Díaz, Dr. rer. nat.

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The Authors
The book Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea contributed to the cataloguing of 1530
species, placing Colombia as the country with the richest diversity of marine mollusks in the Western
Hemisphere, followed by Brazil, Cuba and the United States (Database of Western Atlantic Marine
Molluscs, 2010).

It is worth mentioning that due to logistical and economic reasons, we only managed to catalogue
30% of the continental coast, with the remaining 70% still in need of biological cataloguing. On the
island fringes, the area covered by the study accounts for only 5% which equates to one recording
station on the Island of San Andres. The remaining 95% that is still unexplored would provide greater
biological information, taking into account that we share a large part of the marine mollusk diversity
with the neighboring countries of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica.

We also believe that due to the geographic diversity of the continental and insular Colombian
Caribbean, we possess around 70% of the recorded species in the entire Western Hemisphere.

We hope that this book can encourage future researchers to expand their knowledge in the
preservation of our mollusk fauna.

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Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona

los Autores

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


El libro Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea aportó el registro de 1530 especies,
posesionando a Colombia como el primer país con mayor riqueza en moluscos marinos del Atlántico
occidental, seguido por Brasil, Cuba y Estados Unidos (Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca,
2010).

Cabe destacar que, por diversas razones logísticas y económicas, sólo se logró muestrear el 30%
de nuestra costa continental, y quedó un 70% sin registro biológico. Sobre la franja insular, el área
abarcada para los estudios correspondió al 5%, lo que equivale a una estación sobre la isla de San
Andrés; el 95% restante que está aún sin explorar aportaría mayor información biológica teniendo en
cuenta que compartimos gran parte de los moluscos marinos con los países limítrofes de Honduras,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá y Jamaica.

Creemos además que por la diversidad geográfica del Caribe continental e insular de Colombia,
poseemos el 70% de las especies registradas para todo el hemisferio occidental.

Esperamos entonces que este libro sirva a los futuros investigadores de estímulo para ampliar sus
conocimientos con miras a la preservación de nuestra fauna malacológica.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 16

METHODOLOGY 17

GENERALITIES OF THE
COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN
COAST 20

PHYLUM MOLLUSKA 24

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM USED 29

TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
OF MOLLUSKS FOUND IN THE
COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN 45

PHOTOGRAPHS
GASTROPODA 204
BIVALVA 319
SCAPHOPODA 367
POLYPLACOPHORA 370
CEPHALOPODA 373

GLOSSARY 379

PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 380

REFERENCES 382

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INTRODUCTION
Worldwide, mollusks are a very phylogenetically diverse Phylum. Their origins go back 4.600 years
into the Pre-Cambric period. This early emergence in the geologic eras contributed to the develop-
ment of an infinite morphologic plasticity, which has allowed their distribution in almost all recog-
nized habitats of the planet: from the marine abyssal grounds to the terrestrial, freshwater conti-
nental plains. For this reason, it is estimated that worldwide, there are more than 130.000 species
distributed in 8 classes. These biological characteristics have bestowed upon them great artistic,
commercial and gastronomic value. These social aspects influenced the first systematic studies of
this biological group, which ran from 1700 to 1760 with Carl Nilsson Linnaeus.

Marine malacology in Colombia started with the first works developed by Dautzenberg (1885);
Daniel (1941); Kaufman & Götting (1970); Bayer (1971); Moore (1974) and recently, the most signifi-
cant finding in the 90s, J. Díaz & M. Puyana (1994), with “Moluscos Del Caribe Colombiano. Un Catálogo
Ilustrado”. Along with these great malacologists the INVEMAR (Institute for Marine and Coastal In-
vestigations) was created, which has also contributed to the knowledge of this field with different
scientific expeditions around the Colombian coast.

As a starting point, this Project developed the characterization of the different species living in
the nine ecological areas of the Colombian Caribbean (See Figure 2) using various sampling tech-
niques. 27 sampling stations were established in 7 departments. The collected data provided 75% of
the collection presented in this book, and along with an analysis of different malacologic databases
at world level, which provided 25% of the records, this compilation of captured data and systematic
registration increased the number of species known in Colombia. They are represented by 1530
species. Former data offered an estimated approximation of 1400 species (Díaz, 1998); nevertheless
all approximations fall short when confronting the coastal heterogeneity of our Caribbean, which
holds the possibility of adding to records with new endemisms and unknown species of Phylum in
Colombia.

This scientific interest in marine malacology has been the starting point for the development of
this catalogue. It does not intend to be a definitive guide in the identification of the species included,
but to become a baseline for the current systematics of this group.

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METHODOLOGY
During the research Project, two techniques for simple collection were used. One was based on
manual collection and the other one used various techniques devices. Both phases were developed
between January 2005 and February 2007 in 27 stations along the continental and insular areas of
the Colombian Caribbean (See maps A and B). The first technique consisted in walks parallel to the
coastline between the depth of 0m to 20m deep. Additionally we harnessed free diving immersion
(~10 m deep) and deep diving (~ 45 m deep). In the case of sampling with devices, a stainless steel
drag dredger was used wrapped with a steel net with a 5mm pore slit and a length of 100 cm of
width, 20 cm of height and 50 cm of depth (See figure 1). The dredgings were carried out between
the depths 40m and 250m (See figure 1) and the technique consisted in identifying what type of sea
floor and depth were adequate, using eco-sonar Carmni 2000.
With the help of a GPS the initial dredging points were marked by dragging the dredger for 20
minutes, which is the estimated time for the dredger to come out at its full capacity. Once on board,
large mollusks were separated in situ and the remaining material was deposited in plastic bags
which had been previously labelled. In the lab the bagged samples were dried and sieved in order to
extract smaller size samples and avoid the loss of material. The taxonomic identification of each of
the collected samples started later with specialized bibliographic information (Díaz & Puyana 1994;
H. Vokes & E Vokes 1983; Colin Redfern 2001; T. Cossignani 2006; Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008), along
with numerous other books specializing in Caribbean malacology.

With reference to the construction of the taxonomic labels, the systematic order of the Phylum
with respect to the changes made to different families and sub-classes was updated. Following this
was a comparison with the databases of national and international museums, such as the Smithson-
ian Department of Invertebrate Zoology Collections; Florida Museum of Natural History ; Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Museo Malacologico Piceno; The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum;
Instituto de Investigaciones Marino Costeras de Colombia (INVEMAR.).The aim was to cover the ex-
isting isolated records of molluscs in the Colombian Caribbean, and then compare the catch coordi-
nates in each biological register with the area of our territorial sea.

Figure 1. Simple dredge.

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Study Area
The selected collecting areas for this Project are distributed within the shore line of the different
islands and the continental border of the Colombian Caribbean.

Map A. Sampling stations of the Colombian Caribbean.

Localities and match coordinates


Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,246¨;W 74°06,270¨
Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,056¨;W 74°05,105¨
Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,246¨;W 74°04,564¨
Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,531¨;W 74°03,157¨
Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°17,476¨;W 74°09,093¨
Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°17,579¨;W 74°09,142¨
BahÍa Portete N 12°12,425¨;W 71°57,437¨
Bocas de Ceniza N 11°04,218¨;W 74°50,502¨
Bocas de Ceniza N 11°10,202¨;W 074°54,061¨
Cabo de la Vela N 12°14,108¨;W 75°40,124¨
Cabo de la Vela N 12°13,427¨;W 72°12,362¨
Cartagena N 10°26, 316¨;W 75°33,32.8¨
Ciénaga de Mallorquín N 11° 03,198¨;W 74°51,921¨

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Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°34,397¨;W 75°48,513¨


Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°81,616¨;W 76°27,416¨
Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°34,397¨;W 75°48,513¨
Loma Arena N 10°43,559¨;W 75°16,149¨
Puerto Colombia N 10°59’0.82¨;W 74°58’41.27¨
Punta Aguja N 11°17,320¨;W 074°12,427¨
Salgar N 11°01,099¨;W 74°56,117¨
San Andres Islas N 12°19,316¨;W 75°33,328¨
San Andres Islas N 12º19,289¨;W 81º26,169¨
Santa Veronica N 10°55,478¨;W 075°08,150¨
Santa Veronica N 10°52,433¨;W 75°05,467¨
Taganga N 11°18,192¨;W 074°12,214¨
Taganga N 11°17,320¨;W 074°12,427¨
Vía Parque Isla Salamanca N 11°01,219¨;W 74°25,111¨
Table 1. Collection data.

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GENERALITIES OF THE COLOMBIAN


CARIBBEAN COAST
The Colombian Caribbean coast extends for 530.000 square Kilometres and it represents one fifth
of the total area of the Caribbean basin, estimated in 2.5 million square Kilometres. It is located in
what is called Colombian Bowl with depths up to 4.000 metres.

It comprises a wide insular area corresponding to the Department of San Andrés, Providencia and
Santa Catalina. The first island is a reef atoll formed over an ancient volcanic island that has been
submerged; the other two are the emerging peaks of a volcanic mountain chain.

On the mainland, the Caribbean shore extends for 1.650 Kilometres from Cabo Tiburón on the
border with Panama to the limits with Venezuela in the Guajira. It includes coastline in the Depart-
ments of Atlántico, Antioquia, Bolívar, Córdoba, Chocó, Guajira, Magdalena and Sucre. The coastal
length is comparable with that of Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba.

This large extension of the marine line determines a wide ecosystem variability with extended san-
dy grounds, deep coastal, low coasts, islets, archipelagos, bays and estuaries. These characteristics
allow a specific ecological sectorization based on the sum of biological and physical factors in each
sector and producing as a result, new ecologic areas on the Colombian Northern Coast. See Figure 2.

Natural Marine Landscape


Atlantic
Reef Archipielago ARCO
Caribbean Oceanic CAO
Dárien DAR
Guajira GUA
Magdalena MAG
Morrosquillo MOR
Palomino PAL
San Andres and
SAN
Providencia
Tayrona TAY

Figure 2. Ecological sectorization of the Colombian Caribbean.

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Climate
On the Colombian Caribbean Coast, two important climate events are identified during the annu-
al cycle which intrinsically depend of the lesser or greater influence of the trade winds. Even though
they have influence all year long, they fluctuate during different periods, determining weather pat-
terns which can be identified with seasonal periods. The first being the months December through
May, known as the dry period, and June to November, known as the humid period.

These patterns determine the biological distribution and the abiotic conditions of our coasts. We
can differentiate three large ecosystem units on the Colombian Northern Coast.

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta


With a maximum height of 5.700 meters above sea level; it is characterized for acting as a natural
barrier for trade winds, generating a humid climate most of the year, with an increase during the
rainy season which is usually governing the Colombian Caribbean. This system not only has the ca-
pacity to alter regional climatic aspects, but it also exerts an influence on the marine ecosystems
by creating a very rough coastline with deep bays, rocky and sandy shores which model biological
aspects of the different taxonomic groups inhabiting the littoral.

Magdalena and Cauca River valleys


In general it is characterized by dry weather with some variations towards the south in the spurs
of the Abibe, Ayapel, San Jerónimo y San Lucas ridges, where it turns humid.

Guajira Peninsula
It has a dry climate. It has semi-desert-like characteristics with low annual rain values (500 mm)
and high levels of sun radiation.

Marine-coastal ecological units


Mangroves
On the littoral of the Colombian Caribbean we find very complex ecosystems formed by the man-
grove forests which are linked to river mouths and the existence of coastal lagoons. They extend
along the coast, but there is only a great concentration of them in the Magdalena department, in
the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, in the Bolivar Department in the mouth of the Canal del Dique,
in the Ciénaga de Mallorquín in the Atlantico department and in the estuary of the Sinu river in the
Cordoba department.

This kind of vegetation has diverse morphologic characteristics which allow them to resist the
extreme conditions of the earth-water inter-phase and to maintain a biomass production rate esti-
mated in 88.3 tons/Hectares/year, (Pombo, D. 1992). It is also a biome which offers shelter and larvae
nursery to different mollusc species, fish and crustaceans inhabiting the aquatic and terrestrial phase.

Beaches
The littoral strips of the Colombian Caribbean are modelled by the strength of waves and tide
which help to regulate the physical characteristics of beaches. At the same time the sediments and
nutrients provided by marine currents and the continental material, regulate the ecologic dynamics
and create very important, high productivity ecosystems. On the Colombian coasts, there are three
identified types of beaches according to the texture of the sand grains forming them.

• Sandy-muddy beaches
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ment of fine material rich in organic matter. It favours high degrees of productivity due to the type of
fauna associated to this type of sea floor. The mollusk species inhabiting these beaches are bivalves
of the genera Corbula, Donax, and Anomalocardia, and different species of Polychaeta and small crusta-
ceans. This type of beaches can be more commonly observed in the ecologic areas of DAR and MOR.

• Medium-size grain beaches


These are the most frequent beaches on the Colombian Caribbean Coast. They are characterized
for being vast and more exposed to the dynamics of waves and winds. They support a population of
bivalves formed by the genera Heterodonax, Protothaca, and diverse species of crustaceans known as
Emeritas and Ocypode. These beaches are mainly located in the areas MAG, TAY, GUA.

Coarse grain beaches


They are mostly formed by bio detritus material. They are white sand beaches and they are lo-
cated near coral reefs. They are not extensive and are located on the Colombian Caribbean in the
areas of ARCO, TAY, SAN.

Rocky littoral
Rocky littoral strips in the Colombian Caribbean are scarce and they are restricted to the dispo-
sition of coastal areas with a predominance of cliffs and exposition to parental geologic material.
These zones are mainly located in the littoral of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the western part
of the Golfo de Urabá and small areas on the coasts of Providencia and Santa Catalina.

One of the main characteristics of this type of coast is that it allows ecological zoning, starting
from the capacity of the biological community to resist the wave pounding, tidal movement and
high temperatures produced by solar radiation. These zones are called supralittoral, mesolittoral
and infralittoral.

• Supralittoral
This is a transition zone between the sea and the continent. It is exposed to a high solar radia-
tion and it becomes wet by wave spray coming from the sea. The extension of this strip starts at the
coastline to the point where there are still marine species. The main genera found are Nerita, Neritina,
Tectarius and Planaxis.

• Mesolittoral
This strip is limited by the maximum and minimum tidal levels which determine a greater de-
gree of richness when compared with the supralittoral zone. This increase in the number of species
is mainly due to detritus trapping by the ocean, the increase of tides and the posterior deposit of
organic material brought by the sea during the low tide. The main genera located in this area are
Purpura, Fissurella, Calliostoma, Tegula, Brachidontes, Isognomom and Chiton.

• Infralittoral
This area extends up to 5 meters deep. It develops a high abundance and richness since here we
find the marine pastures and coral reefs. These two conditions stimulate the settlement of different
species of vertebrates and invertebrates seeking food and shelter. The mollusc genera inhabiting this
area are: Lima, Astraea, Cymatium, Dendropoma, Cassis and Strombus.

Marine pastures
Submerged in the Colombian Caribbean coast there are extended areas of phanerogams, also
called marine pastures or prairies. These ecosystems are able to concentrate a high specific richness.
They start from a depth of 2 meters, growing on sandy and lime soil. The species Thalassia testudinum
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development on sandy and lime soil between 2 to 10 meters deep. Other species are less frequent
and very rarely dominate the coverage of the soil pushing Thalassia testudinum aside. These species
are Siringodium filiforme, Halodule wrightii, Halophila baillonis and Halophila engelmanni, which are gener-
ally limited to forming small patches on the marine soil.

These marine environments are inhabited by mollusks, fish, crustaceans, echinoderms, bacteria
and one-celled organisms, which contribute to the configuration of an important trophic chain for
the ocean. This characteristic is defined by the brute productivity value of these green bottoms,
which is calculated in 2.5 to 4.5 biomass gms/square meter/day. Among the mollusk species inhabit-
ing these areas are: Strombus gigas, Cassis flammea, Cassis tuberosa, Phalium granulatum, Umbraculum
umbraculum, Conus puncticulatus, Lucina (Callucina) keena, Codakia (Ctena) pectinella.

Coralline areas
In the jurisdiction of the Colombian Caribbean Sea, coralline areas can be differentiated into insu-
lar and continental. The first are located on the Alburquerque and Court town cays, San Andrés and
Providence islands and the banks Roncador, Serrana and Quitasueño. All this insular coral structure
has an approximate extension of .188.5 Km2 (Díaz et al., 2000). In contrast, the continental coast has
an approximate extension of 656.8 Km2 (Díaz et al., 2000) formed by the coral reefs of the Chocoan
Uraba, Tortuguilla Island, Isla Fuerte, Rosario Islands, San Bernardo Island, Arena Island, Bajo Bur-
bujas, Bajo Tortugas, Bajo Salmedina, Banco de las Animas, Baru Peninsula, Tayrona Park and Bahía
Portete, Guajira.

Coral reefs are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Their primary productivity
varies between 5 y 20 gC/m2/day. (Díaz et al., 2000). They offer alternative survival to many fish, crus-
tacean, mollusk and bacteria species. This ecosystem is very important for the sustainability of the
ocean trophic chains and the protection of insular coasts as they act as a barrier for marine currents
which would prevent the development of these archipelagos which are vital for the planet.

In this ecosystem we can find different mollusks inhabiting the Colombian Caribbean belonging
to the genera Pteria, Lima, Arcinella, Cyphona, Sepioteuthis, Conus, Latirus.

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PHYLUM MOLLUSCA

This Phylum is identified as containing a wide number of species described worldwide; nearly
130.000 grouped in eight classes with the Gastropoda class being the most representative. Previous
analysis estimates an amount of 1.403 species in the Colombian Caribbean Coast (Díaz et al., 1998),
but this number may be higher according to field observations recorded in this study, due to the
sustained ecological and ecosistemic heterogeneity of Colombian Caribbean coastal zones. Another
feature of this group is its wide adaptative radiation, colonizing abisal zones, coral reefs, rocky sea-
shore, sea praires, sand flat and estuaries, along with its capacity to settle in different continental
ecosystems, such as lagoons, flooding flats, humid forests and dry forests.

Anatomically, they are soft-bodied animals, whose internal structure has a mantle composed of
thousands of glandular cells, in charge of secreting mucous which allows displacement and produc-
tion of the different types of shells: univalve, bivalve, polivalve. This mantle is also in charge of re-
building the shells from a mineral substance composed of calcium carbonate and conchioline, which
when joined together are organized into calcite, aragonite and valerite crystals. These crystal types
are the primary identifiable features of each class.

mantle-shell CTENIDIUM

visceral mass

sense organs

radula
mouth foot anus and mantle
other openings cavity

Figure 3. Ancestral mollusk

Type of mollusques
The Phylum recent scientific history points out that in the 1950’s the systematic classifiaction rec-
ognized five classes, named Amphineura, Bivalva, Scaphopoda, Gatropoda and Cephalopoda. From these,
amphineura has been the most modified, being divided into four new classes: Caudofoveata, Solenogas-
tra, Polyplacophora and Monoplacophora. As a result, Mollusks are now divided into eight classes. See
Figure 4.

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CEPHALOPODA

rostroconchia
SCAPHOPODA
BELLEROMORPHA

coleoida
POLYPLACOPHORA

BIVALVIA
ammonoida
nautiloida

orthoceratoida
GASTROPODA
caudofoveata

MONOPLACOPHORA
solenograsta

HEPTACLOTA

Taken from Moluscos del Caribe Colombiano, Díaz et al., 1994.

Figure 4. Phylogeny of Phylum Mollusca (Salwini-Plawen, 1980).

CAUDOFOVEATA (Boettger, 1955)


(Cauda = tail; fovea = fossa; ata = neutral)
They are worm-like mollusks with bilateral symmetry and a body covered by mantle. They have no
outer shell, and develop fine calcareus scales over the external surface. They do not show cephaliza-
tion and have only one bocal shield with radula. At the reproductive level, it is known they have sepa-

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rate sexes and external fecundation. These animals live in abysmal zones and are quite uncommon;
there are only seventy known species with a few registers in the Caribbean Sea coast. (J. Pointier et
al., 1998) See Figure 5.

SOLENOGASTRA
(Solenos = tube; gaster = belly)
These are worm-like animals without shell and their bodies covered by fine calcareous scales.
They have developed a longitudinal abdominal ridge, without cephalization nor development of the
bocal shield but with radula. At a reproductive level, they multiply by cross fecundation and self-
fecundation. They are species with a wide range of distribution in the litoral edge towards abisal
zone, with few known recordings in the Caribbean Sea.

This group shares some morphological features with Caudofoveata class, which earlier was united
to Solenogastra in the Aplacophora class. 19 species have been recorded West Atlantic. (Academy of
Natural Sciences the Philadelphia, 2006). See Figure 6.

MONOPLACOPHORA
(mono = one; placo = valve; phora = carried)
The main feature of this class is that it only has 1 conical valve. It has bilateral symmetry, six pairs
of branchii and eight pairs of muscles attached to the shell that allow displacement through the foot.
It reproduces by external fecundation, and feeds on detritus and microorganisms. (J. Pointier et al.
1998). See Figure 7.

It is composed of only one family with a representative in the Caribbean, Neopilina goesi (Waren,
1988), which lives in the sea abysmal fringe.

SHELL
MOUTH

buccal MOUTH
shield MOUTH

FOOT

abdominal GILL
sulcus

MANTLE

ANUS

Figura 5. General diagram Figure 6. General Diagram of


of Class Caudofoveata. Class Solenogastra. Figure 7. General diagram of Class
(J. Pointier et al., 1998) (J. Pointier et al., 1998) Monoplacophora. (J. Pointier et al., 1998)

POLYPLACOPHORA
(Polýs = many; plax = plate or valve; phorós = carrier)
The main feature of this class is the formation of eight articulated layers, with differentiation
between the back and the front layers, which are united by 16 pairs of dorsoventral muscles. These
in turn contribute to the animal’s displacement process through the foot by creating a very strong
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with bilateral symmetry, and live from the litoral zones to the abysmal fringes, with reports of 600
species in the world and 80 of them distributed in the Caribbean Sea. See Figure 8.

BIVALVA
(Bi = Par; Valva = Plate)
Bivalve is a well known and studied class in different seas worldwide, both for scientific goals
and industrial culture. It is the second most important class in the Phylum, including more than 110
families and about 7,500 species. (J. Pointier et al., 1998).

Morphologically, these are animals with bilateral symmetry, protected by a pair of calcareus
valves joined through the charnella by a ligament. Their branchii are laminar (for this reason they
were earlier known as Lamelibranchii). Most species feed by filtering suspended material. Species are
distributed from the mesolitoral zone to abysmal fringe. (Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2008). See Figure 9.

girdle beak or umbo


cardinals teeth
anterior
valvle
anterior
adductor scar

pallial line

pallial sinus

lunule

mucro

posterior
valvle concentric
lines

Figure 8. General Diagrama of Figure 9. General Diagram of


Class Polyplacophora. Class Bivalva.

GASTROPODA
(gaster = stomach; poda = foot)
This is the most numerous class of mollusks, with 327 families composed of 40,000 species (J.
Pointier et al., 1998).

They are characterized by having a monovalve shell, which in many species is presented as a cone
or spiral, and in others internally or absent. They have clearly defined head and eyes, a developed
muscular foot for displacement and an operculum as protection when retracting inside the shell. See
Figure 10.

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They are widely distributed in every sea and continental area, and present diverse feeding habits:
carnivorous, detritivorous and herbivorous. They reproduce by external or internal fecundation.

SCAPHOPODA
(skaphe = boat; podos = foot)
This class is characterized by having a monocyllindrical tube-shaped monovalve shell. These ani-
mals have bilateral symmetry and have rudimentary organs; they do not have branchii and have labial
palpi and a pair of tentacles, which are exposed in order to catch nutrients. Sexes are separated and
external fecundation occurs. They live on the sea bed in the sandy fringes and are distributed from
the shallow zones to the abysmal fringe. See Figure 11.

They are composed by 8 families and about 350 species (J. Pointier et al., 1998).

CEPHALOPODA
(kephalé = head; podós = foot)
This class is different from other molluscles because of its high degree of cephalization. This has
allowed them to be considered as the most evolved in the Phylum. They also have developed tentacles
with suckers which serve as a device for chasing, fixing, propelling and reproducing. The shell may be
internal, alveolar or external. Among this class we find the groups known as octopus, squids, sepias
and nautilius.

Sexes are separated and have internal fecundation. They are found in the Caribbean Sea and are
distributed in a wide batimetric range. See Figure 12.
nuclear
whorl

nodules
spire

suture

parietal
wall
posterior
or
anal canal

operculum

columella

anterior
or siphonal
canal

Figure 10. General Diagram Figure 11. General Diagram Figure 12. General Diagram of
of Class Gastropoda. of Class Scaphopoda. Class Cephalopoda.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TAXONOMIC


CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED
Class taxonomic order
The species illustrated in this catalogue are classified according to the taxonomic order of each
class.

For the Gastropoda class, the systematic updating was made from the authors Philippe Bouchet &
Jean-Pierre Rocroi in their book, “International journal of malacology” (2005) and the Database of West-
ern Atlantic Marine Mollusca by universities in Philadelphia.

For the Bivalva class, the systematic updating was made from the authors Paula M. Mikkelsen and
Rudiger Bieler in their book, Seashells of Southern Florida and the Database of Western Atlantic Ma-
rine Mollusca by universities in Philadelphia.

For the Cephalopoda class we used the systematic order of the Database of Western Atlantic Marine
Mollusca by universities in Philadelphia.

For the Scaphopoda and Polyplacophora classes, the systematic order used was that of the authors
Juan M. Díaz and Mónica Puyana in their book “Moluscos del Caribe Colombiano” (Mollusques of the
Colombian Caribbean 1994).

Taxonomic files
In order to accomplish this work, we have used different kinds of taxonomic files, according to the
information level found in the biological records. It is highlighted that species captured during the
study are always referenced as Collected (See Charter 1) and those whose information is provided by
databases do not have this reference (See Charter 2).

For an easy localization, each file of captured animals contains the word Collected. This datum
does not appeared for those not-captured specimens.

7. Notocrater houbricki McLean & Harasewych, 1995


References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), 5. Pectinodonta arcuata Dall, 1882
NMNHMC 860359- MOL-5861. References: Abbott (1974), Dall (1882),
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. NMNHMC 95094- MOL-1654.
Coordenates: N11°13,833”; W74°89,694” Depth Range: 413 to 1062 m.
Depth Range: 89 to 154 m. Size: 15 mm.
Size: 2.6 mm. Local Distribution: DAR. ARCO.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.

Charter 1. Example of Taxonomic File for Charter 2. Example of Taxonomic File for
Specimens Captured During the Study. Specimens Not Captured During the Study.

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INTRODUCCIÓN
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH

Los moluscos a nivel mundial constituyen un Phylum muy diversificado filogenéticamente, cuyo
origen se remonta a 4.600 millones de años en el periodo precámbrico hasta nuestros tiempos. Esta
aparición temprana en las eras geológicas contribuyó al desarrollo de un infinita plasticidad morfo-
lógica, que les han permitido distribuirse en casi todos los hábitats conocidos del planeta, desde los
fondos marinos abismales hasta las franjas continentales terrestres y dulceacuícolas, por lo cual hoy
se estima que en el mundo existen mas de 130.000 especies, representadas por 8 clases. Caracterís-
ticas biológicas que le han agregado un alto valor en el desarrollo artístico, comercial y alimentario
de la humanidad. A partir de estos aspectos sociales, entre 1700 a 1760 Carl Nilsson Linnaeus, inicia
los primeros estudios sistemáticos de este valioso grupo biológico.

En Colombia, la malacología marina tuvo sus inicios con los primeros trabajos realizados por
Dautzenberg (1885), Daniel (1941), Kaufman y Götting (1970), Bayer (1971), Moore (1974), y recien-
temente el aporte más significativo hasta los años noventa lo hizo J. Díaz y M. Puyana (1994), con
Moluscos del Caribe colombiano. Un Catalogo Ilustrado junto a estos grandes taxónomos nace el Instituto
de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), que ha hecho sus aportes al conocimiento de este
grupo, con las diferentes expediciones científicas en las costas colombinas.

Este proyecto abordó, como primera fase, la caracterización de las especies que habita, sobre las
nueve zonas ecológicas del Caribe colombiano (ver figura 2), utilizando diferentes técnicas muestra-
les. En estas zonas se fijaron 27 estaciones de muestreo, en jurisdicción de 7 departamentos. Los da-
tos recogidos a través de estas colectas sustentaron el 75 % de la colección presentada en este libro,
junto a un análisis a diferentes bases de datos malacológicas a nivel mundial, que aportó un 25 % de
los registros. Esta compilación de datos de captura y registros sistemáticos ampliaron el número de
especies conocidas para Colombia, representadas en 1525 especies. Datos anteriores brindaban una
aproximación a este valor con 1400 especies (Díaz, 1998), sin embargo, todas las estimaciones hechas
al respecto resultan sesgadas frente a la heterogeneidad costera de nuestro Caribe, lo cual determina
las posibilidades de seguir ampliando los registros con nuevos endemismos y especies no conocidas
para este Phylum en Colombia.

Este interés científico sobre la malacología marina ha sido el punto de inicio para el desarrollo
de este catálogo, que no pretende sentar la verdad absoluta sobre la identificación de las especies
contenidas, pero sí construir una línea base para el estudio de la sistemática actual de este grupo.

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METODOLOGÍA

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


Durante este proyecto de investigación se utilizaron dos técnicas para la recolección de las mues-
tras: una basada en colectas manuales y otra con dispositivos. Ambas fases se realizaron entre enero de
2005 y febrero 2007, en 27 estaciones a lo largo del litoral continental e insular del Caribe colombiano
(ver mapas a y b). La primera técnica consistió en caminatas paralelas a la línea de costa entre 0 y 20 m
de profundidad. Adicionalmente se realizaron inmersiones de buceo a pulmón (~10 m de profundidad)
y con tanques (hasta los 45 m de profundidad). Para el caso de los muestreos con dispositivos se usó
una draga de arrastre en acero inoxidable, forrada en malla de acero de 5 mm de ojo del poro, con un
volumen de 100 cm de ancho x 20 de alto x 50 de profundidad (ver figura 1). Los dragados se realizaron
entre 40 y 250 m de profundidad, y la técnica consistió en determinar que el tipo de fondo y el rango
de profundidad fueran los adecuados, utilizando una ecosonda Carmni 2000.

Con la ayuda de un GPS se marcaron los puntos iniciales de dragado, arrastrando la draga durante
20 minutos, tiempo estimado en previos muestreos, para que la draga subiese en plena capacidad.
Una vez izada, los moluscos de mayor tamaño fueron separados in situ y el material restante se de-
positó en bolsas plásticas, debidamente rotuladas. En laboratorio, las muestras de las bolsas fueron
secadas y tamizadas para la extracción de individuos de menor tamaño, evitando la evasión y pér-
dida de material. Posteriormente se inició la identificación taxonómica de cada una de las especies
recolectadas, a partir de información bibliografíca especializada (Díaz & Puyana, 1994; H. Vokes & E.
Vokes, 1983; Colin Redfern, 2001; T. Cossignani, 2006; Mikkelsen and Bieler, 2008), etc.

En cuanto a la construcción de las fichas taxonómicas, se actualizó el orden sistemático del Phylum,
con respecto a los cambios realizados a diferentes familias y subclases; seguidamente se cotejaron
las bases de datos de museos nacionales e internacionales, como el Smithsonian Department of In-
vertebrate Zoology Collections; Florida Museum Of Natural History; Academy of Natural Sciences the
Philadelphia; Museo Malacológico Piceno; The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum; Instituto de Investi-
gaciones Marinas y Costeras de Colombia (INVEMAR) con el fin de abarcar los registros aislados que
existen sobre moluscos para el Caribe colombiano, comparando las coordenadas de captura en cada
registro biológico con el área de nuestro mar territorial.

Figura 1. Draga de muestreos.

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Área de estudio
Las zonas de colecta elegidas para este proyecto se encuentran distribuidas dentro de la franja litoral
de las diferentes islas y borde continental del Caribe colombiano.
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH

Mapa A. Estaciones de muestreo en la zona nororiental del Caribe colombiano.

Localidades y coordenadas de captura


Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,246¨;W 74°06,270¨
Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,056¨;W 74°05,105¨
Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,246¨;W 74°04,564¨
Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°19,531¨;W 74°03,157¨
Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°17,476¨;W 74°09,093¨
Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona N 11°17,579¨;W 74°09,142¨
BahÍa Portete N 12°12,425¨;W 71°57,437¨
Bocas de Ceniza N 11°04,218¨;W 74°50,502¨
Bocas de Ceniza N 11°10,202¨;W 074°54,061¨
Cabo de la Vela N 12°14,108¨;W 75°40,124¨
Cabo de la Vela N 12°13,427¨;W 72°12,362¨
Cartagena N 10°26, 316¨;W 75°33,32.8¨
Ciénaga de Mallorquín N 11° 03,198¨;W 74°51,921¨

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Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°34,397¨;W 75°48,513¨


Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°81,616¨;W 76°27,416¨
Golfo de Morrosquillo N 9°34,397¨;W 75°48,513¨
Loma Arena N 10°43,559¨;W 75°16,149¨

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


Puerto Colombia N 10°59’0.82¨;W 74°58’41.27¨
Punta Aguja N 11°17,320¨;W 074°12,427¨
Salgar N 11°01,099¨;W 74°56,117¨
San Andres Islas N 12°19,316¨;W 75°33,328¨
San Andres Islas N 12º19,289¨;W 81º26,169¨
Santa Veronica N 10°55,478¨;W 075°08,150¨
Santa Veronica N 10°52,433¨;W 75°05,467¨
Taganga N 11°18,192¨;W 074°12,214¨
Taganga N 11°17,320¨;W 074°12,427¨
Vía Parque Isla Salamanca N 11°01,219¨;W 74°25,111¨
Tabla 1. Datos de colecta

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GENERALIDADES DE LA COSTA
CARIBE COLOMBIANA
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH

El Caribe colombiano ocupa aproximadamente 530.000 kilómetros cuadrados, que es la quinta


parte del área total de la cuenca, estimada en 2.5 millones de kilómetros cuadrados. Se localiza en lo
que se denomina como la batea de Colombia, con profundidades de hasta 4.000 metros.

Comprende una amplia área insular correspondiente al departamento de San Andrés, Providencia
y Santa Catalina. La primera isla es un atolón de arrecifes desarrollado sobre una antigua isla volcáni-
ca que se ha ido hundiendo; las dos restantes son los picos sobresalientes de una cadena montañosa
de origen volcánico.

En el continente, el litoral Caribe tiene 1.650 kilómetros, que van desde cabo Tiburón, en la fron-
tera con Panamá, hasta el límite con Venezuela en La Guajira, y abarca áreas costeras en los departa-
mentos de Atlántico, Antioquia, Bolívar, Córdoba, Chocó, La Guajira, Magdalena y Sucre. Su extensión
litoral puede compararse con países como México, Venezuela y Cuba.

Esta gran extensión de la franja marina determina una amplia variabilidad ecosistémica, con fon-
dos arenosos extensos, áreas de gran profundidad sobre la costa, bajos, cayos, archipiélagos, bahías
y estuarios, lo cual permite una sectorización ecológica específica, basada en suma de los factores
biológicos y físicos de cada sector, lo que da como resultado nueve zonas ecológicas en la costa norte
colombiana (ver figura 2).

Sectorización ecológica
Archipiélago Coralino ARCO
Caribe Oceánico CAO
Dárien DAR
Guajira GUA
Magdalena MAG
Morrosquillo MOR
Palomino PAL
San Andres y
SAN
Providencia
Tayrona TAY

Figura 2. Sectorización ecológica del Caribe colombiano.

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Condiciones climáticas
Sobre la costa Caribe colombiana se identifican dos eventos climáticos importantes durante el
ciclo anual, que dependen intrínsecamente de la menor o mayor influencia de los vientos alisios. Es-
tos vientos, a pesar de incidir durante todo el año, fluctúan durante diversas épocas, determinando
patrones climáticos que se pueden clasificar por periodos mensuales. De diciembre a mayo se conoce
como periodo seco y de junio a noviembre como periodo húmedo.

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Estos patrones determinan la distribución biológica y las condiciones abióticas de nuestras costas,
diferenciando 3 grandes unidades ecosistémicas sobre el Caribe norte colombiano.

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta


Con una altura máxima de 5.700 m.s.n.m., se caracteriza por actuar como barrera natural para
los vientos alisios, generando un clima húmedo la mayor parte del año, con un aumento dentro del
periodo lluvioso que gobierna en general al Caribe colombiano. Este sistema tiene no sólo la capa-
cidad de modelar aspectos climatológicos regionales, sino que ejerce una incidencia igual sobre los
ecosistemas marinos, creando una costa muy accidentada con bahías profundas, franjas rocosas y
arenosas, que modelan aspectos ecológicos de los diferentes grupos taxonómicos que habitan su
franja litoral.

Valle de los ríos Magdalena y Cauca


En general se caracteriza por tener un clima seco, variando hacia el sur en estribaciones de las
serranías de Abibe, Ayapel, San Jerónimo y San Lucas, donde el clima cambia a húmedo.

Península de la Guajira
De clima seco, presenta características semidesérticas con bajos valores de precipitación anual
(500 mm) y altos niveles de radiación solar.

Unidades ecológicas marino-costeras



Mangles
Sobre las franjas litorales del Caribe colombiano encontramos ecosistemas muy complejos, confor-
mados por bosques de mangle, los cuales están ligados a las desembocaduras de ríos y la existencia
de lagunas costeras. Se extienden a lo largo de todo el litoral, pero sólo existen grandes concentra-
ciones en los departamentos del Magdalena, en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, en el departamen-
to de Bolívar, en la desembocadura del Canal del Dique, en la ciénaga de Marroquín, departamento
del Atlántico, y en el estuario del rio Sinú, en el departamento de Córdoba.

Este tipo de vegetación posee diversas características morfológicas, que le permiten resistir las
condiciones extremas de la interfase tierra-agua y mantener una tasa de producción de biomasa,
estimada en 88,3 ton/ha/año (Pombo, 1992). También es un bioma que brinda zonas de refugio y de-
sarrollo larvario a diferentes especies de moluscos, peces y crustáceos, habitantes de la fase acuática,
y se convierte en zona de caza para aves, mamíferos y reptiles en la fase terrestre.

Playas
Las franjas litorales del Caribe colombiano son modeladas por la fuerza de las olas y las mareas;
estos fenómenos ayudan a regular las características físicas de las playas, al tiempo que el aporte
de sedimentos y nutrientes por las corrientes marinas y el material continental regulan la dinámica
ecológica, creando de esta manera ecosistemas muy importantes y de alta productividad.

En general, sobre las costas colombianas se pueden identificar tres tipos de playas basadas en la
textura del grano que las conforma:

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• Playas areno - fangosas


Son unidades ecológicas características de áreas con poca rompiente marina, que permite un
asentamiento de material fino, rico en materia orgánica, favoreciendo altos grados productividad a
partir de la fauna asociada a este tipo de fondo. Las especies de moluscos habitantes de estas playas
son bivalvos de los géneros Corbula, Donax y Anomalocardia, y diferentes especies de poliquetos y pe-
queños crustáceos.
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH

Este tipo de playas se puede observar con mayor proporción en los sectores ecológicos DAR y
MOR.

• Playas de grano medio


Estas playas son las más frecuentes en las costas del Caribe colombiano, se identifican por ser
extensas y estar más expuestas a la dinámica de las olas y el viento; a su vez, sustenta una población
de bivalvos conformada generalmente por los géneros Heterodonax, Protothaca y diversas especies de
crustáceos conocidos como Emeritas y Ocypode.

Estas playas se ubican mayoritariamente en los sectores MAG, TAY, GUA.

• Playas de grano grueso


Con formadas en su mayoría por material biodetrítico, son playas de color blanco y se encuentran
cerca a arrecifes de coral, no son de gran extensión y se extienden sobre el Caribe colombiano, en los
sectores ARCO, TAY, SAN.

Litoral Rocoso
Las franjas litorales rocosas en el Caribe colombiano son escasas, y están restringidas a la disposi-
ción de aéreas costeras, con predominio de acantilados y exposición del material geológico parental.
Estas zonas se encuentran principalmente en el litoral de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, al occiden-
te del Golfo de Urabá y en pequeñas aéreas sobre las costas de Providencia y Santa Catalina.

Una de las características principales de este tipo de costa es que permite una zonación ecológica,
partiendo de la capacidad de la comunidad biológica a resistir los embates del oleaje, el desplaza-
miento de las mareas y altas temperaturas producto de la radiación solar. Estas zonas son llamadas
Supralitoral, Mesolitoral e Infralitoral.

• Supralitoral
Es una zona transición entre el mar y el continente, se encuentra expuesta a una alta radiación
solar y es humedecida por las salpicaduras del oleaje proveniente del mar. La extensión de esta franja
parte de la línea de costa hasta el punto donde aún se encuentren especies marinas. Los principales
géneros que la habitan son: Nerita Neritina, Tectarius y Planaxis.

• Mesolitoral
Esta franja se encuentra delimitada por los niveles máximos y mínimos de las mareas, lo que de-
termina un mayor grado de riqueza frente a la zona Supralitoral. Este aumento en el número de espe-
cies se debe principalmente a la captación de detritos realizada por el océano durante el aumento de
la marea y el posterior depósito de material orgánico arrojado por el mar durante la marea baja. Los
principales géneros encontrados en esta aérea son: Purpura, Fissurella, Calliostoma, Tegula, Brachidontes,
Isognomom y Chiton.

• Infralitoral
Esta zona se extiende hasta los 5 metros de profundidad, desarrollando una alta riqueza y abun-
dancia, dado que a partir de aquí se encuentran los llamados pastos marinos y se da la aparición
de las franjas coralinas. Estas dos condiciones estimulan el asentamiento de diferentes especies de

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vertebrados e invertebrados, que buscan zonas de alimentación y refugio. Los géneros de moluscos
habitantes de esta área son: Lima, Astraea, Cymatium, Dendropoma, Cassis, Strombus.

Pastos marinos
Sumergidos en las costas del Caribe colombiano existen extensos núcleos de fanerógamas, tam-
bién llamados pastos o praderas marinas. Estos ecosistemas, capaces de concentrar una alta riqueza
específica, habitan desde los dos metros de profundidad y crecen sobre fondos arenosos y lodosos.

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


La especie Thalassia testudinum conforma las praderas más extensas y continuas del Caribe (Pom-
bo, 1992) con un mejor desarrollo sobre fondos fangosos, entre los 2 a 10 metros de profundidad.
Otras especies son menos frecuentes y pocas veces dominan la cobertura del fondo, relegando a
Thalassia testudinum; estas especies son: Siringodium filiforme, Halodule wrightii, Halophila baillonis y Ha-
lophila engelmanni, que por lo general están limitadas a conformar pequeños parches sobre el lecho
marino.

Sobre estos ambientes marinos habitan moluscos, peces crustáceos, equinodermos, bacterias y
organismos unicelulares, que contribuyen a la configuración de una red trófica importante para el
océano en general. Esta característica es definida por el valor de productividad bruta de estos fondos
vegetados, calculada entre 2.5 a 4.5 gramos de biomasa/ metro cuadrado/ día. Entre las especies de
moluscos habitantes en estas aéreas están: Strombus gigas, Cassis flammea, Cassis tuberosa, Phalium
granulatum, Umbraculum umbraculum, Conus puncticulatus, Lucina (callucina) keena, Codakia (ctena) pec-
tinella.

Áreas coralinas
En jurisdicción del mar Caribe colombiano las áreas coralinas se pueden diferenciar en insulares y
continentales. Las primeras se encuentran distribuidas sobre los cayos Alburquerque y Courtown, las
islas de San Andrés y Providencia y los bancos Roncador, Serrana y Quitasueño. Toda esta estructura
coralina insular posee una extensión aproximada de 2.188.5 Km2 (Díaz et al., 2000); en contraste, la
costa continental suma una extensión aproximada de 656.8 Km2 (Díaz et al., 2000), conformada por
los arrecifes del Urabá chocoano, isla Tortuguilla, isla Fuerte, islas del Rosario, isla de San Bernardo,
isla Arena, Bajo Burbujas, Bajo Tortugas, Bajo Salmedina, Banco de las Animas, Península de Barú,
Parque Tayrona y Bahía Porte (La Guajira).

Los arrecifes de coral están dentro de los ecosistemas más productivos del mundo; su productivi-
dad primaria varía entre 5 y 20 gC/m2/día (Díaz et al., 2000), y ofrece alternativas de supervivencia a
numerosas especies de peces, crustáceos, moluscos y bacterias. Este ecosistema es muy importante
para el sostenimiento de las cadenas troficas del océano y para la protección de las costas insulares,
al funcionar como amortiguador de las corrientes marinas, que impedirían el desarrollo de estos
archipiélagos, vitales para el planeta en general.

En este ecosistema podemos encontrar diferentes moluscos que habitan el Caribe colombiano,
pertenecientes a los géneros Pteria, Lima, Arcinella, Cyphona, Sepioteuthis, Conus, Latirus.

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PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
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Este Phylum se caracteriza por poseer un amplio número de especies descritas mundialmente,
alrededor de 130.000, agrupadas en ocho clases, siendo la clase Gastropoda la más representativa.
Análisis previos estiman que para la costa Caribe colombiana existe una riqueza total de 1.403 espe-
cies (Díaz et al., 1998), dato que según las observaciones de campo registradas durante este estudio
podrían ser más altas, debido a la sostenida heterogeneidad ecológica y ecosistémica de las zonas
costeras del Caribe colombiano. Otra característica de este grupo radica en su amplia radiación adap-
tativa, colonizando las zonas abisales, arrecifes de corales, litoral rocoso, praderas marinas, franja
costera arenosa y medios estuarios, sin contar su capacidad para establecerse en diferentes ecosiste-
mas continentales, desde lagunas, planos inundables, bosques húmedos y bosques secos.

Anatómicamente son animales de cuerpo blando, cuya estructura interna posee un manto con-
formado por miles de células glandulares, encargadas de la secreción de mucosa, que permite el
desplazamiento y la producción de los diferentes tipos de conchas, univalvas, bivalvas, polivalvas;
este manto, a su vez, es el encargado de la reconstrucción de las conchas, a partir de una sustancia
mineral compuesta por carbonato de calcio y conquiolina, que al asociarse se organizan en cristales
de calcita, aragonita y valerita, dando forma a la concha de cada especies, constituyéndose en el pri-
mer carácter de identificación de cada clase.

CONCHA BRANQUIA

MASA visceral

ÓRGANOS SENSORIALES

radula
BOCA PIE anO Y OTRAS CAVIDAD
ABERTURAS DEL MANTO
Figura 3. Molusco ancestral

Clases de moluscos
La historia científica reciente de este Phylum, indica que para los años cincuenta la clasificación
sistemática reconocía cinco clases, llamadas Anphineura, Bivalva, Scaphopoda, Gastropoda y Cephalopoda,
de las cuales la clase Anphineura es la que más ha sufrido modificaciones, siendo separada en cua-
tro nuevas clases, conocidas como Caudofoveata, Solenogastra, Polyplacophora y Monoplacophora, dando
como resultado ocho clases de moluscos en la actualidad (ver figura 4).

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CEPHALOPODA

TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH


rostroconchia
SCAPHOPODA
BELLEROMORPHA

coleoida
POLYPLACOPHORA

BIVALVIA
ammonoida
nautiloida

orthoceratoida
GASTROPODA
caudofoveata

MONOPLACOPHORA
solenograsta

HEPTACLOTA

Tomado de Moluscos del Caribe Colombiano, Díaz et al., 1994.

Figura 4. Filogenia del Phylum Mollusca (Salwini-Plawen, 1980).

Caudofoveata (Boettger 1955)


(Cauda = cola; fovea = fosa; ata = neutro)
Son moluscos alargados con simetría bilateral, de cuerpo cubierto por el manto, no posen concha,
y desarrolla finas escamas calcáreas sobre la superficie externa, no presenta cefalizacion y solo tiene
un escudo bocal con rádula; a nivel reproductivo se conoce que es de sexos separados y de fecunda-

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ción externa. Estos animales viven en zonas abismales y son muy raros; tan sólo se conocen setenta
especies, con pocos registros en las costas del mar Caribe (J. Pointier et al., 1998) (ver figura 5).

Solenogastra
(Solenos = tubo; gaster = vientre)
Son animales vermiformes, sin concha, con el cuerpo cubierto de finas escamas calcáreas; asimis-
mo, desarrollaron un surco abdominal longitudinal, sin cefalización ni desarrollo de escudo bocal,
TRANSLATION INTO SPANISH

pero con presencia de rádula; a nivel reproductivo se multiplican a través de fecundación cruzada
y autofecundación, además son especies con un amplio rango de distribución entre la franja litoral
hacia la zona abisal, con pocos registros conocidos para el mar Caribe.

Este grupo comparte ciertas características morfológicas con la clase Caudofoveata, que anterior-
mente estaba unificada con Solenogastra en la clase Aplacophora, la cual registra para el Atlántico
occidental 19 especies (Academy Natural Sciences, 2006) (ver figura 6).

Monoplacophora
(mono = una; placo = valva; phora = portado)
Esta clase se distingue principalmente por poseer una sola valva cónica, presenta simetría bila-
teral, con seis pares de branquias y ocho pares de músculos fijados a la concha, que le sirven para
desplazarse a través del pie, se reproducen por fecundación externa y se alimentan de detritos y
microorganismos (J. Pointier et al., 1998) (ver figura 7).

Están conformados por una única familia, con un representante para el Caribe, Neopilina goesi
(Waren, 1988). El cual habita en las franjas marinas abismales.

CONCHA
BOCA

ESCUDO BOCA
BUCAL BOCA

PIE

SURCO branquia
ABDOMINAL

MANTO

ANO

Figura 5. Esquema general Figura 6. Esquema general de


de la clase Caudofoveata. la clase Solenogastra. Figura 7. Esquema general de la clase
(J. Pointier et al., 1998) (J. Pointier et al., 1998) Monoplacophora. (J. Pointier et al., 1998)

Polyplacophora
(Polýs= muchas; plax = placa o valva; phorós = portador)
Esta clase tiene como característica principal la formación de ocho placas articuladas, con diferen-
ciación entre las placas posterior y anterior, las cuales están unidas por dieciséis pares de músculos
dorsoventrales, que a su vez contribuyen en el proceso de desplazamiento del animal a través del pie,
con el cual crean una succión muy fuerte para sostenerse principalmente en las zonas mesolitorales
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les hasta las franjas abismales, con el reporte de 600 especies a nivel mundial y 80 distribuidas en el
mar Caribe (ver figura 8).

Bivalva
(Bi = Par; Valva = Placa)
Los bivalvos son una clase muy conocida y estudiada en los diferentes mares a nivel mundial,
tanto con fines científicos y con miras al cultivo industrial; constituyen la segunda clase más im-

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portante dentro del Phylum, con más de 110 familias y 7.500 especies aproximadamente (J. Pointier
et al., 1998).

Morfológicamente son animales con simetría bilateral, protegidos por un par de valvas calcáreas,
unidas a través de la charnela por un ligamento, tienen las branquias en forma de láminas, por lo cual
se conocían anteriormente como Lamelibranquios, y la mayoría de las especies se alimentan filtrando
material en suspensión. Las especies están distribuidas desde la zona mesolitoral hasta las franjas
abismales (Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2008) (ver figura 9).

perinoto umbo
DIENTES cardinalES
valva
anterior
HUELLA DEL
MÚSCULO ADUCTOR
ANTERIOR

LÍNEA palEal

SENO paLEal

lÚnulA

mucro

valva
posterior lineAs
concentricAS

Figura 8. Esquema general de la Figura 9. Esquema general de la


clase Polyplacophora. clase Bivalva.

Gastropoda
(gaster = estómago; poda = pie)
Son la clase más numerosa dentro de los moluscos, con 327 familias, conformadas por 40 mil es-
pecies (J. Pointier et al., 1998).

Se caracteriza por poseer una concha univalva, la cual en muchas especies se presenta en forma de
cono o espiral y en otras de manera interna u ausente, tienen cabeza y ojos definidos, desarrollaron
un pie musculoso para el desplazamiento y un opérculo que sirve como protección al retraerse hacia
el interior de la concha (ver figura 10).

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Se encuentran ampliamente distribuidos en todos los mares y en las áreas continentales; a su vez
presentan diferentes hábitos alimenticios, carnívoros detritívoros y herbívoros, se reproducen por
fecundación externa o interna.

Scaphopoda
(skaphe = bote; podos = pie)
Clase caracterizada por tener una concha univalva, en forma de tubo cilíndrico; estos animales
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tienen simetría bilateral y poseen órganos rudimentarios, no tienen branquias y están provistos de
palpos labiales y un par de tentáculos que permanecen expuestos para la captación de nutrientes,
tienen sexos separados y son de fecundación externa, viven en el lecho marino, en las franjas areno-
sas, y se distribuyen desde las zonas de poca profundidad hasta las franjas abismales (ver figura 11).
Se encuentran conformados por 8 familias y aproximadamente 350 especies (J. Pointier et al., 1998).

Cephalopoda
(kephalé = cabeza; podós = pie)
Se diferencian de las demás clases por mostrar un alto grado de cefalizacion, por lo cual se conside-
ran como los más evolucionados del Phylum; a su vez, desarrollaron tentáculos con ventosas que les
sirven como instrumentos de caza, fijación, propulsión y reproducción, la concha puede ser interna,
alveolar u externa; dentro de esta clase están los grupos conocidas como pulpos, calamares, sepias
y nautilus.

Los sexos son separados y tienen fecundación interna. Se encuentra en el Caribe y se distribuye en
un amplio rango batimétrico (ver figura 12).

PROTOCONCHA

nÓdulOs
ESPIRA

suturA

CALLO
PARIETAL

canal anal

opÉrculO

columNela

canal siFonal

Figura 10. Esquema general Figura 11. Esquema general Figura 12. Esquema general de la
de la clase Gastropoda. de la clase Scaphopoda. clase Cephalopoda.

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CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL SISTEMA DE


CLASIFICACIÓN TAXONÓMICO UTILIZADO

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Orden taxonómico de clases
Las especies ilustradas dentro de este catalogo están ubicadas de acuerdo con el orden taxonó-
mico de cada clase.

Para la clase Gastropoda, la actualización sistemática se realizó a partir del libro Internacional jour-
nal of malacology (2005), de Philippe Bouchet y Jean - Pierre Rocroi, y la Database of Western Atlantic
Marine Mollusca the universities in Philadelphia.

En cuanto a la clase Bivalva, la actualización sistemática se hizo con base en la obra Seashells of
Southern Florida, de M. Mikkelsen y Rudiger Bieler, y la Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
the universities in Philadelphia.

Para la clase Cephalopoda se utilizó el orden sistemático de la Database of Western Atlantic Marine
Mollusca the universities in Philadelphia.

Para las clases Scaphopoda y Polyplacophora se utilizó el orden sistemático propuesto por Juan M.
Díaz y Mónica Puyana en su libro Moluscos del Caribe colombiano (1994).

Fichas taxonómicas
Para este trabajo se construyeron diferentes tipos de fichas taxonómicas, teniendo en cuenta el
nivel de información encontrada en el registro biológico. Y se destaca que las especies capturadas du-
rante el estudio siempre están referenciadas con “Collected” (ver tabla 2) y aquellas cuya información
es suministrada desde las bases de datos no contienen esta referencia (ver tabla 3).

Para una ubicación rápida del lector, cada ficha de animales capturados contiene la palabra “Co-
llected”, y para los animales no capturados, este dato no aparece en la ficha taxonómica.

7. Notocrater houbricki McLean & Harasewych, 1995


References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), 5. Pectinodonta arcuata Dall, 1882
NMNHMC 860359- MOL-5861. References: Abbott (1974), Dall (1882),
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. NMNHMC 95094- MOL-1654.
Coordenates: N11°13,833”; W74°89,694” Depth Range: 413 to 1062 m.
Depth Range: 89 to 154 m. Size: 15 mm.
Size: 2.6 mm. Local Distribution: DAR. ARCO.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.

Tabla 2. Ejemplo de ficha Taxonómica para Tabla 3. Ejemplo de ficha taxonómica para
especímenes capturados durante el estudio. especímenes no capturados durante el estudio.

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Photo: Néstor Árdila

Chromodoris clenchi (Russell, 1935)


TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
OF MOLLUSKS FOUND IN THE
COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

Class GASTROPODA Cuvier, 1797 Synonyms: Tectura striata auct. non Quoy & Gaimard, 1834; Acmaea
elegans Philippi, 1846; Patella elegans (Philippi, 1846); Patella candeana
Subclass PROSOBRANCHIA Milme-Edwards, 1848 d’Orbigny, 1847; Tectura cumingii auct. non Reeve, 1854; Patella opea
Order PATELLOGASTROPODA Reeve, 1855; Acmaea wottonae Christiaens, 1975.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Superfamily LOTTIDEA Gray, 1840
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa
Family LOTTIIDAE Gray, 1840 Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United
Genus Lottia Gray, 1833 States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

1. Lottia albicosta (C. B. Adams, 1845) Family ACMAEIDAE Forbes, 1850


References: C. B. Adams (1845), Abbott (1974), Colin Redfern (2001),
CY. 0001. Genus Pectinodonta Dall, 1882
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” 5. Pectinodonta arcuata Dall, 1882
Depth Collected: 1 m. References: Abbott (1974), Dall (1882), NMNHMC 95094- MOL-1654.
Depth Range: 0 to 4.5 m. Depth Range: 413 to 1062 m.
Size: 12 mm. Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: DAR, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.

2. Lottia leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791) Order COCCULINIFORMIA


References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 770835, CY0002. Superfamily COCCULINOIDEA Dall, 1882
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Coordenates: 11°04,218”; W74°50,502” Family PSEUDOCOCCULINIDAE Hickman, 1983
Depth Collected: 0.50 m. Genus Copulabyssia Haszprunar, 1988
Depth Range: 0.5 to 1 m.
Size: 12 mm. 6. Copulabyssia colombia Ardila & Harasewych, 2005
Synonyms: Acmaea melanoleuca auct. non Gmelin, 179; Patella digitalis References: Ardila & Harasewych (2005), NMNH 1008181.
Röding, 1798; Patella papillaris Röding, 1798; Patella dubloradiata G. Depth Range: 300 m.
Fischer, 1807; Patella cimeliata Reeve, 1855; Patella cubensis Reeve, 1855; Global Distribution: Colombia.
Acmaea cubensis (Reeve, 1855); Patella occidentalis Reeve, 1855; Acmaea
simplex Pilsbry, 1891.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. Genus Notocrater Finley, 1927
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United 7. Notocrater houbricki McLean & Harasewych, 1995
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), NMNHMC 860359-MOL-
5861.
Genus Patelloida Quoy and Gaimard, 1834 Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Coordenates: N11°13,833”; W74°89,694”
3. Patelloida pustulata (Helbling, 1779) Depth Range: 89 to 154 m.
References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 757603, CY0003. Size: 2.6 mm.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°19,056”; W74°05,105” Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
Depth Collected: 0.50 m.
Depth Range: 0.5 to 1 m.
Size: 21 mm. 8. Notocrater youngi McLean & Harasewych, 1995
Synonyms: Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791; Patella puncturata References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), NMNHMC 860360-MOL-
Lamarck, 1819; Patella cubaniana d’Orbigny, 1847; Patella confusa Petit, 1660.
1851; Patella pulcherrima Petit, 1856; Acmaea pulcherrima (Petit, 1856); Collected: Golfo del Darien.
Collisella pulcherrima (Petit, 1856); Acmaea pulcherrima Dall, 1927. Coordenates: N9°04,316”; W76°61,6”
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Depth Range: 290 to 309 m.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Size: 3.1 mm.
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Local Distribution: DAR.
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.

Genus Tectura Gray, 1847
Family COCCULINIDAE Dall, 1882
4. Tectura antillarum (Sowerby I, 1834) Genus Cocculina Dall, 1889
References: Abbott (1974), CY0004.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 9. Cocculina emsoni McLean & Harasewych, 1995
Coordenates: N11°19,056”; W74°05,105” References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), NMNHMC-MOL-2320.
Depth Collected: 0.50 m. Range: 24.9°N, 77.55°W
Depth Range: 0.5 to 1 m. Depth Range: 518 to 518 m.
Size: 11 mm. Size: 3.3 mm.

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Local Distribution: GUA. 16. Diodora dysoni (Reeve, 1850)


Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia. References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 770864, CY0006.
Collected: Bahía Nenguaje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
10. Cocculina fenestrata Ardila & Harasewych, 2005 Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References: Ardila & Harasewych,(2005), NMNH 1008180. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: CAO. Depth Range: 1 to 40 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Size: 22 mm.
Synonyms: Diodora microsticta Dall, 1927.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO.
11. Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Bermuda,
References: McLean & Harasewych (1995), NMNHMC 860353-MOL- Cayman Islands, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
2605. Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Range: 26.63°N, 78.9°W
Depth Range: 412 to 412 m.
Size: 5.5 mm. 17. Diodora meta (Ihering, 1927)
Local Distribution: CAO. References: Pérez Farfante (1943), Abbott (1974), NMNH 861884,
CY0007.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
12. Cocculina rathbuni Dall, 1882 Depth Collected: 70 m.
References: Verrill (1882), Dall (1889), Marshall (1986), McLean (1987), Depth Range: 20 to 100 m.
McLean & Harasewych (1995), NMNH 126807.
Size: 12 mm.
Range: 39.82°N to 13.25°N, 79.94°W to 59.76°W
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 124 to 1127 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia United States, St. Vincent 18. Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822)
& Grenadines.
References: Abbott (1974), Pérez Farfante (1943), NMNH 757697,
CY0008.
13. Cocculina portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 Collected: Taganga.
References: Dall & Simpson (1901), McLean & Harasewych (1995), Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
NMNH 160496. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Range: 18°N ; 66°W Depth Range: 2 to 40 m.
Depth Range: 567 to 567 m. Size: 15 mm.
Size: 12 mm. Synonyms: Fissurella elongata C. B. Adams, 1845; Fissurella gemmulata
Reeve, 1850.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
14. Cocculina beanii Dall, 1882 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa
References:  Verrill (1882), Dall (1889), Moskalev (1976), McLean & Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States,
Harasewych (1995), NMNH 827439. Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Range: 40.05°N to 13.18°N; 71.53°W to 59.76°W
Depth Range: 210 to 1483 m.
Size: 7.2 mm. 19. Diodora viridula (Lamarck, 1822)
Local Distribution: CAO. References: Abbott (1974).
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, United States, St. Vin- Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
cent & Grenadines. Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Order VETIGASTROPODA
Size: 20 mm.
Superfamily FISSURELLOIDEA Fleming, 1822 Synonyms: Fissurella graeca auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Fissurella
Family FISSURELLIDAE Fleming, 1822 bicolor Pilsbry, 1891.
Genus Diodora Gray, 1821 Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.
15. Diodora mirifica Metivier, 1972
References: Leal (1991), CY0005. 20. Diodora aguayoi Pérez Farfante, 1943
Collected: Taganga. References: Pérez Farfante (1943).
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Range: 32.3°N to 11.3°N; 82°W to 59.6°W
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Range: 50 to 800 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 70 m. Size: 17 mm.
Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, United
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. States.

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21. Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References: Abbott (1974), Pérez Farfante (1943), CY0009 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia,
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093” 26. Diodora tanneri (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Depth Collected: 0 m. References: Pérez Farfante (1943), NMNH 800039.
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m. Range: 38.55°N to 13°N; 87°W to 73.3°W
Size 20 mm. Depth Range: 190 to 730 m (live 190 to 190 m).
Synonyms: Fissurella alternata Say, 1822; Fissurella fumata Reeve, Size: 58 mm.
1850; Fissurella larva Reeve, 1850; Fissurella viminea Reeve, 1850. Global Distribution: Barbados, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, United
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. States.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Bermuda, Cayman Islands,
Canary Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, United Genus Emarginula Lamarck, 1801
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

27. Emarginula phrixodes Dall, 1927


22. Diodora fluviana (Dall, 1889) References: Pérez Farfante (1945), Abbott (1974), NMNH 333734,
Referentes: Dall (1889), Abbott (1974), Sunderland & Sunderland (1991), CY0014.
García & Lee (2002), FLMNH 145132, CY0010 Collected: Taganga.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Coordenates: N9°81,616”; W76°27,416” Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Collected: 520 m. Depth Range: 5 to 1800 m.
Depth Range: 38 to 1472 m. Size: 7 mm.
Size: 8 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: MOR. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia,
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, United States. Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Republican Dominican, United States, Virgin Islands.

23. Diodora jaumei Aguayo & Rehder, 1936


References: Abbott (1974), Pérez Farfante (1943), CY0011. 28. Emarginula pumila A. Adams, 1851
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. References: Pérez Farfante (1945), Abbott (1974), NMNH 771738.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Range: 32.3°N to 21.62°S; 97.22°W to 28.9°W
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth Range: 0 to 525 m (live 10 to 23 m).
Depth Range: 0 to 350 m. Size: 12 mm.
Size: 14 mm. Synonyms: Emarginula rollandii P. Fischer, 1857; Subemarginula rollandii
(P. Fischer, 1857); Emarginula tumida auct. non Sowerby, 1874.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, United States. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil,
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico,United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
24. Diodora listeri (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References: Abbott (1974), Kaufmann & Götting (1970), NMNH 770842,
CY0012. 29. Emarginula tuberculosa Libassi, 1859
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: FLMNH 26662.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Range: 0 to 20 m. Depth Collected: 80 m.
Size: 30 mm. Depth Range:10 to 1170 m.
Synonyms: Diodora habanensis Christiaens, 1974. Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Genus Fissurella Bruguière, 1798
25. Diodora sayi (Dall, 1889) 30. Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
References: Abbott (1974), Pérez Farfante (1943), NMNH 834478, References: Kaufmann & Götting (1970), Abbott (1974), CY0015.
CY0013. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Depth Collected: 16 m. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 16 to 300 m. Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 40 mm.

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Synonyms: Patella mitella Röding, 1798; Fissurella balanoides Reeve, Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
1850. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Genus Hemitoma Swainson, 1840
31. Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791) 35. Hemitoma emarginata (Blainville, 1825)
References: Kaufmann & Götting (1970), CY0016. References: Tuner (1959), Abbott (1974), NMNH 771129, CY0020.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Concha Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093” Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 0 m. Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m. Depth Range: 3 to 150 m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 17 mm.
Synonyms: Patella angusta Gmelin, 1791; Fissurella schrammi P. Fischer, Synonyms: Subemarginula retiporosa Dall, 1903.
1857. Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, ARCO.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia,
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, St.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guyana, Vincent & Grenadines, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
36. Hemitoma octoradiata (Gmelin, 1791)
32. Fissurella barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791) References: Tuner (1959), Abbott (1974), NMNH 757656, CY0021.
References: Sowerby (1835), Higgins & Marrat (1877), Christiaens Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
(1973), FLMNH 8811, CY0017. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Collected: Bahía Nenguaje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Range: 2 to 40 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 20 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 8 m. Synonyms: Patella notata auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Emarginula
Size: 8 mm. tricostata Sowerby I, 1823; Emarginula depressa auct. non Blainville,
1824; Emarginula listeri Anton, 1838; Emarginula clausa d’Orbigny, 1847;
Synonyms: Patella perforata Gmelin, 1791; Patella porphyrozonias
Emarginula guadaloupensis Sowerby II, 1863; Emarginula tensa Guppy,
Gmelin, 1791; Patella limbata Röding, 1798; Patella atricapilla Dillwyn,
1895; Hemitoma rubida A. H. Verrill, 1950.
1817; Fissurella rugosa Sowerby I, 1835; Fissurella antillarum d'Orbigny,
1847; Fissurella edititia Reeve, 1849; Fissurella bermudensis Pilsbry, 1890; Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, GUA.
Fissurella intensa Pilsbry, 1890. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, SAN. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

33. Fissurella nodosa (Born, 1778)


References: Kaufmann & Götting (1970), Abbott (1974), CY0018. Genus Lucapina Sowerby, 1835
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,108”; W75°40,124”
37. Lucapina aegis (Reeve, 1850)
References: Pérez Farfante (1947), Abbott (1974), NMNH 833606,
Depth Collected: 0 m. CY0022.
Depth Range: 0.5 to 1,20 m. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 30 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Synonyms: Patella jamaicensis Gmelin, 1791; Patella spinosa Gmelin, Depth Collected: 0 m.
1791; Patella rudis Röding, 1798; Fissurella crusoe Pérez Farfante, 1943. Depth Range: 0 to 52 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Size: 24 mm.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Local Distribution: TAY
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, United States, Virgin Islands.

34. Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)


References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 822254, CY0019.
38. Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)
References: Pérez Farfante (1947), NMNH 856497, CY0023.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0.5 to 1 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 5m.
Size: 22 mm.
Synonyms: Patella rubeola Röding, 1798; Fissurella lilacina Lamarck, Size: 19 mm.
1822; Fissurella radiata Lamarck, 1822; Fissurella clathrata auct. non Synonyms: Fissurella cancellata auct. non Sowerby, 1835; Fissurella
Reeve, 1850; Fissurella squamosa Hutton, 1873; Fissurella sculpta Pilsbry, hondurasensis Reeve, 1850; Lucapina tobagoensis Pérez Farfante, 1945;
1890; Fissurella huttoni Suter, 1906; Lucapina itapema Ihering, 1927; Lucapina textaranea Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Fissurella clenchi Pérez Farfante, 1943.

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Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, ARCO. Local Distribution: TAY.


Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Global Distribution: Colombia.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
44. Puncturella tuberculata Watson, 1883
References: Watson (1883), Pérez Farfante (1947).
39. Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby I, 1835) Range: 25°N to 34.42°S; 87°W to 50°W
References: Pérez Farfante (1947), Abbott (1974), CY0024.
Depth Range: 150 to 1966 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 8 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Synonyms: Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1862); Puncturella watsoni
Depth Collected: 0 m. Dall, 1889.
Depth Range: 0 to 5 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Size: 24 mm.
Synonyms: Fissurella cancellata Sowerby I, 1835; Lucapina elegans
Sowerby I, 1835; Lucapina adspersa auct. non Philippi, 1845; Fissurella Genus Rimula Defrance, 1827
lentiginosa Reeve, 1850; Lucapina fasciata Dall, 1884.
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, ARCO. 45. Rimula aequisculpta Dall, 1927
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, References: Dall, 1927, Pérez Farfante (1947), NMNH 333736, CY0026.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
States, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Genus Lucapinella Pilsbry, 1890 Depth Range: 3 to 53 m.
Size: 9 mm.
40. Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850) Local Distribution: TAY.
References: Pérez Farfante (1947), NMNH 849980, CY0025. Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m. 46. Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943
Depth Range: 10 to 150 m. References: Pérez Farfante (1947), Abbott (1974), CY0027.
Size: 24 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Fissurella aculeata Reeve, 1850; Lucapinella talanteia Olsson Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
& Harbison, 1953. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 0 to 10 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Size: 4.3 mm.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Local Distribution: TAY.
Islands.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, United States.

Genus Puncturella Lowe, 1827


Superfamily HALIOTOIDEA Rafinesque,1815
41. Puncturella acuminata Watson, 1883 Family HALIOTIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
References: Dall (1889), Watson (1883), NMNH 801182. Genus Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Range: 32.72°N to 18.64°N; 91°W to 65.09°W
Depth Range: 291 to 713 m. 47. Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881
Size: 5 mm. References: FLMNH 128223.
Synonyms: Puncturella rostrata auct. non Seguenza, 1863; Puncturella Range: 34.02°N to 11°N; 93.32°W to 65.3°W
triangulata Dall, 1889. Depth Range: 36 to 366 m (live 36 to 366 m).
Local Distribution: CAO. Size: 25 mm.
Global Distribution: Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States. Local Distribution: SAN.
Global Distribution: Cuba, Colombia, United States.
42. Puncturella trifolium Dall, 1881
References: Dall (1881), NMNH 333725.
Range: 22°N to 14.23°N; 86°W to 80.48°W Superfamily PLEUROTOMARIOIDEA Swainson, 1840
Depth Range: 256 to 1170 m. Family PLEUROTOMARIIDAE Swainson, 1840
Size: 14 mm. Genus Perotrochus P. Fischer, 1885
Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico. 48. Perotrochus adansonianus (Crosse & Fischer, 1861)
References: Dall (1881), Dall (1889), Guppy (1891), Bayer (1966),
43. Puncturella vetula Woodring, 1928 Rios (1994), Hess & Abbott (1994), Anseeuw & Goto (1996), CY0028.
References: Woodring (1928). Range: 27.74°N to 34°S; 93°W 52°W
Range: 11°N ; 74°W Depth Range: 1200 to 1500 m.
Depth Range: 25 m. Size: 75 mm.
Size: 3 mm. Local Distribution: MAG.

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Global Distribution: Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Genus Cataegis Mclean & Quinn, 1987
54. Cataegis meroglypta Mclean & Quinn, 1987
Genus Bayerotrochus Harasewysch, 2002 References: Warén & Bouchet (1993), NMNH 784757.
Range: 27.78°N a 9°N; 91.51°W a 59.36°W
49. Bayerotrochus quoyanus (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856)
Depth Range: 576 a 1236 m.
References: Abbott (1974), CY0029.
Size: 20 mm.
Size: 49 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Bermudas, Colombia, Mexico.

55. Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)


Superfamily SCISSURELLOIDEA Gray, 1847 References: Warén & Bouchet (1993), NMNH 784755.
Family SCISSURELLIDAE Gray, 1847 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Genus Scissurella d’Orbigny, 1824 Coordenates: N12°31,816”; W72°71,45”
Depth Range: 384 to 1281 m.
50. Scissurella garciai Geiger, 2006 Size: 25 mm.
References: Geiger 2006. Synonyms: Cataegis toreuta McLean & Quinn, 1987.
Range: 25.18°N to 12.38°N; 81.43°W to 64.8°W Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA, ARCO.
Depth Range: 1.5 to 18 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Size: 0.76 mm.
Local Distribution: SAN. Superfamily TROCHOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia. Family TROCHIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Cittarium Philippi, 1847
Genus Sinezona Finlay, 1927
56. Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
51. Sinezona confusa Rolán & Luque, 1994 References: Dautzenberg (1900), Haas (1941), NMNH 822887, CY0030.
References: Bandel 1998, Rolán and Luque (1994), NMNH 890852. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Range: 32.3°N a 20.5°S; 89.7°W a 29.3°W Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451”
Depth Range: 0 a 56 m. Depth Collected: 1 m.
Size: 1.5 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 7 m.
Synonyms: Scissurella cingulata auct. Non O. G. Costa, 186; Schismope Size: 95 mm.
Colombian Bandel, 1998. Synonyms: Trochus picoides Gould, 1853.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Superfamily SEGUENZIOIDEA Verrill, 1884 Islands.
Family SEGUENZIIDAE Verrill, 1884
Genus Seguenzia Jeffreys, 1876 Genus Gaza Watson, 1879
52. Seguenzia hapala Woodring, 1928 57. Gaza fischeri Dall, 1889
References: Woodring (1928). References:  Warén & Bouchet (1993), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
Range: 25°N a 30°S; 82°W a 50°W 835775, CY0031.
Depth Range: 80 a 150 m. Collected: Cartagena.
Size: 2.1 mm. Depth Collected: 100 m.
Synonyms: Seguenzia monocingulata auct. non Seguenza, 1876. Depth Range: 604 to 1061 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG. Size: 18 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, United States.

Family CHILODONTIDAE Wenz, 1938


58. Gaza olivacea Quinn, 1991
Genus Calliotropis Seguenza, 1903 References: Quinn (1991), Abbott (1947), NMNH 752369, CY0032.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
53. Calliotropis lissocona (Dall, 1881) Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
References: Dall (1881), Quinn (1979). Depth Range: 283 to 808 m.
Range: 28.75°N to 12.22°N; 88.67°W to 72.83°W Size: 31 mm.
Depth Range: 415 to 587 m. Synonyms: Gaza superba Dall, 1881.
Size: 6.3 mm. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, GUA.
Local Distribution: CAO. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Surinam, Trinidad
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. & Tobago, Venezuela.

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59. Gaza watsoni Dall, 1881 Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.


References: Dall (1881). Size: 15 mm.
Range: 25°N to 3.37°S; 86°W to 37.82°W Synonyms: Turbo dentatus Gmelin, 1791; Trochus carneolus Lamarck,
Depth Range: 66 to 1170 m. 1822; Trochus occultus Philippi, 1845; Vitrinella tincta C. B. Adams, 1850;
Adeorbis pictus Tenison Woods, 1877.
Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Synonyms: Margarita filogyra Dall, 1881.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Local Distribution: ARCO. Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico United States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba.
64. Tegula hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Genus Euchelus Philippi, 1847 References:  d’Orbigny (1842), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), NMNH
845495, CY0037.
60. Euchelus guttarosea Dall, 1889 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Moolenbeek & Faber (1989), Abbott (1947), NMNH 54774, Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451”
CY0033. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Collected: Taganga. Depth Range: 0 to 10 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Size: 8 mm.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Synonyms: Monodonta maculostriata C. B. Adams, 1845.
Depth Range: 34 to 823 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Size: 5 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Local Distribution: TAY. United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
Virgin Islands.
65. Tegula lividomaculata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
References: C. B. Adams (1845), Princz (1978), Vokes & Vokes (1983),
NMNH 757659, CY0038.
Genus Synaptocochlea Pilsbry, 1890 Collected: Loma Arena.
Coordenates: N10°43,559”; W75°16,149”
61. Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847) Depth Collected: 0.50 m.
References: Adams (1850), NMNH 757695, CY0034. Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Collected: Taganga. Size: 14 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Synonyms: Trochus indusii auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Trochus canaliculatus
Depth Collected: 60 m. d’Orbigny, 1842; Trochus scalaris Philippi, 1844; Chlorostoma scalaris
Depth Range: 0 to 713 m. (Philippi, 1844); Trochus gundlachii Philippi, 1849; Tegula semigranosa
auct. non A. Adams, 1853; Monilea turbinata Tenison Woods, 1877.
Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Synonyms: Gena asperulata A. Adams, 1850; Stomatella caliginosa H.
& A. Adams, 1864; Synaptocochlea inconcinna auct. non Pilsbry, 1921; Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa
Synaptocochlea nigrita Rehder, 1939; Synaptocochlea lactea Usticke, 1959. Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin 66. Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791)
Islands. References: Menke (1828), Wood (1828), CY0039. 
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Tegula Lesson, 1835 Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
62. Tegula excavata (Lamarck, 1822) Depth Range: 0 to 0.3 m.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz & Size: 14 mm.
Puyana (1994), NMNH 845493, CY0035. Synonyms: Trochus brasilianus Menke, 1828; Trochus bryonianus W.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Wood, 1828.
Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451” Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Size: 13 mm. Genus Lamellitrochus Quinn, 1991
Synonyms: Trochus cinereus da Costa, 1778.
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY. 67. Lamellitrochus inceratus Quinn, 1991
Global Distribution: Barbados, Cayman, Colombia, Costa Rica, References: NMNH 94946, Quinn 1991.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Islands, Virgin Islands. Range: 31°N to 14°N; 85°W to 61°W
Depth Range: 86 to 1472 m.
63. Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) Size: 8.2 mm.
Synonyms: Solariella amabilis auct. non Jeffreys, 1865; Calliostoma
References: Parker (1959), Porter (1974), NMNH 822896, CY0036. tiara auct. non Watson, 1879; Solariella lamellosa auct. non Verrill &
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Smith, 1880.
Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451” Local Distribution: CAO, SAN.
Depth Collected: 0 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

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Family CALLIOSTOMATIDAE Thiele, 1924 74. Calliostoma javanicum (Lamarck, 1822)


Genus Calliostoma Swainson, 1840 References: Quinn (1992), NMNH 867937, CY0042.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
68. Calliostoma adspersum (Philippi, 1851) Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
References: Altena (1975), Leal (1991), Quinn (1992), NMNH 809665, Depth Collected: 30 m.
CY0040. Depth Range: 1 to 97 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 18 mm.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,085” Synonyms: Calliostoma barbouri auct. non Clench & Aguayo, 1946;
Depth Collected: 50 m. Calliostoma bullisi auct. non Clench & Turner, 1960; Calliostoma vinosum
Quinn, 1992.
Depth Range: 0 to 49 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
Size: 24 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Synonyms: Trochus eximius auct. non Reeve, 1843.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela. 75. Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Quinn (1992), NMNH 852205, CY0043.
Collected: Taganga.
69. Calliostoma alternum Quinn, 1992 Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
References: Quinn (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 860257. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Range: 12.52°N to 7.32°N; 71.68°W to 56.85°W Depth Range: 0 to 192 m.
Depth Range: 59 to 143 m. Size: 26 mm.
Size: 15.6 mm. Synonyms: Calliostoma scalenum Quinn, 1992.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

70. Calliostoma barbouri Clench & Aguayo, 1946 76. Calliostoma orion Dall, 1889
References: Quinn (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0041. References: Dall (1889), Quinn (1981), NMNH 214272, CY0044.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Collected: Cartagena.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 27 to 192 m. Depth Range: 20 to 146 m.
Size: 11 mm. Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.

71. Calliostoma euglyptum (A. Adams, 1855) 77. Calliostoma pulchrum (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References: NMNH 809646, Radwin (1969), Porter (1974), Díaz et al. References: Usticke (1959), Altena (1975), NMNH 848777, CY0045.
(1990), Macsotay & Campos (2001). Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Range: 35°N to 9.4°N;97°W to 64.1°W Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 26 mm. Depth Range: 1 to 366 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Mexico, United States. Size: 12 mm.
Synonyms: Calliostoma veliei Pilsbry, 1900.
72. Calliostoma fernandezi Princz, 1978 Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References: NMNH 869503, Quinn (1992). Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Virgin Islands.
Range: 12.52°N to 6.12°N; 71.68°W to 52.32°W
Depth Range: 46 to 143 m.
Size: 28.5 mm. 78. Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Quinn (1992), NMNH 860247, CY0046.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
73. Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992 Depth Range: 0 to 61 m.
References: NMNH 860259, Higgins & Marrat (1877), Rosenberg
(herein, 29 Oct 2003).
Size: 16 mm.
Range: 11.94°N to 10.5°N; 74°W to 67°W Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 7 to 20 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago.
Size: 12.8 mm.
Synonyms: Ziziphinus leanus auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852. 79. Calliostoma rosewateri Clench & Turner, 1960
Local Ditribution: GUA. References: Clench & Turner (1960), Bayer (1971), FLMNH 236758.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Range: 13.28°N to 9.48°N; 76.44°W to 60°W

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Depth Range: 274 to 421 m (live 467 to 421 m). 86. Calliostoma sp 5
Size: 37 mm. References: CY0052.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
80. Calliostoma sarcodum Dall, 1927 Local Distribution: GUA.
References: Dall (1927), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), FLMNH 153583, Global Distribution: Colombia.
CY0047.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
87. Calliostoma sp 6
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Local Distribution: DAR.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 7 m.
Size: 8 mm. 88. Calliostoma torrei Clench & Aguayo, 1940
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Clench & Aguayo (1940), Harasewych & Sedberry (2006),
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica. CY0053.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
81. Calliostoma serratulum Quinn, 1992 Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Quinn 1992, NMNH 860250. Size: 21 mm.
Range: 11.66°N to 9.02°N; 76.67°W to 69.37°W Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 135 to 165 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Size: 16.7 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. 89. Calliostoma rude Quinn, 1992
References: Quinn (1992), NMNH 860251, CY0054.
Collected: Taganga.
82. Calliostoma sp1 Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
References: CY0048. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Range: 60 to 84 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Size: 8 mm.
Depth Collected: 3 m. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Size: 10 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Family SOLARIELLIDAE Powell, 1951.
83. Calliostoma sp2 Genus Solariella Wood, 1842
References: CY0049.
Collected: Bahia Portete. 90. Solariella actinophora Dall, 1890
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References: Quinn (1979), NMNH 96468.
Depth Collected: 6 m. Range: 25.62°N to 3°S; 82.58°W to 41°W
Size: 11 mm. Depth Range: 220 to 2276 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Size:10 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

84. Calliostoma sp3


References: CY0050. 91. Solariella lubrica (Dall, 1881)
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Dall (1881), Quinn (1979), Bullis (1956), MHNMC MOL-
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” 1719.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Range: 29°N to 32°S; 94.88°W to 52°W
Size: 11 mm. Depth Range: 73 to 1472 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 4 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Synonyms: Margarita iridea Dall, 1889.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
85. Calliostoma sp 4 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
References: CY0051.
Collected: Bahía Portete. 92. Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardoso, 1958
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References: Lopes & Cardoso (1958), CY0055.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 12 mm. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Range: 8 to 66 m.

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Size: 6 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica,
Local Distribution: GUA. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba.
Genus Ganesa J. G. Jeffreys, 1883
93. Solariella sp 1
References: CY0056. 98. Ganesa rarinota (Bush, 1897)
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Bush (1897).
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Range: 13.58°N; 81.35°W
Depth Collected: 80 m. Depth Range: 699 to 699 m.
Size: 12 mm. Size: 2.2 mm.
Local Ditribution: TAY. Local Distribution: CAO, SAN.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: Colombia.

Family SKENEIDAE W. Clark, 1851


Genus Lodderena Iredale, 1924
Genus Haplocochlias Carpenter, 1864
99. Lodderena ornata (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
94. Haplocochlias moolenbeeki Jong & Coomans, 1988 References:  Moore (1964), Houbrick (1968), Bock & Moore (1971),
References: Jong & Coomans (1988), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0057. Moore (1973), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Odé (1988), Leal (1991), Moolenbeek
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. (1996), Rubio, Rolán & Redfern (1998).
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061” Range: 29.2°N to 20.5°S; 97.28°W to 0°W
Depth Collected: 80 m. Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Depth Range: 3 to 80m. Size: 0.8 mm.
Size: 4 mm. Synonyms: Cyclostremiscus emeryi auct. non Ladd, 1966; Cyclostremiscus
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. solitarius Hertlein & Allison, 1968.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia. Local Distribution: CAO, SAN.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Haiti, United States, Venezuela.
95. Haplocochlias swifti Vanatta, 1913
References:  Vanatta (1913), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Olsson &
McGinty (1958), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0058. 100. Lodderena pulchella (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Moore (1964), Moore (1973), Bock & Moore (1971),
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Ortiz-Corps (1985), Moolenbeek (1996), Rubio, Rolán & Redfern (1998).
Depth Colected: 70 m. Range: 25.8°N to 4°S; 87°W to 33.8°W
Depth Range: 5 to 45 m. Depth Range: 1 to 100 m.
Size: 2.5 mm. Size: 0.84 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Cyclostremiscus schrammi auct. non Fischer, 1857.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba; Panama, Virgin Local Distribution: CAO, SAN.
Islands. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Haiti, United States, Venezuela.

Genus Parviturbo Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945


Superfamily TURBINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
96. Parviturbo rehderi Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 Family TURBINIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Aguayo & Jaume (1951), Leal Genus Astraea Röding, 1798
(1991).
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
101. Astraea brevispina (Lamarck, 1822)
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References: Lamarck (1822), Dautzenberg (1900), CY0059.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,476”; W74°09,093”
Size: 2 mm.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 13 to 13 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, United
States. Size: 40 mm.
Synonyms: Trochus auripigmentum Philippi, 1850; Astraea diffidentia
Weisbord, 1962.
97. Parviturbo interruptus (C. B. Adams, 1850) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Andrews (1977), Warén (1992), Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico.
NMNH 878260.
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m.
Size: 1 mm. 102. Astraea phoebia Röding, 1798
Synonyms: Cyclostrema zacalles Mazyck, 1913; Cyclostrema sanibelense References:  Lipka (1974), Lozet & Pétron (1977), Princz (1978),
Mello & Perrier (1986), Porter & Safrit (1981), Fernández Milera (1998),
Pilsbry, 1939. García (2000), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH
Local Distribution: TAY. 851458, CY0060.

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Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Genus Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 2 m. 106. Turbo cailleti Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m. References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0064.
Size: 22 mm. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Synonyms: Astraea titania Röding, 1798; Astralium deplanatum Link, Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
1807; Calcar planoradiatum Schumacher, 1817; Trochus brevispina auct. Depth Collected: 40 m.
non Lamarck, 1822; Trochus costulatus Lamarck, 1822; Trochus longispina Depth Range: 4 to 35 m.
Lamarck, 1822; Astraea spinulosum (Lamarck, 1822); Astraea latispina Size: 17 mm.
auct. non Philippi, 1844; Trochus aster Philippi, 1848; Trochus armatus Synonyms: Trochus filosus W. Wood, 1828.
Philippi, 1849; Trochus orichalceus Philippi, 1849; Trochus heliacus Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO.
Philippi, 1850; Astraea ruthi A. H. Verrill, 1948. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, ARCO. Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, United
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, States.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
107. Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Porter (1974), Lipka (1974), Díaz &
103. Astraea caelatum (Gmelin, 1791)  Puyana (1994), NMNH 800053, CY0065.
References: Parker & Curray (1956), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Rice & Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Kornicker (1962), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0061. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Cooordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Depth Range: 0 to 141 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 44 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 44 m. Synonyms: Turbo crenulatus Gmelin, 1791; Turbo moltkianus Gmelin,
Size: 72 mm. 1791; Lunatica granulata Röding, 1798; Lunatica tuberculata Röding,
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, ARCO. 1798; Turbo mammillatus Donovan, 1804; Turbo hippocastanum Lamarck,
Global Distribution: Barbados, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa 1822; Trochus quadriseriatus Anton, 1838; Turbo virens Philippi, 1849;
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Aorotrema erraticum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945; Turbo muricatus Usticke,
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. 1959; Turbo versicolor Usticke, 1959; Turbo venezuelensis Weisbord, 1962;
Turbo ayersi Olsson, 1967.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
104. Astraea tectum (Lightfoot, 1786) Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
(2001), CY0062. States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural
Tayrona. 108. Turbo haraldi Robertson, 1957
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” References: Robertson (1957), Bayer (1971), Abbott (1974).
Depth Collected: 6 m. Range: 26.55°N to 8.85°N; 78.43°W to 59.6°W
Depth Range: 0 to 10 m. Depth Range: 50 to 100 m.
Size: 32 mm. Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Astraea imbricatum (Gmelin, 1791); Astraea papillatum Synonyms: Halopsephus pulcher Rehder, 1943.
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838); Trochus tuberosus Philippi, 1843; Astraea Local Distribution: ARCO.
cubanum (Philippi, 1849); Trochus olfersii Philippi, 1850; Trochus papillosus
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Honduras, Mexico,
Philippi, 1850; Trochus saxosus Philippi, 1850; Turbo ramosus Mörch, Panama, St. Vincent & Grenadines.
1852; Trochus corolla Reeve, 1861; Astralium guadeloupense Crosse, 1865.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Family LIOTIIDAE Gray, 1850
Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Genus Cyclostrema Marryat, 1818
109. Cyclostrema tortuganum (Dall, 1927)
105. Astraea tuber (Linnaeus, 1758)  References: Dall (1927), Leal (1991), CY0066.
References:  Higgins & Marrat (1877), Houbrick (1968), Britton
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
(1975), Lozet & Pétron (1977), Lyons (1989), NMNH 822894, CY0063.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Range: 29 to 82 m.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 4 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 30 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: Cidaris tuberculata Röding, 1798; Astraea dominicana A. H.
Verrill, 1950; Astraea venezuelensis Flores & Caceres, 1984.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA, ARCO. Genus Arene H. & A. Adams, 1854
Global Distribution: Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin 110. Arene sp1
Islands. References: CY0067.

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Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Depth Collected: 60 m.


Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Size: 1.5 mm.
Size: 4.1 mm. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Local Distribution: MOR. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
116. Arene riisei Rehder, 1943
111. Arene bitleri Olsson & McGinty, 1958 References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), NMNH 775739, CY0073.
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), CY0068. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Range: 0 to 36 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Size: 6 mm.
Size: 5 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,
Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.

Family PHASIANELLIDAE (Swainson, 1840)


112. Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
References: Stearns (1872), Rice & Kornicker (1965), NMNH 878301,
Genus Tricolia Risso, 1826
CY0069.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. 117. Tricolia affine (C.B. Adams, 1850)
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Dautzenberg (1900), Leal (1991),
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” CY0074.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 4 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Liotia gemma auct. non Tuomey & Holmes, 1856. Depth Range: 0 to 63 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Size: 6 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Synonyms: Phasianella umbilicata auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Tricolia
Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela. affine (C. B. Adams, 1850); Phasianella concinna C. B. Adams, 1850;
Tricolia cruenta Robertson, 1958.
113. Arene cruentata (Muhlfeld, 1829) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References:  Usticke(1959), Hopkins et al. (1977), Princz (1982), Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
NMNH 771672, CY0070. Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 25 m. 118. Tricolia tessellata Potiez & Michaud, 1838
Depth Range: 0 to 115 m. References:  Robertson (1958), Lyons (1989), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
NMNH 807269, CY0075.
Size: 9 mm. Collected: Bahía Concha Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Delphinula radiata Kiener, 1838; Liotia radiata (Kiener,
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
1838); Delphinula muricata Reeve, 1843; Arene vanhyningi Rehder, 1943.
Depth Collected: 4 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Depth Range: 0 to 35 m.
Global Distribution: Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Size: 5 mm.
Islands. Synonyms: Tricolia pterocladica Robertson, 1958.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas,Colombia, United States, Venezuela.
114. Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
References: Dall (1889), Leal (1991), NMNH 95042, CY0071.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. 119. Tricolia adamsii (Reeve, 1857)
References: Robertson (1958), Fernández Milera (1998), CY0076.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Range: 26 to 494 m.
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Size: 6 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 10 m.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Size: 4 mm.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Surinam, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Synonyms: Turbo pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1845; Turbo caboblanquensis
Weisbord, 1962.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
115. Arene laguairana Weisbord, 1962
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0072. Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Collected: Santa Veronica. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Virgin
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Islands.

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120. Tricolia bellum (M. Smith, 1937)  Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.


References:  Robertson (1958), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Cayman
775252, CY0077. Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad &
Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 10 m. 124. Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791
Size: 6 mm. References: Dautzenberg (1900), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Macsotay &
Synonyms: Tricolia cebeadamsi Nordsieck, 1973. Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 810877, CY0081.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Coordenates: N10°52,433”; W75°05,467”
Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Depth Collected: 0 m.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Virgin Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Islands. Size: 20 mm.
Synonyms: Nerita angulata Röding, 1798; Nerita exarata Pfeiffer,
1840; Nerita listeri auct. non Récluz, 1841; Nerita varia Mörch, 1852;
121. Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958 Nerita commanotata Reeve, 1855; Nerita nivosa Reeve, 1855; Nerita
References: Robertson (1958), Porter (1974), Turgeon et al. (1998), scalpta Reeve, 1855.
NMNH 812736, CY0078.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Brazil,
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Depth Collected: 30 m. Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent &
Depth Range: 2 to 214 m. Grenadines, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 6 mm.
Synonyms: Turbo umbilicatus d’Orbigny, 1842; Tricolia tesselata auct. 125. Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791
non C. B. Adams, 1850.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Russell (1941), Olsson & McGinty
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. (1958), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 770827, CY0082.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica,
Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451”
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 0 m.
Order CYCLONERITIMORPHA Size: 14 mm.
Superfamily NERITOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 Synonyms: Nerita flammea Gmelin, 1791; Nerita tricolor Gmelin, 1791;
Nerita striata Dillwyn, 1817; Nerita variegata Dillwyn, 1817; Nerita selot
Family NERITIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815) Récluz, 1850; Nerita nigrocincta Usticke, 1959.
Genus Nerita Linnaeus, 1758  Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Cayman
122. Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791 Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Odé (1985), Costa et al. (2001), States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
NMNH 770850, CY0079.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Genus Neritina Lamarck, 1816
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. 126. Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822
Size: 27 mm. References:  Lamarck (1822), Aguayo & Jaume (1947), Fernández
Milera (1998).
Synonyms: Nerita antillarum Gmelin, 1791; Nerita nigreola Röding,
1798; Nerita praecognita C. B. Adams, 1845; Nerita albipunctata Reeve, Range: 22°N to 24°S; 89°W to 43°W
1855; Nerita lindae Petuch, 1988. Depth Range: 0 to 0.6 m (live 0 to 0.6 m).
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 15.7 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, United States.
St. Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela.

127. Neritina piratica Russell, 1940


123. Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758 References:  Russell (1940), Aguayo & Jaume (1947), Usticke (1959),
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Russell (1941), Voss & Voss (1960), Cosel (1986), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Fernández Milera (1998).
NMNH 770829, CY0080. Range: 22°N to 3°S; 89°W to 42°W
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 0.1 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Size: 24 mm.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Synonyms: Neritina listeri auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 35 mm. Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Synonyms: Nerita papilio Röding, 1798; Nerita virginea Röding, 1798; Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica,
Nerita erythrodon Récluz, 1850; Nerita sanguidens Récluz, 1850. Nicaragua, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

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128. Neritina usnea (Röding, 1798) Smaragdia albomaculata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884;
Smaragdia lineata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884; Smaragdia
References: Porter (1974), NMNH 759045.
producta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884; Smaragdia minor
Range: 34.5°N to 9.5°N, 97.38°W to 61°W
Pallary, 1900; Neritina merida Dall, 1903; Neritina floridana M. Smith,
Depth Range: 0 to 1.5 m. 1937; Smaragdia weyssei Russell, 1940; Smaragdia venezuelensis
Size: 24 mm. Weisbord, 1962.
Synonyms: Neritina lineolata Lamarck, 1816; Theodoxus reclivatus Say, Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
1822; Neritina reticulata Cristofori & Jan, 1832; Nerita striolata auct.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
non Recluz, 1841; Nerita microstoma d’Orbigny, 1842; Neritina gravis
Morelet, 1849; Neritina jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1851; Neritina floridana Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Reeve, 1855; Neritina rotundata Martens, 1865; Neritina sphaera Pilsbry,
1931.
Global Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Family PHENACOLEPADIDAE (Pilsbry, 1895)
Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Genus Phenacolepas Pilsbry, 1891
Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela.

132. Phenacolepas hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857)


129. Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) References:  Rehder (1943), Abbott (1974), Cosel (1986), Vokes &
References: Shuttleworth (1854), Clench (1938), Rios (1970), Blanco Vokes (1983), García & Lee (2004), NMNH 890549.
& Scatena (2006), NMNH 54631, CY0083. Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 94°W to 34.9°W
Collected: Ciénaga de Mallorquín. Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Coordenates: N11°03,198”; W74°51,921” Size: 8 mm.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Synonyms: Acmaea hamillei P. Fischer, 1857; Phenacolepas hamillei (P.
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m. Fischer, 1857); Scutellina antillarum Dall, 1889.
Size: 10 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Synonyms: Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798; Nerita nigrocincta Röding, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago,
1798; Nerita chlorina Link, 1807; Nerita phrygia Dillwyn, 1823; Nerita United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
listeri Pfeiffer, 1840; Nerita mertoniana auct. non Recluz, 1843; Neritina
braziliana Sowerby II, 1849; Nerita bahiensis Récluz, 1850; Nerita fasciola
Récluz, 1850; Nerita tigris Récluz, 1850; Neritina matoni Mörch, 1852; 133. Phenacolepas rushii (Dall, 1889)
Neritina trabalis Mörch, 1852; Neritina cajennensis Rigacci, 1866; Neritina References:  Dall (1889), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959),
minor Metcalf, 1904. CY0086.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Size 11 mm.
Genus Puperita Gray, 1857 Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Panama, United States,
130. Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767) Virgin Islands.
References:  Russell (1941), Lewis (1960), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 803429, CY0084.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Order CAENOGASTROPODA
Coordenates: N12°14,108”; W72°08,351”
Superfamily CERITHIOIDEA Fleming, 1822
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 1 m. Family BATILLARIIDAE Thiele, 1929
Size: 9 mm. Genus Batillaria Benson, 1842
Synonyms: Nerita tristis d’Orbigny, 1842; Neritina cajennensis Rigacci,
1866; Puperita vincta Usticke, 1969. 134. Batillaria minima (Gmelin, 1791)
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Fernández
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Milera (1998), Simone (2001), NMNH 807438, CY0087.
Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Collected: Cartagena.
Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 5 m.
Genus Smaragdia Issel, 1869 Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 17 mm.
131. Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Cerithium heteroclytes auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Cerithium
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Odé clathratum Menke, 1828; Cerithium nigrescens Menke, 1828; Lampania
(1985), Rios (1985), NMNH 836976, CY0085. septemstriata (Say, 1832); Cerithium peloritanum auct. non Cantraine,
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 1835; Cerithium albovittatum auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850; Cerithium
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” rawsoni Mörch, 1876; Pyrazus degenerata (Dall, 1894); Cerithium
Depth Collected: 3 m. albocoopertum C. A. Davis, 1904.
Depth Range: 0 to 20 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 5 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas,Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
Synonyms: Nerita matonia Risso, 1826; Nerita pallidula Risso, 1826; Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Neritina distincta Rigacci, 1866; Nerita zigzag Monterosato, 1878; States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

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Family CERITHIDAE Fleming, 1828 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Brazil,
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Genus Bittium Gray, 1847 Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
135. Bittium varium (Pfeiffer, 1840)
References:  García-Cubas (1970), Wass (1972), Gründel (1976),
Princz (1982), Mello & Perrier (1986), Houbrick (1993) NMNH 853979, 139. Ceritium guinaicum Philippi, 1849
CY0088. References: Houbrick (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0092.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 35 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m. Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Size: 5 mm. Size: 27 mm.
Synonyms: Cerithium pallidum Pfeiffer, 1840; Cerithium gibberulum C. Synonyms: Cerithium mitriforme W. Wood, 1828; Murex pictus W.
B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium columellare d’Orbigny, 1847. Wood, 1828; Cerithium moenense Gabb, 1881; Cerithium stantoni Dall,
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. 1907; èèCerithium auricoma Schwengel, 1940; Cerithium caribbaeum M.
Smith, 1946.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
136. Bittium sp1
References: CY0089.
Collected: Cartagena. 140. Cerithium litteratum (Born, 1780)
Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328” References:  Moore (1958), Porter (1974), Houbrick (1974), Leal
(1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH
Depth Collected: 5 m.
825565, CY0093.
Size: 4 mm.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 88 m.
Genus Cerithium Bruguière, 1792 Size: 35 mm.
Synonyms: Cerithium reticulatum G. Perry, 1811; Cerithium
137. Cerithium atratum (Born, 1778) semiferrugineum Lamarck, 1822; Cerithium angustum Anton, 1838;
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Houbrick Cerithium playagrandense Weisbord, 1962.
(1974), Leal (1991), NMNH 771647, CY0090.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia,
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,
Depth Collected: 40 m. Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m. States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 42 mm.
Synonyms: Cerithium algicola auct. non C. B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium 141. Cerithium lutosum Menke, 1828
caudatum Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium striatissimum Sowerby II, 1855; References:  Houbrick (1974), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH
Cerithium umbonatum Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium graciliforme Sowerby 864310, CY0094.
II, 1865; Cerithium antillarum Mörch, 1876; Cerithium floridanum Mörch, Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
1876; Cerithium subatratum Kobelt, 1898; Cerithium leonense Mansfield,
1930; Cerithium preatratum Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium vicinia
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Cerithium cruzanum Usticke, 1959. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Depth Range: 0 to 8 m.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Size: 15 mm.
Belize, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Synonyms: Cerithium ferrugineum Say, 1832; Cerithium eriense Kiener,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, 1841; Cerithium mutabile C. B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium variabile C. B.
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Adams, 1845; Cerithium sagrae d’Orbigny, 1847; Cerithium nigrinum
Philippi, 1848; Cerithium megasoma C. B. Adams, 1850; Cerithium
versicolor C. B. Adams, 1850; Cerithium sayi Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium
138. Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792 bermudae Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium rissoide Sowerby II, 1865;
References:  Houbrick (1974), Mello & Perrier (1986), Macsotay & Cerithium thomasiae Sowerby II, 1865; Cerithium alabastrum Mörch,
Campos (2001), NMNH 857808, CY0091. 1876; Cerithium rawsoni auct. non Mörch, 1876; Thericium biminiense
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Pilsbry & McGinty, 1949; Cerithium calcareum Usticke, 1959.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda,
Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad &
Size: 30 mm. Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: Cerithium uncinatum auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Cerithium
algicola C. B. Adams, 1845; Cerithium variabile auct. non C. B. Adams,
1845; Cerithium pulicarium Philippi, 1848; Cerithium fenestratum Genus Varicopeza Gründel, 1976
Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium novaehiberniae A. Adams, 1855; Cerithium
planispiratum Sowerby II, 1855; Thericium lymani Pilsbry, 1949; Cerithium 142. Varicopeza crystallina (Dall, 1881)
aliceae Petuch, 1987. References: Dall (1881), Maury (1922), Houbrick (1987).
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Range: 30°N to 12°N; 90.5°W to 59.65°W

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Depth Collected: 11 to 1605 m. Collected: Taganga.


Size: 19 mm. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Local Distribution: CAO. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Depth Range: 0 to 105 m.
Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Size: 13 mm.
Synonyms: Trochus filosus Helbling, 1779; Trochus perlatus Gmelin,
1791; Aplodon nodosus Rafinesque, 1819; Trochus lenticularis Lamarck,
Family LITIOPIDAE Gray, 1847 1822; Cricostoma striatum d’Orbigny, 1842; Trochus unidens d’Orbigny,
Genus Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1853 1842; Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869; Modulus canaliculatus Mörch,
1876 ; Modulus convexior Mörch, 1876; Modulus krebsii Mörch, 1876;
143. Alaba incerta (d'Orbigny, 1841) Modulus minor Mörch, 1876; Modulus pisum Mörch, 1876; Ethalia
tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1877; Modulus corrugatus Dall, 1884.
References: Houbrick (1968), Lyons (1989), Leal (1991), Simone (2001),
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
NMNH 853978, CY0095.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Family PLANAXIDAE Gray, 1850
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Melania varicosa Pfeiffer, 1840; Rissoa tervaricosa C. B. Genus Planaxis Lamarck, 1822
Adams, 1845; Rissoa melanura C. B. Adams, 1850; Pseudobittium cullierti
Dautzenberg, 1890; Alaba insculpta Weisbord, 1962. 147. Planaxis lineata (da Costa, 1778) 
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: E. A. Smith (1890), Dautzenberg (1900), M. Smith (1941),
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Leal (1991), NMNH 807553, CY0098.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Islands. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Genus Litiopa Rang, 1829 Depth Range: 0 to 48 m.
Size: 10 mm.
144. Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829 Synonyms: Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum zebra
References: NMNH 775706, Dautzenberg (1900), Parker & Curray Mühlfeld, 1816; Planaxis brasilianus auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Buccinum
(1956), Porter (1974), Mello & Perrier (1986), Scarabino (2004). pediculare Lamarck, 1822; Buccinum undulatum W. Wood, 1828; Planaxis
Range: 37.67°N to 34.28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W herrmannseni Dunker, 1853; Planaxis succinctus A. Adams, 1853; Planaxis
eboreus E. A. Smith, 1872; Planaxis longispira E. A. Smith, 1872; Buccinum
Depth Range: 0 to 805 m. pygmaeum Tryon, 1887.
Size: 6 mm. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Synonyms: Litiopa maculata Rang, 1829; Bombyxinus uva Bélanger,
1831; Litiopa bombix Kiener, 1833; Litiopa carinata Pfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Cape Verde
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
nitidula Pfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa striata Pfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa ventrosa
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Pfeiffer, 1840; Litiopa decussata Gould, 1848; Litiopa divisa Carpenter,
1856, Litiopa grateloupeana Drouet, 1858; Litiopa basistriata Dall, 1927;
Abaconia naufraga Clench, 1938. 148. Planaxis nucleus (Bruguière, 1789)
Local Distribution: CAO, SAN. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), J. B.
Global Distribution: Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Lewis (1960) , Houbrick (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 742409,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States. CY0099.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Family MODULIDAE P. Fischer, 1884 Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Genus Modulus Potiez & Michaud, 1884 Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
145. Modulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822) Size: 13 mm.
References:  Abbott (1944), Houbrick (1968), Porter (1974), Gibb Synonyms: Planaxis semisulcatus Sowerby I, 1823.
(2000), CY0096. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands,
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Depth Collected: 40 m. Islands.
Depth Range: 0 to 29 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Monodonta angulata C. B. Adams, 1845; Modulus Family FOSSARIDAE Trachel, 1861
catenulatus auct. non Philippi, 1849; Monodonta sayii A. Adams, 1851. Genus Fossarus Philippi, 1841
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, 149. Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. References: Mörch (1877), Princz (1982), Leal (1991), NMNH 878297,
CY0100.
146. Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), García-Cubas (1971), Rios (1975), Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Mello & Perrier (1986), Leal (1991), NMNH 826959, CY0097. Depth Collected: 40 m.

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Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. 1889; Alabina venezuelana Weisbord, 1962; Alabina warmkeana (Usticke,
Size: 3 mm. 1969).
Synonyms: Narica sulcata auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Fossarus tridentatus Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Usticke, 1959. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Family SILIQUARIIDAE Anton, 1839
Genus Siliquaria Bruguière, 1827
150. Fossarus sp 1
References: CY0101.
154. Siliquaria squamata Blainville, 1827
References:  Parker & Curray (1956), Merrill & Petit (1965), Princz
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
(1982), Leal (1991), NMNH 833654, CY0105 .
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Size: 1.5 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 11 to 732 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 24 mm.
Synonyms: Siliquaria ruber auct. non Schumacher, 1817; Anguinaria
Family POTAMIDIDAE H. & A. Adams, 1854 rubra auct. non Schumacher, 1817; Tenagodus anguillae Mörch, 1861.
Genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia,
151. Cerithidea pliculosa (Menke, 1829) Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico,
References: Bequaert (1942), García-Cubas (1970), Princz (1982), Odé St.Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela,
(1990), NMNH 809113, CY0102. Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 155. Siliquaria modesta Dall, 1881
Depth Collected: 1.5 m. References:  Dall (1881), Leal (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), García
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m. (2000), CY0106.
Size: 24 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Cerithium varicosum auct. non Sowerby, 1834; Potamides Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
iostomus Pfeiffer, 1839; Cerithium lavalleanum d’Orbigny, 1847; Cerithidea Depth Collected: 30 m.
aguayoi auct. non Clench, 1934; Cerithidea veracruzensis Bequaert, 1942. Depth Range: 37 to 1472 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA, ARCO. Size: 10 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, México, Nicaragua,
Family SCALIOLIDAE Jousseaume, 1912. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgen Islands, Trinidad & Tobago.

Genus Finella A. Adams, 1869


152. Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) Family TURRITELLIDAE Loven, 1847
References:  Dall (1889), Porter (1974), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Genus Turritella Lamarck, 1799
Robinson & Montoya (1987), Lyons (1989), CY0103.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 156. Turritella exoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Parker
Depth Collected: 30 m. & Curray (1956), Porter (1974), Princz (1977), NMNH 801884, CY0107.
Depth Range: 2 to 30 m. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 6 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Synonyms: Alabina floridana Mansfield, 1930; Alabina harveyensis Depth Collected: 40 m.
Mansfield, 1930; Alabina leonensis Mansfield, 1930. Depth Range: 2 to 183 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Size: 56 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Synonyms: Turbo torcularis Born, 1778; Turbo obsoletus Gmelin, 1791;
United States. Turritella gracilior Mörch, 1876.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
153. Finella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1840) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela.
References: d’Orbigny (1840), Waller (1973), Simone (2001), Espinosa
& Ortea (2001), García & Lee (2004), NMNH 855178, CY0104.
Collected: Bahía Neguaje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 157. Turritella variegata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” References: Dautzenberg (1900), Maury (1922), Bullis (1956), Altena
Depth Collected: 35 m. (1975), Princz (1978), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 801887, CY0108.
Depth Range: 0 to 805 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 5 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Melania turritella Pfeiffer, 1840; Alaba cerithidioides Dall, Depth Collected: 20 m.

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Depth Range: 0 to 53 m. (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 878510, CY0111.
Size: 80 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Epitonium imbricata (Linnaeus, 1758); Turbo terebra auct. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
non Linnaeus, 1758; Turbo marmoratus Chemnitz, 1780; Turritella Depth Collected: 40 m.
elongata Reeve, 1849.
Depth Range: 0 to 780 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Size: 18 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Synonyms: Patella neptuni Dillwyn, 1817; Calyptraea cepacea Broderip,
Virgin Islands, Surinam.
1834; Calyptraea chlorina Gould, 1846; Calyptraea planulata C. B. Adams,
1852; Calyptraea aculeata Reeve, 1858; Mitrularia diaphana auct. non
Reeve, 1858; Calyptraea stella Reeve, 1858; Calyptraea tortilis Reeve,
Genus Vermicularia Lamarck, 1879 1858; Calyptraea umbo Reeve, 1858; Calyptra tubifera Gray, 1868; Cheilea
striata Usticke, 1959.
158. Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836) Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Parker & Curray (1956), Waller (1973), Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Porter (1974), Princz (1982), NMNH 776784, CY0109.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Islands.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Genus Bostrycapulus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Depth Range: 3 to 80 m.
Size: 60 mm. 162. Bostrycapulus odites R. Collin, 2005
Synonyms: Vermetus lumbricalis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Vermetus References: Parodiz (1939), Castellanos (1970), Collin (2005), NMNH
quadrangulus Philippi, 1848; Vermiculus bicarinatus Mörch, 1861; 734139, CY0112.
Vermiculus melanosclera Mörch, 1861; Vermiculus scalaris Mörch, 1861; Collected: Bahía Neguanje Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Vermiculus teres Mörch, 1861; Vermiculus ungulina Mörch, 1861.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; 74°04,564”
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
Virgin Islands. Size: 13 mm.
Synonyms: Crepidula aculeata auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Crepidula fortis
Parodiz, 1939; Bostrycapulus odites R. Collin, 2005.
159. Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843) Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Waller (1973), Porter (1974), Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
Gundersen (1998), NMNH 804326. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Range: 35.34°N to 12°N; 92°W to 64.7°W
Depth Range: 2 to 110 m.
Genus Crepidula Lamarck, 1799
Size: 80 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. 163. Crepidula aeola Dall, 1927
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United References: NMNH 364424, Dall (1927).
States. Range: 10°N ; 75°W
Size: 18 mm.
Superfamily CALYPTRAEOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Family CALYPTRAEIDAE Lamarck, 1809
Genus Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799
164. Crepidula convexa Say, 1822
160. Calyptraea centralis (Conrad, 1841) References:  Kurtz (1860), A. E. Verrill (1873), Collin (2002), NMNH
770871, CY0113.
References:  Parker & Curray (1956), Sykes & Hall (1970), Altena
(1975), Princz (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 850976, CY0110. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Range: 0 to 70 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Size: 16 mm.
Size: 10 mm. Synonyms: Crepidula fornicata auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Crepidula
glauca Say, 1822; Crepidula acuta H. C. Lea, 1842.
Synonyms: Infundibulum concentricum H. C. Lea, 1843; Calyptraea
candeana d’Orbigny, 1847; Trochita occidentalis Gray, 1850; Trochita Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
collinsii Gabb, 1873; Galerus parvulus Dunker, 1875. Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, 165. Crepidula plana Say, 1822
Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, References:  Bousfield (1964), García-Cubas (1971), Díaz & Puyana
Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 848627, CY0114.
Collected: Bahía Concha Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Cheilea Modeer, 1793 Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
161. Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) Depth Range: 0 to 40m.
References: Porter (1974), Leal (1991), Odé (1983), Fernández Milera Size: 12 mm.

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Synonyms: Crepidula unguiformis auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Crepidula Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
lamina H. C. Lea, 1843; Crepidula rhyssema Olsson & Harbison, 1953; Depth Collected: 20 m.
Crepidula triangula Weisbord, 1962.
Depth Range: 0 to 538 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 11 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela,
Synonyms: Hipponyx militaris auct. non Linnaeus, 1771; Pileopsis
intorta Lamarck, 1822.
Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, United
Genus Crucibulum Schumacher, 1817 States.

166. Crucibulum planum Schumacher, 1817


References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0115. 171. Capulus galea Dall, 1889
Collected: Bahía Gairaca Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Dall (1889), Christaens (1989), Warén & Bouchet (1993),
NMNH 508724.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Range: 28.05°N to 12.98°N; 97.2°W to 59.61°W
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 342 to 768 m (live 342 to 768 m).
Depth Range: 1 to 30m.
Size: 18.5 mm.
Size: 34 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, DAR, ARCO.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.

167. Crucibulum auricula (Gmelin, 1791) 172. Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Porter (1974), Princz (1978), References:  Abbott (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 888772,
CY0120.
Odé (1983), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 801222, CY0116.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 115 m. Depth Range: 1 to 838 m.
Size: 24 mm. Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Superfamily CYPRAEOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
168. Crucibulum marense Weisbord, 1962 Family CYPRAEIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815)
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0117. Genus Luria Jousseaume, 1884
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 173. Luria cinerea (Gmelin, 1791)
Depth Collected: 20 m. References:  Dall (1889), Houbrick (1968), Lipka (1974), Leal (1991),
Depth Range: 0 to 40m. Espinosa, Ortea & González (2003), Simone (2004), NMNH 83550,
CY0121.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Crucibulum waltonense Gardner, 1947. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 1472 m.
Size: 28 mm.
169. Crucibulum striata (Say, 1826) Synonyms: Cypraea morio Meuschen, 1787; Cypraea rufescens Gmelin,
References: S. Smith (1860), Bush (1893), Procter (1933), Vilas & Vilas 1791; Cypraea translucens Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea bullata Röding, 1798;
(1970), Altena (1975), CY0118. Cypraea caerulea Schröter, 1804; Cypraea sordida Lamarck, 1811; Cypraea
Collected: Bahía Neguanje Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. cincta Dillwyn, 1817; Cypraea decorticata Gray, 1824; Cypraea fulva
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Gray, 1824; Sinusigera cancellata d’Orbigny, 1847; Cypraea aubryana
auct. non Jousseaume, 1869; Cypraea fragilioides Hidalgo, 1907;
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Cypraea campbelliana Pilsbry, 1921; Cypraea flava Sullioti, 1922; Cypraea
Depth Range: 0 to 422 m. pellucidula Sullioti, 1924; Cypraea morinis Ingram, 1939; Luria rutschi
Size: 7 mm. Schilder, 1939; Cypraea costaricaensis Ingram, 1940; Cypraea limonensis
Local Distribution: TAY. Ingram, 1940; Cypraea barbadensis A. H. Verrill, 1948; Cypraea catiana
Weisbord, 1962; Luria brasilensis Lorenz & Hubert, 1993.
Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, Suriname, United States,
Venezuela. Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Superfamily CAPULOIDEA Fleming, 1822 Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Family CAPULIDAE Fleming, 1822
Genus Capulus Montfort, 1810 Genus Cypraea (Linnaeus, 1758)
170. Capulus incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)  174. Cypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979)
References: Robinson & Montoya (1987), Leal (1991), CY0119. References:  Petuch (1979), CY0122.
Collected: Taganga. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.

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Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” (1991), Petit (2003), NMNH 888198, CY0126.


Depth Collected: 60 m. Collected: Punta Aguja.
Depth Range: 30 to 70 m. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Size: 55 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, GUA. Depth Range: 7 to 780 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela. Size: 40 mm.
Synonyms: Cypraea bicallosa Gray, 1831; Cypraea aubryana Jousseaume,
1869; Cypraea ingloria Crosse, 1878; Propustularia barbadensis Schilder,
Genus Muracypraea Woodring, 1957 1941.
175. Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Princz (1978), Petuch (1979), Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Wagner & Abbott (1990), NMNH 444120, CY0123. Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Family OVULIDAE Fleming, 1822
Depth Collected: 20 m. Genus Cyphoma Röding, 1798
Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Size: 51 mm. 179. Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms: Cypraea ferruginosa Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea carthaginiensis References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Porter (1974), Lozet & Pétron
Röding, 1798; Cypraea fuliginosa Röding, 1798; Cypraea ovum Röding, 1798; (1977), Rios (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 83554, CY0127.
Cypraea autumnalis G. Perry, 1811; Cypraea tuberculata Gray, 1828; Porcellana Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
maculosa d’Orbigny, 1842; Siphocypraea henekeni auct. non Sowerby, Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
1850; Cypraea bicornis Sowerby II, 1870; Cypraea fuscotecta Sullioti, 1924;
Siphocypraea suta Coen, 1949; Cypraea tristensis Petuch, 1987. Depth Collected: 12 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 0 to 29 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Size: 30 mm.
Synonyms: Cyphoma dorsatum Röding, 1798; Ovula pharetra G. Perry,
1811; Cyphoma precursor Dall, 1897; Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973.
176. Muracypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References:  Lipka (1974), Altena (1975), Mello & Perrier (1986), Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil,
Wagner & Abbott (1990), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 206284, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
CY0124. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 25 m. 180. Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Depth Range: 0 to 37 m. References: Abbott (1974), Rios (1975), Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991),
Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 87123, CY0128.
Size: 120 mm.
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Synonyms: Cypraea exanthema Linnaeus, 1767; Cypraea dubia Gmelin,
1791; Cypraea plumbea Gmelin, 1791; Cypraea glauca Röding, 1798; Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061”
Cypraea leucopsis Shaw, 1803; Cypraea exanthemata G. Perry, 1811; Depth Collected: 120 m.
Cypraea pudica Rous, 1905; Cypraea dissimilis Schilder, 1924; Cypraea Depth Range: 0.3 to 90 m.
vallei Jaume & Borro, 1946. Size: 45 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Synonyms: Cyphoma finkli Petuch, 1986.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.

Genus Erosaria Troschel 1863


Genus Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973
177. Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)
References:  Hopkins et al. (1977), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos 181. Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828)
(2001), Simone (2004), NMNH 214121, CY0125. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Bayer (1943), Princz (1982), Mello
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. & Perrier (1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 810227, CY0129.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Range: 0 to 780 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 30 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Synonyms: Cypraea lunata G. Fischer, 1807; Cypraea sanctaehelenae Size: 30 mm.
Schilder, 1930; Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, 1949. Synonyms: Pseudocyphoma kathiewayae Cate, 1973; Pseudocyphoma
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. christahemmenae Fehse, 1997; Pseudocyphoma rosenbergi Fehse, 2001;
Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela.
Genus Propustularia Schilder, 1927
178. Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811) 182. Pseudocyphoma lindae (Petuch, 1987)
References:  Bayer (1971), Princz (1982), Coomans (1988), Leal References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), E. J. Petuch. 1987.

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Range: 12°N ; 72°W Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Panama, Mexico,
Depth Range: 50 to 50 m. United States, Venezuela.
Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Family FICIDAE Meenk, 1864
Genus Ficus Röding, 1798
Genus Pseudosimnia Schilder, 1927
187. Ficus communis Röding, 1798
183. Pseudosimnia vanhyningi (M. Smith, 1940) References: Bullis (1956), Princz (1978), NMNH 801217, CY0132.
References: M. Smith (1940), Rios (1994), García & Lee (2003), NMNH Collected: Bahía Portete.
861759. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Collected: Punta Aguja. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Coordenates: N11°38,516”; W74°20,1” Depth Range: 0 to 176 m.
Depth Range: 90 to 125 m. Size: 120 mm.
Size: 14 mm. Synonyms: Pyrula reticulata Lamarck, 1816; Pyrula papyratia Say,
Synonyms: Primovula carnea auct. non Poiret, 1789; Pseudosimnia 1822; Ficula gracilis Philippi, 1849; Pyrula fortior Mörch, 1877; Ficus
pyrifera Cate, 1973; Primovula solemi Cate, 1973; Pseudosimnia sphoni caloosahatchiensis M. Smith, 1907; Ficus carolae Clench, 1945; Ficus
Cate, 1973. floridensis Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States, Venezuela.

Genus Cymbovula Cate, 1974 188. Ficus lindae Petuch, 1988


References: NMNH 784458, Petuch (1981), Petuch (1988), Sunderland
184. Cymbovula acicularis (Lamarck, 1811) & Sunderland (1991).
References: Melvill (1881), Aguayo & Jaume (1950), Porter (1974), Cubit Range: 19°N to 11.13°N; 82°W to 62.68°W
& Williams (1983), Rios (1994, Simone (2004), NMNH 889609, CY0130.
Depth Range: 11 to 55 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 97 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Synonyms: Pyrula pilsbryi auct. non B. Smith, 1907.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 27 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela.
Size: 15 mm.
Synonyms: Cymbula bahamaensis Cate, 1973.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. 189. Ficus howelli Clench & Aguayo, 1940
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, References:  Clench & Aguayo (1940); Bayer (1971); Sunderland &
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panamá, Puerto Rico, United Sunderland (1991); Verhaeghe & Poppe (2000), CY0133.
Status, Venezuela, Virgen Islands. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Genus Simnia Risso, 1826 Depth Collected: 100 m.
Depth Range: 73 to 823 m (live 73 to 172 m)
185. Simnia sp1 Size:60 mm
References:  CY0131. Local Distribution: MOR
Collected: Santa Veronica. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Cuba, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 23 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Superfamily PTEROTRACHEOIDEA Rafinesque, 1814
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Family ATLANTIDAE Rang, 1829
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.
Genus Atlanta Lesueur,1817
Genus Simnialena Cate, 1973 190. Atlanta peronii Lesueur, 1817
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Maury (1922), Princz & González
186. Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) (1982), NMNH 824093, CY0134.
References: Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B., 1833, Cate, 1973, Fehse, Collected: Taganga.
D. 2001, Mörch, 1877, Sowerby, G. B., II, 1849, Díaz & Puyana,1994,
MHNMC- MOL 5395. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Range: 37°N to 24°S; 97.07°W to 20°W Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 116 m (live 3 to 23 m) Depth Range: 0 to 3338 m.
Size: 21 mm. Size: 7 mm.
Synonyms: Ovulum inflexum Sowerby I, 1833; Ovulum antillarum Synonyms: Atlanta steindachneri Oberwimmer, 1898; Atlanta costae
Reeve, 1865; Ovula carolinensis Mörch, 1877; Amphiperas canadinensis Pirajno, 1840.
Weinkauff, 1882; Simnialena marferula Cate, 1973; Simnia marferula Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
(Cate, 1973); Simnialena ilhabelaensis Fehse, 2001. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Local Distribution: TAY. Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.

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Superfamily LITTORINOIDEA Children, 1834 Size: 10 mm.


Family LITTORINIDAE Children, 1834 Synonyms: Turbo minimus W. Wood, 1828; Littorina fusca Pfeiffer,
1840; Littorina naticoides d’Orbigny, 1841; Littorina gundlachi Philippi,
Genus Echininus Clench & Abbott, 1942 1849.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
191. Echininus nodulosus Clench & Abbott, 1942
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
References:  Bandel & Kadolsky (1982), Fernández Milera (1998),
Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
CY0135.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°04,564” 195. Littorina angustior Mörch, 1876
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. References: Bandel & Kadolsky (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Ortiz-
Corps (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0139.
Depth Range: -2 to 0 m.
Size: 11 mm. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Synonyms: Turbo tuberculatus W. Wood, 1828; Littorina tuberculatus (W. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Wood, 1828); Littorina scabra Anton, 1838; Littorina antonii Philippi, 1846; Depth Collected: 0.7 m.
Echininus antonii (Philippi, 1846); Littorina pfeifferiana Weinkauff, 1882 Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Echininus major Usticke, 1969. Size: 13 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Synonyms: Littorina ziczac auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Littorina lineata
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Haiti, auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Littorina carinata d’Orbigny, 1841.
Jamaica, United States. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
Genus Littorina Ferrusac, 1822 States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
192. Littorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) 
References:  Parker (1959), Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & 196. Littorina flava King & Broderip, 1832
Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 851455, CY0136. References: Mello & Perrier (1986), CY0140.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 0. 3 m. Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: -1 to 0 m. Depth Range: -1.5 to 0 m.
Size: 24 mm. Size: 12 mm.
Synonyms: Littorina scabra auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Littorina Synonyms: Littorina nebulosa auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Littorina
flavescens Philippi, 1847; Littorina lineata Philippi, 1847; Littorina columellaris d’Orbigny, 1840; Melaraphe columellaris (d’Orbigny, 1840);
punctata Philippi, 1847; Littorina rubra Philippi, 1847; Littorina strigata Littorina fusciventris Boettger, 1891.
Philippi, 1847; Littorina ahenea Reeve, 1857; Littorina aurea Bonnet,
1864; Littorina hessei Boettger, 1913.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname,Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Bermuda, Belize, Cayman
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 197. Littorina interrupta Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin,
Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
1961
References: Reid (1996), NMNH 603130, CY0141.
193. Littorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
References: Potiez & Michaud (1838), Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & Coordenates: N11°01,329”; W74°38,485”
McGinty (1958), Voss & Voss (1960), Princz (1978), CY0137. Depth Collected: 1 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Size: 17 mm.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Synonyms: Nerita littorea auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Turbo littoreus
Depth Range: 0 to 0.5m. auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Turbo saxatilis Olivi, 1792; Turbo ruber von
Size: 10 mm. Salis, 1793; Turbo rudis Maton, 1797; Turbo davidis Röding, 1798; Turbo
groenlandicus Röding, 1798; Littorina jugosa (Montagu, 1803); Littorina
Synonyms: Phasianella punctata Pfeiffer, 1840; Littorina guttata Philippi,
tenebrosa (Montagu, 1803); Turbo tenebrosus Montagu, 1803; Turbo
1847; Littorina hidalgoi Arango, 1880.
albocinctus Link, 1807; Turbo diminutus Link, 1807, Littorina obligata
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO. (Say, 1822); Turbo vestitus Say, 1822 ; Littorina groenlandica Menke, 1830;
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Littorina sulcata Menke, 1830; Littorina marmorata Pfeiffer, 1839; Littorina
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, nigrolineata Gray, 1839; Littorina incarnata Gould, 1841; Turbo rudissimus
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Johnston, 1842; Littorina saxatilis Johnston, 1842; Littorina castanea
Deshayes, 1843; Littorina neglecta Bean, 1844; Littorina patula Thorpe,
1844; Littorina zonaria Bean, 1844; Nerita rustica Nardo, 1847; Littorina
194. Littorina mespillum (Muhlfeld, 1824) saxoides Nardo, 1847; Littorina costulata Middendorff, 1849; Littorina
References:  Voss & Voss (1960), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Princz densecostulata Middendorff, 1849; Littorina elatior Middendorff, 1849;
(1982), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Williams et al. (2003), NMNH 836983, Littorina griseolactea Middendorff, 1849; Littorina normalis Middendorff,
CY0138. 1849; Littorina rubida Middendorff, 1849; Littorina tessellata Middendorff,
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 1849; Littorina zonata Middendorff, 1849; Littorina intermedia Forbes &
Hanley, 1850; Littorina albocincta Maitland, 1854; Littorina simplex Reeve,
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” 1857; Littorina compressa auct. non Jeffreys, 1865; Littorina globosa
Depth Collected: 30 m. Jeffreys, 1865; Littorina laevis Jeffreys, 1865; Littorina similis Jeffreys,
Depth Range: -2 to 0 m. 1865; Littorina adriatica Brusina, 1870; Littorina rubescens Monterosato,

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1878; Littorina zonata Daniel, 1883; Littorina finmarchica Herzenstein, Genus Nodilittorina Martens, 1897
1885; Littorina danieli Locard, 1886; Littorina albida Dautzenberg, 1887;
Littorina aurantia Dautzenberg, 1887; Littorina fasciata Dautzenberg, 200. Nodilittorina tuberculata (Menke, 1828)
1887; Littorina livida Dautzenberg, 1893; Littorina nervillei Dautzenberg,
1893; Littorina tessellata Dautzenberg, 1893; Littorina tenebrosapallida
References: Bandel & Kadolsky (1982), CY0144.
L. E. Adams, 1896; Littorina lutea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900; Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Littorina sanguinea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900; Littorina Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,246”
contabulata Martel, 1901; Littorina elongata Martel, 1901; Littorina Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
scalariformis Martel, 1901; Littorina abbreviata Dautzenberg & Fischer,
1912; Littorina bynei Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina canaliculata
Depth Range: -1 to 0 m.
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina conoidea Dautzenberg & Fischer, Size: 12 mm.
1912; Littorina contorta Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina elata Synonyms: Littorina thiarella Anton, 1838; Littorina minor Philippi, 1846.
Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina flammulata Dautzenberg & Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Fischer, 1912; Littorina fulva Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina
fusca Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina lugubris Dautzenberg &
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Colombia, Jamaica,
Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
Fischer, 1912; Littorina major Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina
miniata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina minor Dautzenberg
& Fischer, 1912; Littorina sinistrorsa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Genus Tectarius Valenciennes, 1832
Littorina trifasciata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1912; Littorina conoidea
Schlesch, 1916; Littorina turritella Schlesch, 1916; Littorina alticola 201. Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Dacie, 1917; Littorina major Pallary, 1924; Littorina nigra Pallary, 1924;
Littorina rufa Pallary, 1924; Littorina sculpta Schlesch, 1931; Littorina
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Clench & Abbott (1942), Vokes &
sanguinea Coen, 1933; Littorina hieroglyphica Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Vokes (1983), NMNH 888708, CY0145.
Jouin, 1961; Littorina tractibus Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961; Collected: Taganga.
Littorina biinterrupta Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963; Littorina bizonaria Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214”
James, 1963; Littorina maculata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1963; Littorina
nojensis Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1964; Littorina sellensis Fischer-Piette
Depth Collected: 0.3 m.
& Gaillard, 1964; Littorina rubrolineata Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, Depth Range: -9 to 0 m.
1967; Littorina salvati Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Delmas, 1967; Littorina Size: 22 mm.
jugosoides James, 1968; Littorina rudissimoides James, 1968; Littorina Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
tenuis James, 1968; Littorina clarilineata Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971;
Littorina gascae Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971; Littorina nigra Fischer-
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Piette & Gaillard, 1971; Littorina rubra Fischer-Piette & Gaillard, 1971;
Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Littorina scotia Sh. Smith, 1979; Littorina lagunae R. Barnes, 1993.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Family PICKWORTHIIDAE
Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Genus Sansonia Jousseaume, 1892

198. Littorina nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) 202. Sansonia tuberculata (Watson, 1886)
References:  Parker (1955), Parker (1959), Altena (1975), Princz
References:  Watson (1886), Radwin (1969), Robinson & Montoya
(1987), Odé (1987), NMNH 867312, CY0146.
(1978), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0142.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Depth Range: 5 to 713 m.
Depth Range: -1 to 0 m. Size: 2 mm.
Size: 21 mm. Synonyms: Mecoliotia bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1936.
Synonyms: Littorina tigrina d’Orbigny, 1841; Littorina minor Weinkauff, Local Distribution: TAY.
1878.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Puerto
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, St.Vincent
& Grenadines, United States, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago. Superfamily NATICOIDEA Guilding, 1834
Family NATICIDAE Guilding, 1834
199. Littorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791) Genus Natica Scopoli, 1777
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Voss & Voss (1960), Vokes &
Vokes (1983), CY0143. 203. Natica canrena (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Odé (1982), Leal (1991), Díaz &
Puyana (1994), NMNH 770175, CY0147.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 0 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Range: -3 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 18 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Synonyms: Littorina debilis Philippi, 1846; Littorina dorbignyana
Philippi, 1847; Littorina undulata Philippi, 1847. Size: 70 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Synonyms: Natica lactea Philippi, 1853; Naticarius verae Rehder, 1947.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados Bermuda, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Panama, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname,
Islands. United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

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204. Natica cayennensis Récluz, 1850 Depth Collected: 20 m.


References:  Récluz (1850), Ekdale (1974), Altena (1975), Cosel Depth Range: 0 to 130 m.
(1986), Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0148. Size: 5 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Synonyms: Natica nana auct. non Möller, 1842; Natica sagraiana auct.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” non d’Orbigny, 1842; Natica sphaerula H. C. Lea, 1843.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Natica canrena auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Natica pennata
Mörch, 1877; Natica hayesae Usticke, 1959. 209. Natica tedbayeri Rehder, 1986
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. References: Leal (1991), CY0153.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
205. Natica guesti Harasewych & Jensen, 1984 Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
References: Harasewych & Jensen (1984), NMNH 765087, CY0149. Size: 25 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Synonyms: Glyphepithema floridanum Rehder, 1943.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama,
Depth Collected: 40 m. United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Range: 165 to 421 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Genus Polinices Montfort, 1810
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, 210. Polinices hepaticus (Röding, 1798)
Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
References: Altena (1975), Andrews (1977), Cosel (1986), Macsotay &
Campos (2001), NMNH 895347, CY0154.
206. Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840 Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Usticke (1959), Rice & Kornicker Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
(1962), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991), NMNH 861870, CY0150. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Size: 40 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Synonyms: Natica mamillaris auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Natica brunnea
Depth Range: 0 to 65 m. Link, 1807; Natica fuscata Récluz, 1844; Natica bahiensis Récluz, 1850.
Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Synonyms: Natica pulchella Pfeiffer, 1840; Natica lacernula d’Orbigny, Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
1842; Natica sagraiana auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Natica jamaicensis C. Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States,
B. Adams, 1850; Natica nigrescens C. B. Adams, 1850; Natica rufilabris Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Reeve, 1855; Natica oceani Usticke, 1959.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. 211. Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, References:  Mörch (1877), Dautzenberg (1900), Fernández Milera
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin (1998), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 840940,
Islands. CY0155.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
207. Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
References: Altena (1975), Odé (1982), Leal (1991), Mikkelsen et al. Depth Collected: 40 m.
(1995), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 889683, CY0151. Depth Range: 0 to 120 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 35 mm.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Synonyms: Natica ochrostoma Récluz, 1850; Natica pfeifferi Philippi,
Depth Collected: 20 m. 1851; Natica puella Philippi, 1852; Natica caribaea Philippi, 1853; Natica
Depth Range: 0 to 94 m. rodatzi Schepman, 1901; Natica sanctivincentii Brooks, 1933.
Size: 14 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO.
Synonyms: Nerita maroccana Dillwyn, 1817; Natica proxima C. B. Global Distribution: Ascension Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda,
Adams, 1850; Natica limacina Jousseaume, 1874; Natica major Mörch, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
1877. Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, 212. Polinices sp1
Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname,United States, Venezuela. References: CY0156.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
208. Natica pusilla Say, 1822 Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
References: Kurtz (1860), Usticke (1959), Parker (1959), Wass (1972), Depth Collected: 40 m.
Porter (1974), Odé (1982), Princz (1983), NMNH 800188, CY0152. Size: 15 mm.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: MAG.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Genus Sigatica Meyer & Aldrich, 1886 Family RISOOIDAE Gray, 1847
Genus Alvania Risso, 1826
213. Sigatica semisulcata (Gray, 1839)
References:  Maury (1922), McGinty (1940), Usticke (1959), Porter 217. Alvania auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
(1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 800064, CY0157. References:  Porter
(1974), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Leal (1991),
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. NMNH 878281, CY0161.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Range: 0 to 60 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 10 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 101m.
Synonyms: Natica fordiana Simpson, 1887; Euspira bahamensis Dall, Size: 2 mm.
1925. Synonyms: Rissoa lipeus auct. non Dall, 1892 ; Rissoa minuscula Verrill
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO. & Bush, 1900; Rissoa floridana Mansfield, 1930.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands.
Genus Sinum Rodino, 1798
218. Alvania colombiana Romer & Moore, 1988
214. Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831) References:  Romer & Moore (1988), Moolenbeek & Faber (1991),
References:  Say (1834), Bush (1885), Porter (1974), Lyons (1989), NMNH 859339.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0158. Range: 29.83°N to 9.88°N, 87.34°W to 61.83°W
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Range: 45 to 221 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Size: 1.3 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: CAO.
Depth Range: 0 to 70 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
Size: 30 mm.
Synonyms: Stomatia zonatum (d’Orbigny, 1842); Sigaretus martinianus Genus Microstelma A. Adams, 1863
Philippi, 1844; Sigaretus junior Récluz, 1851.
Local Distribution: GUA. 219. Microstelma gabbi (Dall, 1889)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto References: Dall (1889).
Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Range: 13.19°N, 61.33°W
Depth Range: 1436 to 1436 m.
215. Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) Size: 9 mm.
References:  Say (1831), Kurtz (1860), Dautzenberg (1900), Díaz & Local Distribution: ARCO.
Puyana (1994), NMNH 861877, CY0159. Global Distribution: Colombia, St. Vincent & Grenadines.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” 220. Microstelma vestale (Rehder, 1943)
Depth Collected: 30 m. References: Rehder (1943), García (2005), Abbott (1974), CY0162.
Depth Range: 0 to 70 m. Collected: Taganga.
Size: 40 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Synonyms: Helix haliotoidea auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Cryptostoma Depth Collected: 20 m.
leachii Blainville, 1818; Cryptostoma carolinum Cuvier, 1829; Stomatia Depth Range: 5 to 10 m.
depressum (Philippi, 1844); Sigaretus antillarum Récluz, 1851.
Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Genus Rissoina d’Orbigny, 1840
Genus Stigmaulax Mörch, 1852 221. Rissoina bryerea (Montagu, 1803)
References: Moore (1973), Waller (1973), Rosewater (1975), Vokes &
216. Stigmaulax sulcata (Born, 1778) Vokes (1983), Faber (1990), NMNH 807250, CY0163.
References:  Mörch (1877), McGinty (1940), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
CY0160.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Range: 2 to 34 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 5 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 44 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, GUA.
Size: 30 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Synonyms: Nerita rugosa Gmelin, 1791; Cochlis plicata Röding, 1798;
Natica cubana Dall, 1927.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. 222. Rissoina aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States, References:  Turgeon & Lyons (1977), Mello & Perrier (1986), Odé
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. (1986), CY0164.

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Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 6 mm.


Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba.
Depth Range: 0 to 93 m.
Size: 12 mm. 228. Rissoina (Folinia) bermudezi Aguayo & Rehder, 1936
Synonyms: Rissoa corilea Sowerby II, 1876; Stossichia serrei Bavay, 1922. References:  Aguayo & Rehder (1936), Abbott (1974), Leal (1991),
Local Distribution: MAG. Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 436288, CY0169.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
223. Rissoina cancellata Philippi, 1847 Depth Range: 25 to 73 m.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Parker & Curray (1956), Abbott Size: 5 mm.
(1958), NMNH 878285. Local Distribution: TAY.
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 96.3°W to 34.9°W Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia.
Depth Range: 0.5 to 106 m.
Size: 8 mm. 229. Rissoina decussata (Montagu, 1803)
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Porter (1974), Cosel (1982),
Global Distribution: Colombia, Brazil, Mexico. Odé (1986), Redfern (2001), NMNH 878282, CY0170.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
224. Rissoina striosa (C. B. Adams, 1850) Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Redfern (2001), CY0165. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Range: 0 to 106 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Size. 5 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Size: 4 mm. Islands.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin 230. Rissoina multicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Islands. References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Parker & Curray (1956), Moore
(1973), Odé (1986), Leal (1991), NMNH 843115, CY0171.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
225. Rissoina sagraiana (d’Orbigny, 1842) Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
References:  d’Orbigny (1842), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), NMNH
707949, CY0166.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Taganga. Depth Range: 0 to 525 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Size: 4 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 18 to 128 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia.
Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. 231. Rissoina princeps (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Global Distribution: Colombia. References: Rios (1975), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Redfern (2001),
CY0172.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
226. Rissoina catesbyana (d’Orbigny, 1842)  Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
References: Abbott (1974), CY0167. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 86 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Size: 11 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia.
Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR,TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 232. Rissoina striatocostata (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin References: d’Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1876), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Islands. Espinosa & Ortea (2003), CY0173.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
227. Rissoina (Schwartziella) fischeri Desjardin, 1949 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
References: Rios (1985), CY0168. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Cabo de la vela. Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Size: 7 mm.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba.

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233. Rissoina sp 1 Range: 42°N to 25.02°S, 97.1°W to 40°W


References: CY0174. Depth Range: 0 to 4 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Size: 2.9 mm.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Synonyms: Assiminea auberiana auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Cingula
Depth Collected: 15 m. modesta H. C. Lea, 1845; Cingula concinna C. B. Adams, 1850; Phasianella
Size: 6 mm. concolor C. B. Adams, 1850; Assiminea vina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1965.
Local Distribution: MOR. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.

234. Rissoina sp 2 Family BARLEEIDAE


References: CY0175. Genus Barleeia Clark, 1853
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” 239. Barleeia mexicana Rolán & Crúz-Abrego, 1998
Depth Collected: 15 m. References: Rolán & Crúz-Abrego (1998), CY0178.
Size: 4 mm. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Local Distribution: MOR. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 4 to 20 m.
235. Rissoina sp 3 Size: 2 mm.
References: CY0176. Local Distribution: MAG.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Family CAECIDAE Gray, 1857
Size: 7 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Genus Caecum Fleming, 1813
Global Distribution: Colombia. 240. Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851
References: Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), M. Smith (1941), Princz (1977),
Genus Zebina H & A. Adams, 1854 Lyons (1989), Díaz et al. (1990), NMNH 855008.
Range: 35°N to 20.92°S; 90.5°W to 34.02°W
236. Zebina browniana (d'Orbigny, 1842) Depth Range: 0 to 60 m (live 11 to 25 m).
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Waller (1973), Princz (1981), Lyons
(1989), NMNH 800056, CY0177. Size: 5.6 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Synonyms: Caecum annulatum Emmons, 1858; Caecum phronimum
Folin, 1867; Caecum dux Folin, 1871; Caecum cayoense Rehder, 1943;
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Caecum puntagordanum Weisbord, 1962.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 51 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana,
Size: 2 mm. Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: Rissoa sloaniana d’Orbigny, 1842; Rissoa laevissima C. B.
Adams, 1850.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. 241. Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, References: Moore (1972), Leal (1991), NMNH 827533, CY0179.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Collected: Santa Veronica.
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Family ANABATHRIDAE Keen, 1971 Depth Range: 0 to 183 m.
Genus Amphithalamus Carpenter, 1865 Size: 3 mm.
Synonyms: Caecum coronatum Folin, 1867; Caecum insigne Folin, 1867;
237. Amphithalamus vallei Aguayo & Jaume, 1947 Caecum formulosum Folin, 1869; Caecum paucicostatum Folin, 1869;
References: Bock & Moore (1971), Leal (1991), Rolán (1991), Mikkelsen Caecum simplex Folin, 1869; Caecum sulcatum Folin, 1869.
et al. (1995). Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Range: 27.5°N to 18°S; 90.5°W to 33.8°W Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Size: 1.25 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
242. Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
United States.
References: Houbrick (1968), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Robinson & Montoya
(1987), Odé (1988), Leal (1991), NMNH 878250, CY0180.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Family ASSIMINEIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Genus Assiminea Fleming, 1828 Depth Collected: 30 m.
238. Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840) Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
References:  Wass (1972), Odé (1973), Odé (1987), Faber (2004), Size: 2.5 mm.
NMNH 854733. Synonyms: Caecum gracile Folin, 1870; Caecum coronellum Dall, 1892;

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Caecum clenchi Olsson & McGinty, 1958. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica,
United States, Venezuela. 247. Caecum clava Folin, 1867
References: Folin (1867), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Houbrick (1968),
Radwin (1969), Odé (1988), NMNH 878246, CY0184.
243. Caecum cornucopiae (Carpenter, 1858)  Collected: Bahía Cinto Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Moore (1972), Moore (1973), Odé (1988), Díaz et al. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
(1990), CY0181.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Size: 2 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 37 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Size: 1.5 mm. United States.
Synonyms: Meioceras cornubovis Carpenter, 1858; Meioceras
marmoratum Folin, 1869; Meioceras subvitreum Folin, 1869; Meioceras
tinctum Folin, 1869; Meioceras mariae Folin, 1881; Meioceras constrictum 248. Caecum condylum Moore,1969
Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933; Meioceras bermudezi Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1934; References: Moore (1969), Moore (1972), NMNH 679348, CY0185.
Fartulum nebulosum Rehder, 1943.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Rico, United States.
Depth Range: 12 to 30 m.
Size: 2.5 mm.
244. Caecum nitidum (Stimpson, 1851) Local Distribution: GUA.
References:  Carpenter (1858), García-Cubas (1971), Moore (1972), Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, United States.
Andrews (1977), Cooley (1978), NMNH 843536, CY0182.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 249. Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858
Depth Collected: 20 m. References: Moore (1973), Waller (1973), Odé (1988).
Depth Range: 0 to 24 m. Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 93.6°W to 45°W
Size: 3 mm. Depth Range: 2 to 101 m.
Synonyms: Caecum rotundum Folin, 1868; Meioceras bitumidum Folin, Size: 4 mm.
1869; Meioceras carpenteri Folin, 1869; Meioceras coxi Folin, 1869; Synonyms: Caecum decussatum Folin, 1869; Caecum termes Heilprin,
Meioceras crossei Folin, 1869; Meioceras deshayesi Folin, 1869; Meioceras 1889; Caecum obesum Verrill & Bush, 1900; Caecum biminicola Pilsbry,
moreleti Folin, 1869; Meioceras subinflexum Folin, 1869; Meioceras 1951; Caecum berthae Lange de Morretes, 1954.
undulosum Folin, 1869; Meioceras fischeri Folin, 1870; Meioceras imiklis Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Folin, 1870; Caecum constrictum Gabb, 1873; Meioceras contractum Rico, United States.
Folin, 1874; Meioceras leoni Bérillon, 1874; Meioceras cingulatum Dall,
1892; Caecum lermondi Dall, 1924; Meioceras apanium Woodring, 1928;
Meioceras amblyoceras Woodring, 1959. 250. Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Lyons et al. (1971), Porter (1974), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Odé (1988), NMNH 878249, CY0186.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
245. Caecum antillarum Carpenter, 1858 Depth Collected: 30 m.
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz & Depth Range: 0.3 to 101 m.
Puyana (1994), CY0183. Size: 2.3 mm.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Synonyms: Caecum annulatum auct. non Brown, 1827; Caecum
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” conjunctum Folin, 1867; Caecum curtatum Folin, 1867; Caecum capitanum
Depth Collected: 10 m. Folin, 1874.
Depth Range: 5 to 100 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Size: 1.2 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela,
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
States, Uruguay, Venezuela.
251. Caecum regulare Carpenter, 1858
References: Moore (1972), Altena (1975), Princz (1986), Díaz et al.
246. Caecum circumvolutum Folin, 1867 (1990), Lightfoot (1992), Espinosa & Ortea (2003).
References: Folin (1867), Mello & Maestrati (1986), Gomes & Absalao Range: 26°N to 6.5°N; 82.65°W to 55°W
(1996).
Range: 27.3°N to 8°S; 96.68°W to 32.4°W Depth Range: 10 to 58 m.
Depth Range: 1.5 to 40 m. Size: 2.5 mm.
Size: 3.3 mm. Synonyms: Caecum pulchellum auct. non Stimpson, 1851.
Synonyms: Caecum buccina Folin, 1870; Caecum carmenense Folin,
Local Distribution: TAY.
1870; Caecum inornatum Folin, 1870; Caecum veracruzanum Folin, 1870; Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Caecum vestitum Folin, 1870; Brochina vestitum (Folin, 1870). United States, Venezuela.

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252. Caecum ryssotitum Folin, 1867 Global Distribution: Colombia, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago,
References:  Houbrick (1968), Princz (1982), Mello & Perrier (1986), United States, Venezuela.
NMNH 878248.
Range: 28°N to 28°S, 97°W to 34.9°W Family TORNIDAE Sacco, 1896
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m. Genus Anticlimax Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
Size: 2.3 mm.
Synonyms: Caecum caeruleum Folin, 1867; Caecum cylindricum Folin, 257. Anticlimax athleenae (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
1870; Caecum corneum Dunker, 1875; Caecum tomaculum Weisbord, 1962. References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Range: 27.7°N to 11°N, 82.7°W to 75°W
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
United States, Venezuela. Size: 2.6 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
253. Caecum sp 1 Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
References: CY0187.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 258. Anticlimax schumoi (Vanatta, 1913)
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” References: Vanatta (1913), Radwin (1969), Princz (1982).
Depth Collected: 40 m. Range: 17°N to 9.4°N, 88.5°W to 71°W
Size: 2.5 mm. Dept Range: 0 to 20 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Size: 2.5 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.
Genus Meioceras Carpenter, 1858
Genus Circulus Jeffreys, 1865
254. Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868
References: Folin (1868), Porter (1974) (UNC-IMS #8360), Rios (1975), 259. Circulus sp 1
Odé (1988).
References: CY0190.
Range: 34.42°N to 13°S; 97°W to 38.5°W Collected: Taganga.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m (live 42 to 101 m). Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Size: 2 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Meioceras tenerum Folin, 1869. Size: 2 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Family ELACHISINIDAE Ponder, 1985
Genus Elachisina Dall, 1918 260. Circulus sp 2
References: CY0191.
255. Elachisina floridana (Rehder, 1943) Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
References: Rehder (1943), Rehder (1943), García-Cubas (1971), Odé Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
(1986), CY0188.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 2.5 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MOR.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 6 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Genus Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States. 261. Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson, 1858
References: Abbott (1958), Porter (1974), Díaz et al. (1990).
Range: 34.69°N to 11.3°N, 97°W to 64.8°W
Family HYDROBIIDAE Stimpson, 1865 Depth Range: 0 to 48 m.
Genus Pyrgophorus Ancey, 1888 Size: 4.2 mm.
Synonyms: Adeorbis nautiliformis Holmes, 1859; Nemafera compressa
256. Pyrgophorus parvulus (Guilding, 1828) Kurtz, 1860.
References: H. B. Baker (1930), Heard (1982), Cosel (1986), CY0189. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Collected: Santa Veronica. United States.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Genus Cyclostremiscus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1945
Depth Range: 0 to 1.8 m.
Size: 2 mm. 262. Cyclostremiscus jeannae Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
Synonyms: Paludina crystallina auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840; Paludina References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Odé
jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1849; Bithinia spiralis Guppy, 1864. (1988), Lyons (1989), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0192.
Local Distribution: MAG. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.

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Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 2 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Synonyms: Vitrinella panamensis auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852. Size: 3 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Vitrinella multicarinata Dall, 1889.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, United Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
States. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
263. Cyclostremiscus beauii (P. Fischer, 1857)
References:  P. Fischer (1857), Princz (1982), Mello & Perrier (1986), Genus Parviturboides Pilsbry & McGinty, 1950
NMNH 867493, CY0193.
Collected: Santa Veronica. 268. Parviturboides interruptus (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” References: C. B. Adams (1850), Moore (1964), Andrews (1977), Odé
Depth Collected: 30 m. (1987), Warén (1992), NMNH 878260.
Depth Range: 0 to 46 m. Range: 34.7°N to 24°S, 97.28°W to 0°W
Size: 4 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 91 m.
Synonyms: Cyclostrema angulatum auct. non A. Adams, 1850; Size: 1.9 mm.
Cyclostrema bicarinatum Guppy, 1866; Adeorbis bicarinatus (Guppy, 1866); Synonyms: Cyclostrema zacalles Mazyck, 1913; Cyclostrema sanibelense
Circulus bicarinatus (Guppy, 1866); Skenea sulcata Simpson, 1887; Circulus Pilsbry, 1939.
stirophorus M. Smith, 1937. Local Distribution: GUA.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica,
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States.
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.

Genus Pleuromalaxis Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945


264. Cyclostremiscus caraboboensis Weisbord, 1962
References:  Altena (1975), Cosel (1986), Jong & Coomans (1988), 269. Pleuromalaxis balesi (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
Rios (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994). References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Jaume & Borro (1946), Olsson
Range: 12°N to 16°S, 74.5°W to 39°W & McGinty (1958), Abbott (1958), CY0196.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 2 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W 74° 09,142”
Local Distribution: MAG. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname. Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Size: 2 mm.
265. Cyclostremiscus pentagonus (Gabb, 1873) Local Distribution: TAY.
References: García-Cubas (1971), Porter (1974), Princz (1982), Ortiz- Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Corps (1985), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Odé (1988), NMNH 836253, Rico, United States, Venezuela.
CY0194.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Genus Pseudorotella (Fischer, 1857)
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 40 m. 270. Pseudorotella goniogyrus (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
Depth Range: 0 to 538 m. References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Olsson & McGinty (1958),
Size: 2.5 mm. Moore (1964), Odé (1987), Lyons (1989).
Synonyms: Adeorbis supranitidus auct. non Wood, 1842; Skenea trilix Range: 30.1°N to 9.4°N, 97.13°W to 73.4°W
Bush, 1885. Depth Range: 11 to 101 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Size: 2 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica Mexico, Puerto Rico, Synonyms: Rotella carinata H. C. Lea, 1843.
United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Haiti, Panama, United States.
266. Cyclostremiscus schrammii (P. Fischer, 1857)
References:  P. Fischer (1857), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Houbrick
(1967), Abbott (1974), NMNH 878256. 271. Pseudorotella incerta (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
Range: 16°N to 9.4°N, 83.07°W to 61.5°W References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Moore (1964), Odé (1973),
Lyons (1989), Rios (1994).
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 1.5 mm. Range: 30.1°N to 20°S, 94°W to 40°W
Local Distribution: MOR. Depth Range: 11 to 55 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama. Size: 2 mm.
Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Genus Episcynia Mörch, 1875
267. Episcynia inornata (d’Orbigny, 1842) 272. Pseudorotella parvicallum (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Andrews (1977), Princz References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Andrews (1977), Princz
(1982), García & Lee (2004), CY0195. (1986), Odé (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994).

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Range: 30°N to 10.9°N, 97°W to 63.8°W 278. Solariorbis multistriatus (A. E. Verrill, 1884)
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m. References: Verrill (1884), Aguayo & Jaume (1936), Olsson & McGinty
Size: 2 mm. (1958), Warmke & Abbott (1961).
Local Distribution: CAO. Range: 35.24°N to 7.6°N, 96.1°W to 57.5°W
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Depth Range: 5 to 260 m.
Venezuela. Size: 4.5 mm.
Local Distribution: CAO.
Genus Solariorbis Conrad, 1865 Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
273. Solariorbis bartschi (Vanatta, 1913)
References: Vanatta (1913), Porter (1974), CY0197. Genus Teinostoma H. & A. Adams, 1853
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” 279. Teinostoma biscaynense Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
Depth Collected: 30 m. References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Cooley (1978), García-Cubas
(1982), Lyons (1989), García-Cubas & Reguero (1990), NMNH 804238,
Depth Range: 0 to 10 m. CY0200.
Size: 2 mm. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, United Depth Collected: 40 m.
States.
Depth Range: 0 to 500 m.
Size: 2 mm.
274. Solariorbis corylus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Synonyms: Teinostoma nesaeum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945; Teinostoma
References: FLMNH 160477. obtectum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945.
Range: 11°N to 9.4°N, 83.08°W to 75°W Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Size: 2.4 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. 280. Teinostoma clavium Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama. References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Princz (1986), Díaz & Puyana
(1994).
275. Solariorbis funiculus (Dall, 1892) Range: 25.7°N to 10.5°N, 90.5°W to 63.9°W
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0198. Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 2.3 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
United States, Venezuela.
Depeth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Size: 2 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. 281. Teinostoma cocolitoris Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
Global Distribution: Colombia. References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Porter (1974), Odé (1987),
Rios (1994), García (2002), CY0201.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
276. Solariorbis guianensis Altena, 1966 Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
References: Altena (1975), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Depth Collected: 70 m.
Range: 11.5°N, 74.5°W Depth Range: 18 to 122 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m. Size: 2 mm.
Size: 1.2 mm. Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
282. Teinostoma lerema Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
277. Solariorbis infracarinatus (Gabb, 1881) References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1945), Moore (1964), García-Cubas
(1971), Andrews (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0202.
References:  Radwin (1969), Andrews (1977), Odé (1988), Lyons
(1989), Díaz et al. (1990), Rios (1994), NMNH 800046, CY0199.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Range: 0 to 48 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 66 m. Size: 1.4 mm.
Size: 1.5 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Synonyms: Circulus leonensis Mansfield, 1930; Solariorbis euzonus
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1950.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. 283 Teinostoma megastoma (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, References:  NMNH 878258, C. B. Adams (1850), Usticke (1959),
Panama, United States. Moore (1964), Odé (1987), Rios (1994).

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Range: 34°N to 23°S; 97°W to 42°W Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 123 m (live 0 to 42 m). Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama,
Size: 2.5 mm. United States.
Synonyms: Teinostoma biscaynense auct. non Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, 289. Vitrinella anomala (d’Orbigny, 1842)
Panama.
References: d’Orbigny (1842), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Range: 18.4°N to 12°N, 71°W to 65°W
284. Teinostoma millepunctata Usticke, 1969 Size: 1.9 mm.
References: Usticke (1969), Usticke (1971), Jong & Coomans (1988), Local Distribution: GUA.
Faber (1995), Boyko & Cordeiro (2001), CY0203. Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 30 m. 290. Vitrinella cupidinensis Altena, 1966
Depth Range: 12 to 12 m. References: Rios (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Size: 2 mm. Range: 11°N to 8°S, 74.5°W to 35°W
Synonyms: Teinostoma ciskae Faber, 1995. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 1.7 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

285. Teinostoma sp 1
References: CY0204. 291. Vitrinella filifera Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Moore (1964), CY0207.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Size: 1 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Global Ditribution: Colombia. Size: 1 mm.
Synonyms: Cyclostrema thomasi Pilsbry, 1945.
Local Distribution: TAY, MAG.
Genus Tomura Pilsbry and McGinty, 1946 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
286. Tomura bicaudata (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Díaz & Puyana (1994). 292. Vitrinella floridana Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946
Range: 26.8°N to 12°N; 81.2°W to 74°W References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Lyons et al. (1971), Andrews
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 803729, CY0208.
Size: 1.5 mm. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Local Distribution: GUA. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 46 m.
Size: 1.5 mm.
Genus Vitrinella C. B. Adams, 1850 Local Distribution: MOR, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
287. Vitrinella elegans Olsson & McGinty, 1958
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Houbrick (1968), Robinson &
Montoya (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 878253, CY0205. 293. Vitrinella helicoidea C. B. Adams, 1850
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. References: C. B. Adams (1850), Porter (1974), Odé (1987).
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W74°54,061” Range: 35°N to 9.4°N, 97°
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Range: 0 to 42 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Size: 3 mm.
Size: 3 mm. Synonyms: Vitrinella praecox Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.

288. Vitrinella semisculptus Olsson & McGinty 1958


References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Moore (1964), Houbrick (1968), 294. Vitrinella hemphilli Vanatta, 1913
CY0206. References: Vanatta (1913), Odé (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Range: 29.1°N to 12° N,95° to 74°W
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Range: 0.6 to 73 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Size: 2.5 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 2.5 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

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Family TRUNCATELLIDAE Gray, 1840 Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, GUA, ARCO.
Genus Truncatella Risso, 1826 Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

295. Truncatella caribaeensis Reeve, 1842 299. Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791)
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Waller (1973), Fernández
References:  Porter (1974), Odé (1982), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Milera (1998), NMNH 759055, CY0209.
Wagner & Abbott (1990), NMNH 807690, CY0213.
Collected: Bahía Neguaje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 1.5 m. Depth Range: 2 to 55 m.
Size: 9 mm. Size: 142 mm.
Synonyms: Truncatella subcylindrica auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Synonyms: Lambis accipitrina Röding, 1798; Strombus accipiter
Truncatella pulchella auct. non Pfeiffer, 1839; Truncatella succinea C. B.
Dillwyn, 1817; Strombus inermis Swainson, 1822; Strombus jeffersonia
Adams, 1845; Truncatella gouldii Pfeiffer, 1846; Truncatella variabilis
Van Hyning, 1945; Strombus aguayoi Jaume & del Valle, 1947 ; Strombus
Pfeiffer, 1846; Truncatella aurea Prime, 1853.
spectabilis A. H. Verrill, 1950; Strombus griffini Petuch, 1994.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.
Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

296. Truncatella pulchella Pfeiffer, 1839 Genus Eustrombus Wenz, 1940


References: Shuttleworth (1854), Rios (1975), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Faber (2004), NMNH 878298, CY0210. 300. Eustrombus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Clench (1937), Olsson & McGinty
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” (1958), Rice & Kornicker (1962), Shoemaker (1971), Odé (1982), Wagner
Depth Collected: 3 m. & Abbott (1990), NMNH 749120, CY0214.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Collected: Salgar.
Size: 5 mm. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Synonyms: Truncatella bilabiata Pfeiffer, 1840; Acmea bilabiata (Pfeiffer, Depth Collected: 30 m.
1840); Truncatella capillacea Pfeiffer, 1859; Truncatella bahamensis Clench Depth Range: 0.3 to 25 m.
& Turner, 1948; Truncatella floridana Hubricht, 1983. Size: 220 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Strombus lucifer Linnaeus, 1758; Strombus samba Clench,
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, 1937; Strombus horridus M. Smith, 1940; Strombus verrilli McGinty, 1946;
Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Strombus canaliculatus Burry, 1949; Strombus pahayokee Petuch, 1994.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,
297. Truncatella scalaris (Michaud, 1830) Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Rosenberg (1996), NMNH Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
770807, CY0211.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Genus Strombus Linnaeus, 1758
Depth Collected: 20 m. 301. Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. References: Dautzenberg (1900), Princz (1978), Cosel (1986), Robinson
Size: 4 mm. & Montoya (1987), Wagner & Abbott (1990), NMNH 807685, CY0215.
Synonyms: Truncatella costata Pfeiffer, 1839; Truncatella cumingii C. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
B. Adams, 1845; Truncatella scalariformis C. B. Adams, 1845; Truncatella Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
adamsi Pfeiffer, 1846.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
Size: 85 mm.
Synonyms: Pyramis striata Röding, 1798; Strombus cornutus G. Perry,
Superfamily STROMBOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 1811; Strombus sloani Leach, 1814; Strombus nicaraguensis Fluck, 1905;
Strombus peculiaris M. Smith, 1940; Strombus worki Petuch, 1993.
Family STROMBIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Genus Aliger Thiele, 1929 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
298. Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References:  McGinty (1940), Lozet & Pétron (1977), Leal (1991),
Simone (2005), NMNH 418350, CY0212.
Genus Lobatus Iredale, 1921
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. 302. Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Bullis (1956), Rice & Kornicker
Depth Collected: 30 m. (1962), Shoemaker (1971), Lipka (1974), Simone (2005), NMNH 894778,
Depth Range: 0.3 to 82 m. CY0216.
Size: 160 mm. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Lambis velum Röding, 1798; Strombus solitaris G. Perry, 1811. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”

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Depth Collected: 45 m. 306. Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1852)


Depth Range: 0.3 to 55 m. References:  Aguayo & Jaume (1947), Turner (1948), Altena (1975),
Size: 86 mm. Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0219
Synonyms: Lambis curruca Röding, 1798; Strombus sulcatus G. Fischer, Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 96°W to 15°W
1807; Strombus quadratus G. Perry, 1811; Strombus bituberculatus Lamarck, Depth Range: 0 to 13 m.
1822; Strombus lobatus Swainson, 1823; Strombus costosomuricatus Size: 158 mm.
Mörch, 1852; Strombus nanus Bales, 1942; Strombus wilsonorum Petuch,
Synonyms: Dolium perdix auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Cadus maculosa
1994; Strombus praeraninus Kronenberg & Dekker, 2000.
(Dillwyn, 1817); Buccinum maculosum Dillwyn, 1817; Helix sulphurea C. B.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Adams, 1849; Dolium album Conrad, 1854; Dolium brasilianum Mörch, 1877;
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Dolium occidentale Dautzenberg, 1900; Tonna catiana Weisbord, 1962.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United United States, Venezuela.
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

Subfamily CASSINAE Latreille, 1825


Superfamily TONNOIDEA Suter, 1913 Genus Cassis Scopoli, 1777
Family TONNIDAE Suter, 1913
Genus Eudolium Dall, 1889 307. Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758)
References:  Mörch (1877), Clench (1944), Abbott (1968), Radwin
(1969), Lipka (1974), Wagner & Abbott (1990), NMNH 822893, CY0220.
303. Eudolium bairdii (Verril & Smith, 1881)
References: Marshall (1992), CY0217. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 200 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Range: 17 to 823 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 70 mm. Depth Range: 1 to 12 m.
Synonyms: Dolium solidius Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906; Oocorys
Size: 140 mm.
lineatum (Schepman, 1909); Dolium bituminatum K. Martin, 1933; Synonyms: Buccinum plicatum Linnaeus, 1758; Cassis marmorata
Eudolium inflatum Kuroda & Habe, 1954; Eudolium kuroharai Azuma, Röding, 1798; Cassis alba G. Perry, 1811; Cassis elegans Grateloup, 1838.
1960. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Local Distribution: DAR. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia,
Global Distribution: Colombia, México, United States. Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

304. Eudolium crosseanum (Monterosato, 1869) 308. Cassis madagascariensis Lamarck, 1822
References: Marshall (1992), NMNH 751872. References: Mörch (1877), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Vokes & Vokes
Range: 35°N to 7°N; 87.66°W to 15°W (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0221.
Depth Range: 17 to 914 m (live 137 to 457 m). Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 81 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Eudolium thompsoni McGinty, 1955. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 3 to 183 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States. Size: 100 mm.
Synonyms: Cassis rotundata G. Perry, 1811; Cassis cameo Stimpson,
1860; Cassis major Rigacci, 1866; Cassis spinella Clench, 1944.
Genus Tonna Brunnich, 1772 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
305. Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References:  Kurtz (1860), Turner (1948), Bullis (1956), Castellanos
(1970), Altena (1975), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 800058,
CY0218. 309. Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. References: Clench (1944), Cosel (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Wagner
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” & Abbott (1990), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 818205, CY0222.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 0 to 2359 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 220 mm. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Synonyms: Buccinum olearium Linnaeus, 1758; Dolium tenue Menke, Depth Range: 0 to 27 m.
1830; Dolium zonatum Green, 1830; Dolium ampullaceum Philippi, 1846; Size: 320 mm.
Dolium crenulatum Philippi, 1846; Dolium tenebrosum Hanley, 1859; Synonyms: Buccinum striatum Gmelin, 1791; Cassis triquetra Rigacci,
Dolium maculatum Rigacci, 1866; Dolium antillarum Mörch, 1877; Dolium 1866; Cassis triangularis Coulon, 1936.
brasilianum Mörch, 1877; Dolium epidermatum De Gregorio, 1884; Cithna Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
olivacea A. E. Verrill, 1884; Dolium spirintrorsum De Gregorio, 1884; Dolium Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
tardinum De Gregorio, 1884; Dolium fasciatum De Gregorio, 1885; Dolium Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
rubroviolaceum De Gregorio, 1885; Dolium modjokasriense K. Martin, 1899; Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Dolium majus Pallary, 1900; Tonna abbotti Macsotay & Campos, 2001.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Genus Cypraeacassis Stutchbury, 1837
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Uruguay, 310. Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Venezuela. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Porter (1974), Wagner & Abbott

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(1990), Leal (1991), Gundersen (1998), CY0223. (1994), NMNH 784457, CY0227.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Depth Collected: 25 m. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 60 m. Depth Range: 5 to 82 m.
Size: 70 mm. Size: 55 mm.
Synonyms: Buccinum plicatum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Buccinum Synonyms: Sconsia grayi A. Adams, 1855; Cassidaria sublaevigata auct.
senegalicum Gmelin, 1791; Cassidea crumena Bruguière, 1792; Cassis non Guppy, 1866; Sconsia barbudensis Higgins & Marrat, 1877; Sconsia
mitellapolonica Röding, 1798; Cassis pileolus Röding, 1798; Cassis bicincta bocasensis Olsson, 1922; Sconsia gabbi Olsson, 1922.
C. Bayer, 1935; Cypraecassis mamillata Salmon, 1948; Cypraecassis
neglecta A. H. Verrill, 1949; Cypraecassis minima P. A. Bernard, 1984.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad 315. Sconsia striata (Lamarck, 1816)
& Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References: Bullis (1956), Odé (1982), NMNH 804081, CY0228.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Genus Dalium Dall, 1889 Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
311. Dalium solidum Dall, 1889 Depth Collected: 200 m.
References: Bayer (1971), Kreipl (1997), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Depth Range: 27 to 640 m.
NMNH 87093, CY0224. Size: 45 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: MOR.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Depth Collecetd: 400 m. Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.
Depth Range: 622 to 1784 m.
Size: 45 mm. Subfamily OOCORYTHINAE P. Fischer, 1885
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, GUA. Genus Oocorys Fischer, 1883
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela.

Genus Phalium Link, 1807 316. Oocorys clericus Quinn, 1980


References: Quinn (1980), NMNH 751953, CY0229.
312. Phalium coronadoi (Croose, 1867) Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Dall (1889), Bayer (1971), Kreipl (1998), CY0225. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Collected: 80 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Depth Range: 128 to 755 m.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Size: 92 mm.
Depth Range: 33 to 234 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 120 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, United States,
Venezuela. 317. Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883
References:  Turner (1948), Bayer (1971), Bouchet & Warén (1993),
NMNH 824114, CY0230.
313. Phalium granulata (Born, 1778)  Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
References:  Clench (1944), Princz (1978), Wagner & Abbott (1990),
Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 821426, CY0226. Coordenates: N09°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Collected: 150 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” Depth Range: 161 to 5073 m.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Size: 45 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 97 m. Synonyms: Benthodolium abyssorum Verrill & Smith, 1884; Oocorys
elongata Locard, 1897; Oocorys fischeri Locard, 1897; Oocorys minor
Size: 80 mm. Locard, 1897; Oocorys watsoni Locard, 1897; Oocorys indica E. A. Smith,
Synonyms: Cassis plicata Scopoli, 1786; Buccinum gibbum Gmelin, 1906; Oocorys umbilicata Quinn, 1980.
1791; Cassidea granulosa Bruguière, 1792 ; Cassis cepa Röding, 1798;
Local Distribution: MOR.
Cassis globulus Röding, 1798; Cassis malum Röding, 1798; Phalium inflata
(Shaw, 1811); Cassis abbreviata Lamarck, 1822; Cassis laevigata Menke, Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States, Venezuela.
1828; Cassis minuta Menke, 1829; Cassis tessellata Pfeiffer, 1840; Phalium
loxahatcheense Petuch, 1994.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Family BURSIDAE Thiéle, 1925
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Genus Bursa Röding, 1798
Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay,
United States, Venezuela. 318. Bursa corrugata (G. Perry, 1811)
References: Abbott (1974), Princz (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal
(1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 1086629, CY0231.
Genus Sconsia Gray, 1847
Collected: Taganga.
314. Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1887 Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
References:  Petuch (1987), Sunderland & Sunderland (1991), Rios Depth Collected: 70 m.

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Depth Range: 2 to 137 m. Familia PERSONIDAE Gray, 1854


Size: 70 mm. Genero Distorsio Röding, 1798
Synonyms: Ranella semigranosa Lamarck, 1816; Ranella tritonea Menke,
1829; Ranella ponderosa Reeve, 1844; Bursa jabik Fischer-Piette, 1942. 323. Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816)
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. References:  Clench & Turner (1957), Porter (1970), Altena (1975),
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Cosel (1986), NMNH 804079, CY0236.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
319. Bursa finlayi McGinty, 1962 Depth Collected: 25 m.
References: McGinty (1962), NMNH 877926, CY0232. Depth Range: 0 to 300 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Size: 45 mm.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Synonyms: Tritonium reticulare auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Distorsio
cancellina auct. non Lamarck, 1803 ; Triton ridens Reeve, 1844; Distorsio
Depth Collected: 40 m.
occidentalis Mörch, 1877; Distorsio robinsoni Petuch, 1987.
Depth Range: 30 to 250 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 60 mm.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Synonyms: Bursa benvegnuae Penna-Neme & Leme, 1978. Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname,
Local Distribution: MOR. United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States.
324. Distorsio macginty Emerson & Puffer, 1953
320. Bursa granularis cubaniana (d'Orbigny, 1842) References:  Bullis (1956), Clench & Turner (1957), Porter (1970),
Porter (1974), Rios et al. (1975), Kronenberg (1994), CY0237.
References:  Rios (1975), Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991), NMNH
771094, CY0233. Collected: Salgar.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth Range: 25 to 274 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 137 m. Size: 45 mm.
Size: 60 mm. Synonyms: Distorsio floridana Olsson & McGinty, 1951.
Synonyms: Tritonium jabick Röding, 1798; Ranella granifera Lamarck, Local Distribution: MAG.
1816; Ranella affinis Broderip, 1833; Ranella livida Reeve, 1844; Bursa Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
cumingiana Dunker, 1862; Bursa alfredensis Turton, 1932; Bursa kowiensis Guyana, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela.
Turton, 1932; Bursa intermedia Usticke, 1959; Bursa lineata Usticke, 1959.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Family RANELLIDAE Gray, 1854
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Genus Charonia Gistel, 1848.
321. Bursa spadicea (Montfort, 1810) 325. Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Díaz References: Clench & Turner (1957), NMNH 835580, CY0238.
& Puyana (1994), CY0234. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Range: 0.3 to 110 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 100 m. Size: 330 mm.
Size: 50 mm. Synonyms: Tritonia atlantica Bowdich, 1822; Tritonium sulcatum Risso,
Synonyms: Murex bufo Bruguière, 1792; Ranella granulata Lamarck, 1826; Triton nobilis Conrad, 1848; Tritonium seguenzae Aradas & Benoit,
1816; Ranella crassa (Dillwyn, 1817); Murex crassus Dillwyn, 1817; Bursa 1871; Triton commutatus Kobelt, 1876.
colombiana Weisbord, 1929. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United States,
Honduras, United States, Venezuela. Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

Genus Cymatium Röding, 1798


322. Bursa thomae (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References:  E. A. Smith (1890), Porter (1974), Leal (1991), García 326. Cymatium cingulatum (Lamarck, 1822)
(2000), NMNH 771093, CY0235.
References:  Andrews (1977), Cosel (1982), Odé (1982), Henning &
Collected: Taganga. Hemmen (1993), CY0239.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427” Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Depth Range: 0 to 250 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 40 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 382 m.
Synonyms: Gyrineum cruentatum auct. non Sowerby, 1841. Size: 60 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Synonyms: Buccinum caudatum Gmelin, 1791; Fusus cutaceus Lamarck,
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia Costa Rica, Cuba, 1816; Fusus voigtii Anton, 1838; Tritonium chemnitzii Gray, 1839; Triton
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. undosus Kiener, 1842; Ranularia rostrata Mörch, 1852; Triton poulsenii

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Mörch, 1877; Tritonium verbeeki Boettger, 1883; Purpura bantamensis K. Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium nodosum Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium obesum
Martin, 1899; Dolium losariense K. Martin, 1899; Cymatium floridanum Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium subnodosum Settepassi, 1970.
Mansfield, 1930; Cymatium krenkeli Cox, 1930; Cymatium peninsulum M. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Smith, 1937; Linatella neptunia Garrard, 1963; Neptunea szukouensis Hu
& Tao, 1991.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
Panama, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United States.
330. Cymatium krebsii (Mörch, 1877)
References:  Rehder & Abbott (1951), Bullis (1956), Porter (1970),
327. Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798) Odé (1982), NMNH 843307, CY0243.
References:  Clench & Turner (1957), Odé (1982), Beu (1998), Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 770826, CY0240. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Range: 2 to 146 m.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Size: 60 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 27 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Size: 55 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Synonyms: Tritonium nodulus Link, 1807; Ranularia tuberosum Rico, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
(Lamarck, 1822); Ranella gyrinata Risso, 1826; Triton crispus Reeve, 1844; Islands.
Triton antillarum d’Orbigny, 1847; Triton pyriformis Conrad, 1849; Litiopa
obesa C. B. Adams, 1850; Triton productus Gould, 1852; Murex ranula
Mörch, 1852; Triton albocingulatus Deshayes, 1863; Afrocanidea gemma 331. Cymatium aquatile (Reeve, 1844)
Connolly, 1929. Referentes: Beu (1985), Beu (1998), FLMNH 281153.
Local Distribution: TAY. Range: 33°N to 23°S; 94°W to 25°W
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Size: 95 mm.
Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Synonyms: Triton occidentalis Mörch, 1877; Cymatium cruzanum Usticke,
1959

328. Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding, 1798) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States, Venezuela.
References:  Clench & Turner (1957), Rosewater (1975), Andrews
(1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 770825, CY0241. 332. Cymatium caribbaeum Clench & Turner, 1857
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Clench & Turner (1957), Rice & Kornicker (1962), Altena
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” (1975), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 879409, CY0244.
Depth Collected: 33 m. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Depth Range: 0 to 36 m. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Size: 80 mm. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Synonyms: Triton chlorostomum Lamarck, 1822; Triton pulchellus C. B. Depth Range: 0 to 137 m.
Adams, 1850; Triton pumilio Mörch, 1877. Size: 80 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. Synonyms: Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816; Triton moritinctus
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Reeve, 1844; Cymatium sarcostoma auct. non Reeve, 1844.
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
329. Cymatium parthenopeum (Von Salis, 1793)
References:  Merrill & Petit (1965), Porter (1970), Odé (1982),
Carvalho Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994), 333. Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus, 1758)
NMNH 812838, CY0242. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Maury (1922), Clench & Turner
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. (1957), Mello & Perrier (1986), Leal (1991), Fernández Milera (1998),
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 818224, CY0245.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 150 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Triton olearius auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Triton costatum Depth Range: 0.6 to 150 m.
(Born, 1778); Monoplex australasiae G. Perry, 1811; Triton succinctus Size: 172 mm.
Lamarck, 1816; Murex costulatus Risso, 1826; Ranella pyramidata Synonyms: Lotorium lotor Montfort, 1810; Septa triangularis G. Perry,
Risso, 1826; Tritonium americanum (d’Orbigny, 1847); Triton americanus 1811.
d’Orbigny, 1847; Triton brasilianus Gould, 1849; Triton fossatus Gould, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1860; Triton abbreviatus Bellardi, 1873; Monoplex acclive (Hutton, 1873);
Triton acclivis Hutton, 1873; Triton corruformis De Gregorio, 1884; Triton Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
milonum De Gregorio, 1884; Triton peribrantum De Gregorio, 1884; Triton Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States,
antupum De Gregorio, 1885;Triton sbilpum De Gregorio, 1885; Triton Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
stimum De Gregorio, 1885; Triton turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890; Simpulum
evaricosum Pallary, 1900; Dissentoma prima Pilsbry, 1945; Cymatium
robustum Belletante, 1954; Cymatium echo Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961;
334. Cymatium labiosum (W. Wood, 1828)
Cymatium iwakawanum Shikama, 1964; Cymatium valentinei Olsson & References:  Mörch (1877), Dautzenberg (1900), Porter (1970), Leal
Petit, 1964; Cymatium curtum Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium elongatum (1991), NMNH 848639, CY0246.
Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium majus Settepassi, 1970; Cymatium minus Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.

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Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Ranella barcellosi Matthews, Rios & Coelho, 1973.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 0.2 to 91 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.
Size: 32 mm.
Synonyms: Tritonium rutilum Menke, 1843; Triton loroisi Petit, 1852; Superfamily VANIKOROIDEA Gray, 1840
Triton strangei A. Adams & Angas, 1864; Triton loebbeckei Lischke, 1870;
Aquillus orientale (Nevill & Nevill, 1874).
Family VANIKORIDAE Gray, 1840
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. Genus Macrophalina Cossman, 1886
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico; United States, Venezuela. 338. Macromphalina apexplanum Rolán & Rubio, 1998
References: Rolán & Rubio (1998).
Range: 17°N to 9°N,81°W to 61°W
335. Cymatium raderi D’Attilio & Myers, 1984
Depth Range: 10 to 25 m.
References: NMNH 846313, CY0247.
Size: 1.5 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 21 to 27 m.
Size: 240 mm. 339. Macromphalina diazmerlanoi Rolán & Rubio, 1998
Synonyms: Cymatium etcheversi Macsotay & Campos, 2001. References: Rolán & Rubio (1998).
Local Distribution: GUA. Range: 11°N,74°W
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, United States. Size: 4.9 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
336. Cymatium vespaceum (Lamarck, 1822)
References: Piech (1993), Beu (1998), García (2001), NMNH 822828, 340. Macromphalina palmalitoris Pilsbry & McGinty, 1950
CY0248.
References:  Porter (1974), Andrews (1977), Lyons (1989), Díaz et al.
Collected: Santa Veronica. (1990), Espinosa & Ortea (2003), NMNH 801201, CY0250.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Coordenates:N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Range: 4.5 to 4.5 m. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 35 mm. Depth Range: 11 to 161 m (live 11 to 55 m).
Synonyms: Tritonium elongatum (Reeve, 1844); Triton thersites auct. non
Reeve, 1844; Triton occidentalis Mörch, 1877; Eutritonium rembangense
Size: 2.9 mm.
Wanner & Hahn, 1935. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Puerto
Rico, United States.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, United States.
341. Macromphalina sp 1
Genus Ranella Lamarck, 1816 References: CY0251.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
337. Ranella olearius (Linnaeus, 1758) Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
References: Cosel (1983), Petuch (1986), CY0249. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Size: 3 mm.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 100 to 280 m.
Size: 180 mm. Genus Megalomphalus Brusina, 1871
Synonyms: Murex reticularis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Ranella
gigantea Lamarck, 1816; Ranella ranina auct. non Lamarck, 1816; Gyrina 342. Megalomphalus oxychone (Mörch, 1877)
maculata Schumacher, 1817; Murex boveus Risso, 1826; Triton parmensis References:  Mörch (1877), Porter (1974), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Rolán
Sismonda, 1842; Ranella bronni Michelotti, 1847; Ranella incerta & Rubio (1998).
Michelotti, 1847; Ranella miocenica Michelotti, 1847; Argobuccinum Range: 34.5°N to 23°S; 87°W to 38°W
pertuberculiferum Bellardi in Sacco, 1872; Ranella altavillensis De
Gregorio, 1884; Ranella bicanalata De Gregorio, 1884; Ranella Depth Range: 0 to 26 m.
borniana De Gregorio, 1884; Ranella frigida De Gregorio, 1884; Ranella Size: 4 mm.
mediterranea De Gregorio, 1884; Ranella meneghinii De Gregorio, 1884; Local Distribution: TAY.
Ranella parivaricata De Gregorio, 1884; Ranella isba De Gregorio, 1885; Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Puerto
Ranella atlantica Monterosato, 1890; Argobuccinum dilleri Anderson & Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Morton, 1914; Mayena multinodosa Bucknill, 1927; Ranella ostenfeldi
Iredale, 1937; Ranella budensis Noszky, 1940; Ranella rarinodosa Noszky,
1940; Ranella semilaevis Noszky, 1940; Ranella simplex Noszky, 1940; Family HIPPONICIDAE Troschel, 1861
Argobuccinum curvicauda Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum dilatatum Coen, Genus Hipponix Defrance, 1819
1941; Argobuccinum intusdentatum Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum magnificum
Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum nodosecarinatum Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum
oceanicum Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum tenue Coen, 1941; Argobuccinum
343. Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
duplonodosum Settepassi, 1970; Argobuccinum exile Settepassi, 1970; References:  E. A. Smith (1890), Dautzenberg (1900), Vokes & Vokes
Argobuccinum inflatum Settepassi, 1970; Argobuccinum nodosum (1983), Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991), NMNH 757665, CY0252.
Settepassi, 1970; Argobuccinum rarituberculatum Settepassi, 1970; Collected: Taganga.

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Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214” al. (1971), Princz (1982), Lyons (1989), Simone (2004), NMNH 804656,
Depth Collected: 70 m. CY0256.
Depth Range: 0 to 525 m. Collected: Vía parque Isla Salamanca.
Size: 17 mm. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Synonyms: Hipponyx panamensis C. B. Adams, 1852; Hipponyx effodiens Depth Collected: 20 m.
Carpenter, 1856; Hipponyx cranoides Carpenter, 1864; Hipponix fimbriatus Depth Range: 1.5 to 120 m.
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO. Synonyms: Erato laevis auct. non Donovan, 1804; Marginella albilabris
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Conrad, 1846; Hespererato martinicensis Schilder, 1933; Persicula dalli
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Lange de Morretes, 1940; Erato venezuelana Weisbord, 1962.
Venezuela. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
344. Hipponix subrufus (Lamarck, 1822) Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References:  Princz (1987), Leal (1991), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH
890213, CY0253.
Genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” 348. Pusula labiosa (Gaskoin, 1836)
Depth Collected: 40 m. References: Gaskoin (1836), Petuch (1987), Fehse & Grego (2005).
Depth Range: 0 to 780 m. Range: 12°N, 72°W
Size: 15 mm. Depth Rage: 100 to 100 m.
Synonyms: Hipponyx cernuus auct. non Gmelin, 1791. Size: 13.3 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Genus Trivia Broderip, 1837
345. Hipponix sp 1 349. Trivia antillarum Schilder, 1922
References: CY0254.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Ekdale (1974), Princz (1982),
Collected: Bahía Portete. Díaz & Puyana (1994), García (1999), CY0257.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Size: 11 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 9 to 525 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 6 mm.
Synonyms: Cypraea triticea Blainville, 1826; Cypraea subrostrata Gray,
Superfamily VELUTINOIDEA Gray, 1840 1827; Cypraea pulla Gaskoin, 1846; Trivia antillarum Schilder, 1922; Trivia
Family VELUTINIDAE Gray, 1840 occidentalis Schilder, 1922.
Genus Lamellaria Montagu, 1815 Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
346. Lamellaria perspicua (Linnaeus, 1758) Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References:  Bergh (1853), Nicklès (1950), White (1952), Marcus
(1958), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Simone (2004), CY0255.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 350. Trivia quadripunctata (Gray, 1827)
Coordenates:N11°19,531”; W74°09,142” References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Rice &
Kornicker (1962), Waller (1973), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 863303,
Depth Collected: 25 m. CY0258.
Depth Range: 0 to 326 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Size: 12 mm. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,085”
Synonyms: Helix haliotidea auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Sigaretus Depth Collected: 30 m.
stomatella auct. non Risso, 1826; Sigaretus kindelaninus Michaud,
1828; Vitrina ampullacea Cristofori & Jan, 1832; Sigaretus morelli delle Depth Range: 0 to 51 m.
Chiaje, 1841; Sigaretus antarcticus Couthouy, 1852; Sigaretus praetenuis Size: 12 mm.
Gould, 1852; Marsenia producta Gray, 1852; Lamellaria spirolineata Synonyms: Cypraea rosea Blainville, 1826; Cypraea immaculata Gray,
Monterosato, 1869; Sigaretus rangii Mörch, 1877; Lamellaria obliqua 1827; Cypraea quadripunctata Gray, 1827; Cypraea rotunda Kiener, 1844.
Monterosato, 1878; Lamellaria rugosa Monterosato, 1878; Lamellaria
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO.
tenuis Monterosato, 1878; Lamellaria hyadesi Mabille & Rochebrune,
1889; Lamellaria incerta Bergh, 1898; Lamellaria maculosa Bergh, 1898; Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Lamellaria marginata Bergh, 1898; Lamellaria cochinella L. Perry, 1940. Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
United States. 351. Trivia nix Schilder, 1922
References:  Usticke (1959), Porter (1974), Britton (1975), Princz
Family TRIVIIDAE Troschel, 1863 (1982), Díaz et al. (1990), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 863293,
Genus Erato Risso, 1826 CY0259.
Collected: Bahía Concha,Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
347. Erato maugeriae Gray, 1832 Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Parker & Curray (1956), Lyons et Depth Collected: 35 m.

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Depth Range: 5 to 116 m. Synonyms: Thylacodes intermedius Mörch, 1862; Thylacodes laevigatus
Size: 10 mm. Mörch, 1862; Thylacodes tenuis Mörch, 1862.
Synonyms: Cypraea nivea Sowerby I, 1832M; Niveria aquatanica Cate, Local Distribution: TAY .
1979; Pseudotrivia dumaliensis Cate, 1979. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands.
Genus Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
356. Dendropoma corrodens (d'Orbigny, 1841)
352. Trivia pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758)  References: d’Orbigny (1841), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0264.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Porter (1974), Hopkins et al. (1977), Collected: Taganga.
Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991), NMNH 807468, CY0260. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427”
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Size: 10 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 129 m. Synonyms: Spiroglyphus annulatus auct. non Daudin, 1800; Spiroglyphus
Size: 13 mm. dentifer Mörch, 1862; Spiroglyphus glomeratus Mörch, 1862; Spiroglyphus
Synonyms: Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798; Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, trochicola Mörch, 1862.
1817; Trivia suffusa auct. non Gray, 1832; Cypraea pullata Sowerby II, Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
1870; Trivia permagna C. W. Johnson, 1910; Cypraea restituta Sullioti, Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama, United States.
1922; Trivia gamma Mestayer, 1927; Trivia incerta Tucker & Wilson, 1932.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa 357. Dendropoma irregularis (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Princz (1982), Vokes & Vokes
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. (1983), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0265.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
353. Trivia suffusa (Gray, 1827) Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References:  Andrews (1977), Princz (1982), Leal (1991), Fehse & Depth Collected: 10 m.
Grego (2005), NMNH 822784, CY0261. Depth Range: 0 to 7 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 30 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Synonyms: Spiroglyphus nebulosus auct. non Dillwyn, 1817.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 525 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 8 mm.
Synonyms: Cypraea armandina Kiener, 1844; Pusula jamaicensis Schilder,
1932; Trivia floridana Olsson & Harbison, 1953. 358. Dendropoma annulatus (Daudin, 1800)
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. References: Keen (1961), Abbott (1974), CY0266.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
354. Trivia sp 1 Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
References: CY0262. Size: 5 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Global Distribution: Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, United States.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Genus Petaloconchus H.C. Lea, 1843
Global Distribution: Colombia. 359. Petaloconchus cf erectus (Dall, 1888)
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz et al. (1990), Díaz & Puyana
Superfamily VERMETOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2003), NMNH 775271, CY0267.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Family VERMETIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Genus Serpulorbis Sassi, 1828 Depth Collected: 20 m.
355. Serpulorbis decussatus (Gmelin, 1791) Depth Range: 2 to 1400 m.
References:  Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Parker & Curray (1956), Reed Size: 38 mm.
& Mikkelsen (1987), Díaz et al. (1990), Simone (2001), NMNH 775710, Local Distribution: TAY.
CY0263. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. 360. Petaloconchus varians (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m. References:  Princz (1981), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 843149,
Size: 70 mm. CY0268.

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Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.


Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. Depth Collected: 90 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 1400 m. Depth Range: 139 to 823 m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 100 mm.
Synonyms: Vermetus badius Mörch, 1862; Vermetus candidissimus Local Distribution: DAR, MOR.
Mörch, 1862; Vermetus carpenteri Mörch, 1862; Vermetus costatus Mörch, Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States, Venezuela.
1862; Vermetus gordialis Mörch, 1862; Vermetus monile Mörch, 1862;
Vermetus occlusus Mörch, 1862; Vermetus perlatus Mörch, 1862; Vermetus
personatus Mörch, 1862; Vermetus proboscis Mörch, 1862; Vermetus retifer Superfamily EPITONIOIDEA Berry, 1910
Mörch, 1862; Vermetus electrinus Mörch, 1877.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Family EPITONIIDAE Berry, 1910
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Genus Amaea H. & A. Adams, 1853
States, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela.
365. Amaea mitchelli (Dall, 1889)
References: Dall (1896), Bayer (1971), Altena (1975), Andrews (1977),
361. Petaloconchus sp 1 Princz (1982), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH
References: CY0269. 804078, CY0273.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°03,157” Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 15 m. Depth Collected: 45 m.
Size: 9 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 40 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Suriname United
Superfamily XENOPHOROIDEA Troschel, 1852 States, Venezuela.

Family XENOPHOROIDAE Troschel, 1852


Genus Xenophora Q. Fischer, 1807 366. Amaea retifera (Dall, 1889)
References:  Dall (1889), Clench & Turner (1950), Rice & Kornicker
362. Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780) (1965), Princz (1982), Sunderland (1989), Espinosa & Garces (1990),
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Odé (1982), Ponder (1983), Leal (1991), NMNH 848655, CY0274.
Fernández Milera (1998), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 771153, CY0270. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Range: 15 to 219 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 635 m. Size: 22 mm.
Size: 70 mm. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Synonyms: Turbo trochiformis auct. non Born, 1778; Trochus onustus Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Lightfoot, 1786; Astraea corallophora Röding, 1798; Astraea lapidifera Suriname, United States, Venezuela.
Röding, 1798; Trochus lithophorus Blumenbach, 1803; Phorus agglutinans
auct. non Lamarck, 1804; Xenophora laevigata G. Fischer, 1807; Xenophora
mecandrina G. Fischer, 1807; Xenophora tricostata G. Fischer, 1807; Genus Cirsotrema Mörch, 1852
Xenophora vulcanica G. Fischer, 1807; Phorus corrugatus auct. non Reeve,
1842; Phorus onustus Reeve, 1842; Xenophora robusta A. E. Verrill, 1870. 367. Cirsotrema dalli Rehder, 1945
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. References: Clench & Turner (1950), NMNH 834680, CY0275.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 227 m.
363. Xenophora caribaea Petit, 1857 Size: 28 mm.
References:  Bullis (1956), Rios et al. (1975), Ponder (1983), Simone Synonyms: Scala cochlea auct. non Sowerby, 1844; Epitonium cochlea
(2005), NMNH 894121, CY0271. auct. non Sowerby, 1844; Scalaria joubini deBoury, 1911; Cirsotrema
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. arcella Rehder, 1945.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 80 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama,
Depth Range: 20 to 640 m. Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Size: 65 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA. Genus Depressiscala Boury, 1909
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. 368. Depressiscala nautlae (Mörch, 1875)
References: Espinosa & Fernández Garcés (1990), Sunderland (1989).
364. Xenophora longleyi Bartsch, 1931 Range: 35.34°N to 21°S;94°W to 39°W
References:  Aguayo & Jaume (1947), Bullis (1956), Porter (1974), Depth Range: 6 to 121 m.
Princz (1982), Rios (1994), CY0272. Size: 22 mm.

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Synonyms: Scalaria teres Bush, 1885; Scala scipio Dall, 1889. Local Distribution: DAR, TAY.


Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico,
United States. Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

369. Depressiscala nitidella (Dall, 1889) 374. Epitonium novangliae (Couthiouy, 1838)
References:  Dall (1889), Porter (1974), Espinosa & Garces (1990), References: Gundersen (1998), NMNH 801202, CY0280.
Leal (1991), CY0276. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Range: 0 to 457 m.
Depth Range: 12 to 165 m. Size: 18 mm.
Size: 15 mm. Synonyms: Scalaria uncinaticosta d’Orbigny, 1842; Scala aeospila Mörch,
Local Distribution: GUA. 1875; Scala bahamensis Dall, 1889; Scala muscapedia Dall, 1889; Epitonium
duplinianum Olsson, 1916.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
United States, Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad &
Genus Epitonium Röding, 1798 Tobago, United States.

370. Epitonium babylonia (Dall, 1889)


References:  Dall (1889), Clench & Turner (1952), Díaz & Puyana 375. Epitonium echinaticosta (d’Orbigny, 1842)
(1994), CY0277. References: Clench & Turner (1951), Abbott (1958), Rice & Kornicker
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. (1965), Porter (1974), NMNH 840095, CY0281.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Range: 152 to 1337 m. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Size: 32 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 366 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. Size: 10 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States. Synonyms: Scala blandii Mörch, 1875; Scala soluta Mörch, 1875; Scala
volubilis Mörch, 1875; Scala dunkeriana Dall, 1889; Scala electa Verrill
& Bush, 1900; Scalaria inconstans de Boury, 1913; Epitonium vetulum
371. Epitonium matthewasae Clench & Turner, 1952 Woodring, 1928.
References: Clench & Turner (1953), Lyons (1989), CY0278. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 11 to 219 m.
Size: 14 mm. 376. Epitonium albidum d'Orbigny, 1842
Local Distribution: GUA. References:  Porter (1974), Andrews (1977), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Venezuela. Sunderland (1989), Espinosa & Garces (1990), NMNH 878277, CY0282.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
372. Epitonium candeanum (d’Orbigny, 1842) Depth Collected: 70 m.
References:  Porter (1974), Mello & Perrier (1986), Lyons (1989), Depth Range: 0 to 366 m.
Sunderland (1989), NMNH 878276.
Size: 20 mm.
Range: 35°N to 35°S,90.5°W to 34.9°W
Synonyms: Scalaria fragilis auct. non Hanley, 1840; Scalaria albida
Depth Range: 0 to 805 m. d’Orbigny, 1842; Scalaria ligata C. B. Adams, 1850; Scala gradatella
Size: 22 mm. Mörch, 1875; Scala quindecimcostata Mörch, 1875; Scala undecimcostata
Synonyms: Scalaria turricula Sowerby II, 1844; Scalaria turrita Nyst, Mörch, 1875.
1871; Scalaria antillarum de Boury, 1909; Epitonium marcoense Dall, 1927. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Panama, Puerto Rico,
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Suriname, Uruguay, United States, Virgin Islands.

377. Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1831)


373. Epitonium denticulatum (Sowerby II, 1844) References:  Melvill (1881), Porter (1974), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Mello
References: Sowerby II (1844), Clench & Turner (1952), Princz (1977), & Perrier (1986), CY0283.
Princz (1982), CY0279. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Range: 0 to 219 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 1472 m. Size: 20 mm.
Size: 14 mm. Synonyms: Scalaria turbinata Conrad, 1837; Epitonium barbarinum
Synonyms: Scala centiquadra Mörch, 1875. Dall, 1919; Epitonium arnaldoi Tursch & Pierret, 1964.

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Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Range: 30°N to 11°N, 97°W to 75°W


Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Depth Range: 0 to 7 m.
Rico, United States. Size: 10 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, United States.
378. Epitonium foliaceicosta (d'Orbigny, 1842)
References: Clench & Turner (1951), Rios (1975), Sunderland (1989), 383. Epitonium unifasciatum (Sowerby II, 1844)
CY0284.
References:  Clench & Turner (1951), Princz (1982), Sunderland
Collected: Taganga. (1989), CY0287.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214” Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Range: 0 to 219 m. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 9 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 9 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 12 mm.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay,
379. Epitonium krebsii (Mörch, 1875) United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References:  Houbrick (1968), Porter (1974), Princz (1982), NMNH
878275, CY0285.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 384. Epitonium xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” References: García (2003).
Depth Collected: 35 m. Range: 26.5°N to 13°S;97.2°W to 38.5°W
Depth Range: 0 to 294 m. Depth Range: 0 to 25 m.
Size: 11 mm. Size: 23 mm.
Synonyms: Scala swiftii Mörch, 1875; Scalaria bulbulus Mörch, 1876; Synonyms: Epitonium turnerae Altena, 1971.
Scala contorquata Dall, 1889. Global Distribution: Colombia, Suriname, United States.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, 385. Epitonium sp 1
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. References: CY0288.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
380. Epitonium lamellosum (Lamarck, 1822) Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
References:  Porter (1974), Leal (1991), Fernández Milera (1998),
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 878278, CY0286. Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribuction: GUA.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 60 m. Genus Opalia H. & A. Adams, 1853
Size: 22 mm.
Synonyms: Turbo clathrus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Scalaria monocycla 386. Opalia burryi Clench & Turner, 1950
auct. non Lamarck, 1804; Scalaria pseudoscalaris auct. non Brocchi, References:  Clench & Turner (1950), Usticke (1959), Porter (1974),
1814; Scala coronata auct. non Lamarck, 1816; Scalaria perplexa Pease Díaz, Escobar & Velásquez (1990), NMNH 801205, CY0289.
in Deshayes, 1863; Scalaria filaris Mörch, 1875; Scalaria commutata Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Monterosato, 1877; Epitonium basica Dall, 1917; Epitonium zephyrium
Dall, 1917; Epitonium pyramis Tinker, 1952. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO. Global Depth Collected: 30 m.
Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Depth Range: 30 to 168 m.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Size: 17 mm.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Virgin Islands.
381. Epitonium rupicola (Kurtz, 1860)
References: García-Cubas (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994). 387. Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Range: 41°N to 11°N,97.7°W to 72.5°W References:  Clench & Turner (1950), Robinson & Montoya (1987),
Depth Range: 0 to 65 m. Sunderland (1989), Fernández Milera (1998), CY0290.
Size: 25 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Scalaria lineata Say, 1822; Scalaria unicostata Sowerby II, Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
1873; Scalaria fischeriana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876; Epitonium reynoldsi Depth Collected: 45 m.
Sowerby III, 1916; Scalaria sublineata de Boury, 1918.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 82 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Size: 15 mm.
Synonyms: Turbo crenatus Linnaeus, 1758; Scalaria crenulata Kiener,
382. Epitonium sericifila (Dall, 1889) 1838.
References: Dall (1889), Turner (1959), Andrews (1977), Díaz & Local Distribution: TAY.
Puyana (1994). Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa

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Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Tobago, United States, Virgin Islands. Size: 16 mm.
Synonyms: Janthina globosa auct. non Swainson, 1822; Janthina
388. Opalia eolis Clench & Turner, 1950 incisa Philippi, 1848; Ianthina bifida Reeve, 1858; Janthina capreolata
Montrouzier, 1860; Janthina striata Montrouzier, 1860; Ianthina nitida A.
References:  Clench & Turner (1950), Clench & Turner (1953), Adams, 1861; Janthina vinsoni Deshayes, 1863.
Sunderland (1989), Redfern (2001), CY0291.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Range: 26.7°N to 13.2°N;81.8°W to 59.6°W.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, United
Depth Range: 60 to 238 m. States.
Size: 13 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia. 393. Janthina globosa Swainson, 1822
References: E. A. Smith (1890), Princz (1982), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 822268, CY0296.
389. Opalia pumilo (Mörch, 1875) Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Mörch (1875), CY0292. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 5 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Range: 0 to 13 m.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Size: 22 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Synonyms: Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822; Ianthina nitens Menke,
Size: 16 mm. 1828; Ianthina elongata Maravigna, 1838; Janthina rosea Anton, 1838;
Synonyms: Scala hellenica auct. non Forbes, 1843; Scala subvaricosa Janthina pallida auct. non Thompson, 1840; Ianthina nana Gray, 1842;
Mörch, 1875; Nodiscala dunkeri de Boury, 1889; Scala nodosocarinata Ianthina decollata Carpenter, 1857; Ianthina iricolor Reeve, 1858; Janthina
Dall, 1889; Nodiscala semivaricosa de Boury, 1889; Scala barbadensis atlantica Mörch, 1860; Janthina minor Monterosato, 1878; Ianthina
Boury, 1913; Epitonium linteatum Schwengel, 1943. splendens Monterosato, 1884; Janthina payraudeaui Locard, 1900.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

390. Opalia sp 1 394. Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)


References: CY0293. References: Abbott, (1974), NMNH 877144, CY0297.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Collected: 4 m.
Size: 15 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 32 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Synonyms: Janthina violacea Röding, 1798; Janthina fragilis Lamarck,
1801; Janthina communis Lamarck, 1822; Janthina penicephala Péron,
1825; Ianthina bicolor Menke, 1828; Janthina alba Anton, 1838; Janthina
Genus Sthenorhytis Conrad, 1862 rotundata Dillwyn, 1840; Janthina vulgaris Gray, 1847; Ianthina planispirata
Adams & Reeve, 1850; Ianthina brittanica Forbes & Hanley, 1852; Ianthina
391. Sthenorhytis pernobilis (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) contorta Carpenter, 1857; Ianthina striulata Carpenter, 1857; Ianthina
References:  Dall (1889), Bartsch (1940), Clench & Turner (1950), affinis Reeve, 1858; Ianthina africana Reeve, 1858; Ianthina balteata Reeve,
Wagner & Abbott (1990), CY0294. 1858; Ianthina caeruleata Reeve, 1858; Ianthina casta Reeve, 1858; Ianthina
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. depressa Reeve, 1858; Ianthina fibula Reeve, 1858; Ianthina grandis Reeve,
1858; Ianthina involuta Reeve, 1858; Ianthina roseola Reeve, 1858; Ianthina
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” smithiae Reeve, 1858; Ianthina trochoidea Reeve, 1858; Janthina carpenteri
Depth Collected: 50 m. Mörch, 1860; Janthina costae Mörch, 1860; Janthina orbignyi Mörch, 1860;
Depth Range: 91 to 1472 m. Janthina spiraelata Mörch, 1860; Janthina conica Monterosato, 1878;
Size: 47 mm. Janthina major Monterosato, 1878; Janthina minor Monterosato, 1878;
Ianthina nicobarica Laursen, 1953.
Synonyms: Scala belaurita Dall, 1889; Sthenorytis cubana Bartsch, 1940;
Sthenorytis epae Bartsch, 1940; Sthenorytis hendersoni Bartsch, 1940. Local Distribution: GUA, ARCO.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, United
States.
Family EULIMIDAE Philippi, 1853
Family JANTHINIDAE Lamarck, 1822 Genus Costaclis Bartsch, 1947
Genus Janthina leach, 1823
395. Costaclis egregia (Dall, 1889)
392. Janthina exigua Lamarck, 1816 References: Dall (1889), Abbott (1974), Absalao, Caetano & Pimenta
References:  Melvill (1881), Smith (1890), Laursen (1953), Marcus (2003).
(1958), NMNH 822925, CY0295. Range: 30.98°N to 14.81°S; 79.64°W to 38.92°W
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Range: 250 to 1436 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362 ” Size: 13 mm.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

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Genus Curveulima Laseron, 1955 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
396. Curveulima sp 1 Depth Collected: 30 m.
References: CY0298. Depth Range: 0 to 538 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 7 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Synonyms: Odostomia alba Calkins, 1878; Melanella bartschi Gardner
Depth Collected: 0.5 m. & Aldrich, 1919; Melanella nisoformis Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Size: 4 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto
Global Distribution: Colombia. Rico, United States, Uruguay, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Venezuela.

Genus Eulima Risso, 1828 402. Melanella cf hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
References:  Verrill & Bush (1900), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Odé
397. Eulima amblytera (Verrill & Bush, 1900) (1989), Leal (1991), Fernández Milera (1998), CY0302.
References: Verrill & Bush (1900). Collected: Salgar.
Range: 32.3°N to 12°N; 82°W to 64.8°W Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Size: 5.5 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Depth Range: 15 to 525 m.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Size: 5 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
398. Eulima auricincta Abbott, 1958 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
United States.
References: Houbrick (1968), Castellanos (1981), Castellanos (1982),
Odé (1989), Leal (1991), NMNH 878263, CY0299.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 403. Melanella cf conica (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” References: C. B. Adams (1850), Lyons (1977), CY0303.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Size: 5 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Synonyms: Eulima acuta auct. non Sowerby, 1834; Strombiformis Depth Range: 6 to 30 m.
auricinctus Abbott, 1958.
Size: 3 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United States, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica.

399. Eulima bifasciata d'Orbigny, 1841 404. Melanella gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Altena (1975), Rios (1975), Odé References: C. B. Adams (1850), Usticke (1959), Díaz et al. (1990).
(1989), Gundersen (1998), CY0300. Range: 35°N to 11.3°N; 89°W to 64.9°W
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 6.1 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United States.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 84 m.
405. Melanella cf jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Size: 9 mm.
References:  Abbott (1958), Wass (1972), Rios (1975), Princz (1983),
Synonyms: Eulima bilineata auct. non Alder, 1848. Odé (1989), Díaz et al. (1990), NMNH 848704, CY0304.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 366 m.
400. Eulima subcarinata (d’Orbigny, 1841) Size: 13 mm.
References:  Lyons (1978), Castellanos (1981), Castellanos (1982),
Synonyms: Eulima intermedia auct. non Cantraine, 1835; Eulima
Odé (1989).
conoidea auct. non Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851.
Range: 35°N to 41.77°S;97°W to 43°W Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 192 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Size: 5.4 mm. Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: Eulima carolii auct. non Dall, 1889.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United
States. Genus Nanobalcis Warén & Mifsud, 1990
406. Nanobalcis worsfoldi Warén, 1990
Genus Melanella Bowdich, 1822 References: Warén & Mifsud (1990), NMNH 860520, CY0305.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
401. Melanella cf conoidea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953), Houbrick (1968), Lyons Depth Collected: 30 m.
(1989), Odé (1989), NMNH 848709, CY0301. Depth Range: 0 to 73 m.

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Size: 2.5 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”


Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Aruba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dept Range: 0 to 40 m.
United States.
Size: 5 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
407. Nanobalcis sp 1 Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands.
References: CY0306.
Collected: Bahía Portete. 412. Vitreobalcis sp 1
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References: CY0311.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 5 mm. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Size: 6 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Genus Niso Risso, 1826 Global Distribution: Colombia.
408. Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
References: Bush (1885), Dautzenberg (1900), Porter (1974), Mello & Genus Vitreolina Monterosato, 1884
Perrier (1986), Campbell (1993), NMNH 855037, CY0307.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
413. Vitreolina arcuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Parker & Curray (1956), Rios et al.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” (1975), Warén (1983), Mello & Perrier (1986), NMNH 878264, CY0312.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Depth Range: 0 to 260 m. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Size: 15 mm. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Synonyms: Niso interrupta auct. non Sowerby, 1834; Niso lineata auct. Depth Range: 0 to 166 m.
non Conrad, 1841; Niso gunteri Mansfield, 1930; Niso dalli Gardner, 1948.
Size: 4.5 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Synonyms: Eulima curva Monterosato, 1874.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Suriname, United
States. Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, United States.
Genus Oceanida Folin, 1870
409. Oceanida graduata Folin, 1870 Family ACLIDIDAE G.O. Sars, 1878
References:  Folin (1870), Folin (1875), Lyons (1978), Gofas et al. Genus Graphis Jeffreys, 1867
(1985), Jong & Coomans (1988), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0308.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. 414. Graphis underwoodae Bartsch, 1947
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” References: Bartsch (1947), Andrews (1977), Odé (1987), Rios (1994),
van der Linden & Moolenbeek (2004).
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 122 m. Range: 32.32°N to 8°S;97°W to 35°W
Size: 5 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 305 m.
Synonyms: Spiroclimax scalaris Mörch, 1875; Athleenia burryi Bartsch, Size: 3.2 mm.
1946. Synonyms: Graphis rotundata Usticke, 1969.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United
States. States.

Genus Sabinella Monterosato, 1890 Family TRIPHORIDAE Gray, 1847


Genus Metaxia Monterosato, 1884
410. Sabinella sp 1
References: CY0309. 415. Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: C. B. Adams (1850), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Houbrick
(1968), Odé (1989).
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N;95°W to 64.8°W
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Size: 5 mm.
Size: 6.1 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Synonyms: Cerithiopsis bermudensis Verrill & Bush, 1900.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, United States.
Genus Vitreobalcis Warén, 1980
Genus Triphora Blainville, 1828
411. Vitreobalcis nutans (Muhlfeld, 1824)
References: Mühlfeld (1824), Mörch (1875), CY0310. 416. Triphora decorata (C. B. Adams, 1850) 
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Porter (1974), Princz (1982),

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Ortiz-Corps (1985), Díaz et al. (1990), Faber & Moolenbeek (1991), Leal Depth Collected: 40 m.
(1991), NMNH 807255, CY0313. Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 10 mm.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,
Depth Range: 0 to 104 m. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. 422. Triphora turristhomae (Holten, 1802)
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, References: Dautzenberg (1900), Parker & Curray (1956), Hopkins et
Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. al. (1977), Mello & Perrier (1986), Odé (1989) Díaz et al. (1990), NMNH
807276, CY0318.
417. Triphora intermedia (C. B. Adams, 1850) Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Dall & Simpson (1901), Parker & Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Curray (1956), Abbott (1958), CY0314. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Size: 6 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Synonyms: Cerithium mirabile C. B. Adams, 1850.
Depth Range: 0 to 102 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Size: 6 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
Synonyms: Triphora pulchella auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850. Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto 423. Triphora sp 1
Rico, United States, Venezuela. References: CY0319.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
418. Triphora modesta (C. B. Adams, 1850) Coordenates: N12°12,524”; W71°57,437”
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Rolán & Depth Collected: 20 m.
Fernández-Garcés (1995), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0315. Size: 6 mm.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 20 m. Genus Marshallora Bouchet, 1985
Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. 424. Marshallora nigrocincta (C. B. Adams, 1839)
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, References:  Kurtz (1860), Wass (1972), Porter (1974), Bouchet
(1985), Cosel (1986), Mello & Perrier (1986), Leal (1991), CY0320.
United States.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
419. Triphora exigua (C. B. Adams, 1850) Depth Collected: 53 m.
References: C. B. Adams (1850). Depth Range: 0 to 70 m.
Range: 18°N to 12°N;77°W to 69°W Size: 6 mm.
Size: 3.7 mm. Synonyms: Triphora perversa auct. non Linnaeus, 1758.
Local Distribution: GUA. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
420. Triphora melanura (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References:  Parker & Curray (1956), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Princz Family CERITHIOPSIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
(1982), García-Cubas (1982), Bouchet (1985), NMNH 848772, CY0316.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Genus Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1849
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” 425. Cerithiopsis flava (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Depth Collected: 35 m. References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Parker & Curray (1956), Usticke
Depth Range: 0.6 to 91 m. (1959), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), Odé (1989), CY0321.
Size: 4 mm. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Triforis grimaldii Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Depth Range: 11 to 101 m.
Mexico, Puerto Rico,United States, Venezuela. Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
421. Triphora ornata (Deshayes, 1832) Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States, Virgin Islands.
References:  Houbrick (1968), Porter (1974), Princz (1982), Odé
(1989), Leal (1991), NMNH 879581, CY0317. 426. Cerithiopsis bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845) 
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Cooley (1978), Lyons (1989), Rolán & Espinosa (1992),
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” NMNH 195214, CY0322.

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Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142 ” Size: 4 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Synonyms: Cerithiopsis bermudensis Verrill & Bush, 1900.
Depth Range: 0 to 65 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 13 mm. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Synonyms: Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808; Cerithiopsis Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, United States.
emersoni auct. non C. B. Adams, 1839; Cerithium bicostatum Emmons,
1858; Cerithiopsis persubulata Gardner, 1948;Cerithiopsis binoda Usticke,
1969.
432. Cerithiopsis sp 1
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. References: CY0326 .
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, United States. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 10 m.
427. Cerithiopsis cf latum C. B. Adams, 1850 Size: 4 mm.
References: Parker & Curray (1956), Houbrick (1968), Ekdale (1974), Local Distribution: GUA.
Porter (1974), Princz (1982), Lyons (1989), Odé (1989), CY0323.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 70 m. Genus Seila A. Adams, 1861
Depth Range: 0 to 44 m.
433. Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845)
Size: 2 mm.
References: Abbott (1974).
Synonyms: Cerithiopsis vicola Dall & Bartsch, 1911.
Range: 41.6°N to 35°S;97.35°W to 34.9°W
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela. Size: 13 mm.
Synonyms: Cerithium terebrale C. B. Adams, 1840; Bittium terebralis (C.
B. Adams, 1840); Cerithium clavulus H. C. Lea, 1843; Cerithium terebellum
428. Cerithiopsis emersonii (C. B. Adams, 1839) C. B. Adams, 1847; Cerithium annulatum Emmons, 1858.
References: C. B. Adams (1839), Porter (1974), CY0324. Global Distribution: Brazil Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay,Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058 ”
Depth Collected: 30 m. Superfamily BUCCINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Depth Range: 0 to 70 m.
Size: 6 mm. Family BUCCINIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Synonyms: Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808. Genus Antillophos Wodring, 1928
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
434. Antillophos bayeri Petuch, 1987
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, United States.
References: Petuch (1987), NMNH 859854, CY0327.
Collected: Cabo de la vela.
429. Cerithiopsis fusiformis (C. B. Adams, 1850) Coordenates:N12°13,427”; W72°12,362 ”
References: Porter (1974), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Lyons (1989), Depth Collected: 35 m.
Odé (1989), Espinosa & Ortea (2001).
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m.
Range: 33.8°N to 9.75°N; 97°W to 69°W
Size: 25 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 165 m.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 3.3 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Synonyms: Cerithiopsis brassica Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
United States. 435. Antillophos candei (d'Orbigny, 1842)
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Porter (1974), García-Cubas
(1982), Petit & Harasewych (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
430. Cerithiopsis greenii (C. B. Adams, 1839) 804100, CY0328.
References:  C. B. Adams (1839), Kurtz (1860), Pilsbry & Aguayo Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
(1933), Bousfield (1964), Houbrick (1968), García-Cubas (1971), Porter
(1974), Díaz et al. (1990). Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Range: 46°N to 35°S;97.4°W to 34.9°W Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m. Depth Range: 2 to 183 m.
Size: 4.6 mm. Size: 20 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Synonyms: Phos antillarum Petit, 1853; Phos oxyglyptus Dall &
Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Virgin Islands, Venezuela. Simpson, 1901 ;Tritiaria virginiae Schwengel, 1942.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
431. Cerithiopsis rugolosum C. B. Adams, 1850
References: C. B. Adams (1850), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Houbrick
(1968), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Odé (1989), CY0325. 436. Antillophos chazaliei (Dautzenberg, 1900)
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Dautzenberg (1900), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Range: 11.3°N to 11°N;74.5°W to 63.1°W
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Range: 23 to 80 m.

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Size: 13 mm. Range: 28.58°N to 7.65°N; 97.2°W to 54.13°W


Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 420 to 896 m (live 420 to 896 m).
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Size: 85.4 mm.
Synonyms: Plicifusus jamarci Okutani, 1982.
437. Antillophos elegans (Guppy, 1866) Local Distribution: CAO.
References: Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994). CY0329. Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Genus Colubraria Schumacher, 1817
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 25 to 60 m. 443. Colubraria testacea (Mörch, 1854)
Size: 17 mm. References: Radwin (1969); Waller (1973); Fittkau & Parth (1993).
Local Distribution: TAY. Range: 34°N to 20.53°S; 94°W to 15°W
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Depth Range: 2.5 to 780 m (live 2.5 to 52 m).
Size: 49 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO, SAN.
438. Antillophos sp 1
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, United
References: CY0330. States.
Collected: Cabo de la vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 35 m. 444. Colubraria lanceolata (Menke, 1828)
References:  Mörch (1877), Dautzenberg (1900), Houbrick (1968),
Size: 15 mm. Porter (1974), NMNH 771668, CY0333.
Local Distribution: GUA. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
439. Antillophos sp 2 Depth Range: 0 to 178 m (live 0.3 to 18 m).
References: CY0331. Size: 22 mm.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Synonyms: Colubraria aclinica Tucker & Wilson, 1933; Colubraria leona
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Mansfield, 193.
Depth Collected: 80 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 32 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica,
Local Distribution: TAY. Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, United States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
445. Colubraria obscura (Reeve, 1844)
Genus Bailya Smith, 1944 References: Warmke & Abbott (1961), NMNH 771657, CY0334.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
440. Bailya intricata (Dall, 1884) Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Depth Collected: 30 m.
Hopkins et al. (1977), NMNH 889837, CY0332.
Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 33 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
446. Colubraria bayeri Petuch,1987
References: NMNH 859853, Petuch, 1987, CY0335.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States. Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
441. Bailya parva (C. B. Adams, 1850) Depth Range: 35 to 35 m.
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Hopkins et al. (1977), Cubit
& Williams (1983), Odé (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 771142. Size: 15 mm.
Range: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0.6 to 51 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. 447. Colubraria swifti (Tryon, 1881) 
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 807549, CY0336.
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Genus Bartschia Gayet & Meunier, 1996 Depth Collected: 22 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 42 m.
442. Bartschia canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) Size: 12 mm.
References: Clench & Aguayo (1944), Warén & Bouchet (1993), Synonyms: Pollia tessellatum (Reeve, 1844); Pisania igniflua (Reeve,
Warén & Bouchet (2001). 1845).

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Local Distribution: TAY. 452. Metula minor Olsson & Bayer, 1972
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, References: Olsson & Bayer (1972), NMNH 706728.
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago. Range: 9.98°N to 9.02°N; 76.67°W to 76.03°W
Depth Range: 134 to 158 m.
Genus Engina Gray, 1839 Size: 15.4 mm.
Local Distribution: CAO.
448. Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836) Global Distribution: Colombia.
References:  Kiener (1836), Moore (1958), Hopkins et al. (1977), Odé
(1983), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 771141, CY0337.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Genus Pisania Bivona, 1832
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
453. Pisania tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Porter (1974), Hemmen &
Depth Range: 0 to 63 m. Hemmen (1979), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Vermeij (2006), NMNH
Size: 9 mm. 804249, CY0340.
Synonyms: Engina elegans Gray, 1839; Engina zonata Gray, 1839; Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Engina cruzana Usticke, 1959. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Size: 38 mm.
Synonyms: Tritonidea bermudensis Dall, 1901.
Genus Engoniophos Woodring, 1928 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
449. Engoniophos unicitus (Say, 1825) Rico, United States, Venezuela.
References:  Dall & Simpson (1901), Work (1969), Macsotay &
Campos (2001), CY0338.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
454. Pisania auritulus (Link, 1807) 
References: Princz (1978), Mello & Perrier (1986), Odé (1983), Fernández
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 852204, CY0341.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 0 to 18 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Size: 22 mm. Depth Collected: 29 m.
Synonyms: Nassa pallida Powys, 1835; Antillophos candei auct. non Depth Range: 0 to 29 m.
d’Orbigny, 1846; Nassa guadelupensis Petit, 1852; Strongylocera textilina
Mörch, 1852. Size: 40 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Synonyms: Cantharus coromandelianus (Lamarck, 1822); Tritonidea
ringens auct. non Reeve, 1846; Triton caribaeus d’Orbigny, 1847.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Genus Manaria E. A. Smith, 1906 States, Venezuela.

450. Manaria fusiformis (Clench & Aguayo, 1941) 455. Pisania karinae (Usticke, 1959)
References:  Clench & Aguayo (1941), Bouchet & Warén (1986),
Harasewych (1990), Sunderland & Sunderland (1992), NMNH 854016,
References:  Usticke (1959), Turgeon & Lyons (1977), Díaz et al.
(1990), Leal (1991), Boyko & Cordeiro (2001), CY0342.
CY0339.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 183 to 2633 m. Depth Range: 9 to 63 m.
Size: 55 mm. Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Buccinofusus surinamensis Okutani, 1982; Mohnia kaicherae Synonyms: Tritonidea dorbignyi auct. non Payraudeau, 1826; Pollia
lauta auct. non Reeve, 1846.
Petuch, 1987.
Local Distribution: GUA. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Puerto Rico, United States.

Genus Metula H. & A. Adams, 1853 456. Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)
References: E. A. Smith (1890), Moore (1958), Usticke (1959), Warmke
451. Metula guppyi Olsson & Bayer, 1972 & Abbott (1961), Leal (1991), Denadai & Amaral (1999), NMNH 822796,
References: Olsson & Bayer (1972), Princz (1982), NMNH 706729. CY0343.
Range: 11.24°N to 9.98°N; 76.03°W to 61.77°W Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 134 to 137 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Size: 34.6 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 0 to 63 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. Size: 40 mm.

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Synonyms: Tritonium accincta (Born, 1778); Buccinum plumatum Size: 10 mm.


Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum fasciatum G. Fischer, 1807; Fusus articulatus Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Lamarck, 1822; Buccinum aethiops Philippi, 1849; Buccinum janeirense
Philippi, 1849.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, 461. Anachis hotessieriana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, References:  Maury (1922), Radwin (1977), Odé (1984), Díaz et al.
Venezuela, Virgin Islands. (1990), NMNH 804330, CY0348.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Family COLUMBELLIDAE Swainson, 1840 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Genus Aesopus Gould, 1860 Depth Range: 0 to 73 m.
457. Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844) Size: 4 mm.
References: Faber (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Faber (2004), CY0344. Synonyms: Columbella guildingii Sowerby I, 1844; Anachis mcgintyi
Usticke, 1959; Anachis teres Usticke, 1969.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 1.5 to 65 m.
Size: 10 mm. 462. Anachis lyrata (Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms: Buccinum roseum Mühlfeld, 1818; Terebra metcalfei Reeve, References: Dautzenberg (1900), Radwin (1977), Cosel (1986), Mello
1860. & Perrier (1986), Robinson & Montoya (1987), CY0349.
Local Distribution: TAY. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Colombia, Haiti. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 6 m.
458. Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) Size: 10 mm.
References: Simpson (1887), Waller (1973), Lyons (1989), CY0345.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 7 to 51 m. 463. Anachis petrii (Duclos, 1846)
Size: 5 mm. References: Radwin (1978), Kaicher (1984), CY0350.
Synonyms: Nitidella filosa Stearns, 1873. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Depth Range: 15 to 33 m.
Size: 9 mm.
Genus Anachis H. & A. Adams, 1853 Synonyms: Columbella mangelioides Reeve, 1859; Anachis samanensis
Dall, 1889.
459. Anachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Local Distribution: TAY.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), García-Cubas (1971), Porter (1974),
Odé (1984), Lyons (1989), Carvalho Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli (1992),
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Panama.
NMNH 864439, CY03476
Collected: Taganga. 464. Anachis sertulariarum (d’Orbigny, 1839)
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214” References: Mello & Perrier (1986), Carvalho Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli
Depth Collected: 60 m. (1992), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0351.
Depth Range: 0 to 68 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Size: 8 mm. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Synonyms: Columbella pygmaea auct. non Sowerby, 1832; Columbella Depth Collected: 20 m.
atomella auct. non Duclos, 1840; Buccinum concinnum C. B. Adams, 1845; Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Colombella oxillia Duclos, 1846; Columbella costulata C. B. Adams, 1850; Size: 8 mm.
Columbella decipiens C. B. Adams, 1850; Columbella crassilabris Reeve,
1859; Anachis crassilabris (Reeve, 1859); Columbella ornata Ravenel, 1859. Synonyms: Pyrene moleculina auct. non Duclos, 1835; Columbella
brasiliana Martens, 1897; Columbella decorata Strebel, 1905; Columbella
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. inornata Strebel, 1905; Columbella hermosa Ihering, 1907.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, United
States, Venezuela.

460. Anachis coseli Díaz & Mittnacht, 1989 465. Anachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859)
References: Díaz & Mittnacht (1991), NMNH 859380, CY0347. References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Cosel (1986), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Díaz et al. (1990), NMNH 867420, CY0352.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 5 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Range: 1 to 3 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.

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Depth Range: 0.5 to 80 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Virgin Islands.
Size: 7 mm.
Synonyms: Anachis terpsichore auct. non Sowerby, 1822; Columbella 470. Conella ovulata (Lamarck, 1822)
sparsa Reeve, 1859.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959), Princz (1982),
Fernández Milera (1998), CY0357.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
466. Anachis varia (Sowerby I, 1832) Depth Range: 0 to 0.3 m.
References:  Cosel (1986), Robinson & Montoya (1987), NMNH Size: 16 mm.
759080, CY0353.
Synonyms: Conella picata Swainson, 1840; Pyrene ovuloides auct. non
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. C. B. Adams, 1850.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica,
Depth Range: 0.5 to 7 m. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Genus Cosmioconcha Dall, 1813
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica.
471. Cosmioconcha rikae K. & D. Monsecour, 2006
Genus Columbella Lamarck, 1799 References: K. & D. Monsecour (2006), CY0358.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
467. Columbella dysoni Reeve, 1858 Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References: García (1988), García (1995), CY0354. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Depth Range: 7 to 180 m.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Size: 12 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Synonyms: Cosmioconcha calliglypta auct. non Dall & Simpson, 1901.
Depth Range: 1 to 2 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 15 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, United States.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras. 472. Cosmioconcha calliglypta (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
References:  Dall & Simpson (1901), Monsecour (2006), NMNH
468. Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) 803806, CY0359.
References:  Dall & Simpson (1901), Moore (1958), Usticke (1959), Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Princz (1978), Leal (1991), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 757619, Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
CY0355. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 8 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico.
Depth Range: 0 to 81 m.
Size: 17 mm.
Synonyms: Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus, 1758; Pterygia amoena Röding, 473. Cosmioconcha dedonderi K. & D. Monsecour, 2006
1798; Pterygia vulgaris Röding, 1798; Columbella variabilis Schumacher, References: K. & D. Monsecour (2006).
1817; Columbella scalata Sowerby I, 1822; Columbella fustigata Kiener, Range: 12°N to 9.6°N; 79°W to 77°W
1841; Columbella peleei Kiener, 1841; Columbella rudis Sowerby I, 1844; Depth Range: 280 to 280 m.
Columbella somersiana Dall & Bartsch, 1911; Columbella elongata Usticke,
1959; Columbella williamgabbi Weisbord, 1962. Size: 11.2 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
474. Cosmioconcha nitens (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Altena (1975), Odé (1983), Faber
Genus Conella Swainson, 1840 (2004), NMNH 867416, CY0360.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
469. Conella ovuloides (C. B. Adams, 1850) Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Usticke (1959), Radwin (1969), Depth Collected: 34 m.
Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0356.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 8 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Synonyms: Anachis plicatula (Dunker, 1853); Anachis perpicta (Dall &
Depth Collected: 20 m. Simpson, 1901).
Depth Range: 0.3 to 1.5 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Size: 14 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Local Distribution: MAG. Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela.

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Genus Costoanachis Sacco, 1890 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.


Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
475. Costoanachis translirata (Ravenel, 1861) Depth Collected: 30 m.
References:  Parker & Curray (1956), Scheltema (1968), Wass (1972), Depth Range: 0 to 115 m.
Monsecour & Monsecour (2005).
Size: 4 mm.
Range: 44.7°N to 11°N; 96.3°W to 61.3°W Synonyms: Buccinum pusillum Pfeiffer, 1840; Mitrella duclosiana
Depth Range: 0 to 152 m (live 1 to 88 m). (d’Orbigny, 1842); Buccinum wheatleyi De Kay, 1843; Buccinum zonale
Size: 18 mm. Gould, 1848; Columbella dissimilis Stimpson, 1851; Columbella gouldiana
Synonyms: Columbella lafresnayi auct. non Fischer & Bernardi, 1857. Stimpson, 1851; Columbella spirantha Ravenel, 1859.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY,GUA. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, Mexico. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.

Genus Decipifus Olsson & McGinty, 1958


480. Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846)
476. Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0365.
References:  Princz (1982), Leal (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
CY0361. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Depth Range: 1.5 to 50 m.
Depth Collected: 5 m. Size: 4.2 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 5 m. Synonyms: Colombella plutonida Duclos, 1846; Colombella belizana
Size: 6 mm. Duclos, 1848; Columbella fenestrata C. B. Adams, 1850; Colombella sagitta
Gaskoin, 1852.
Synonyms: Buccinum pulchellum C. B. Adams, 1851.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States, Venezuela.

Genus Mazatlania Dall, 1900 481. Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)


477. Mazatlania aciculatum (Lamarck, 1822) References: Moore (1958), Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Leal (1991),
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 757653, CY0366.
References:  Higgins & Marrat (1877), Robinson & Montoya (1987),
Macsotay & Campos (2001), Faber (2004), CY0362. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 40 m. Size: 10 mm.
Size: 11 mm. Synonyms: Colombella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822); Colombella argus
d’Orbigny, 1847.
Synonyms: Terebra cosentini Philippi, 1836; Buccinum pulchellum Calcara,
1845; Terebra nodosoplicata Dunker, 1853; Strombina galba Weisbord, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1962. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia,
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela.

Genus Nassarina Dall, 1889


Genus Mitrella Risso, 1826
482. Nassarina columbellata (Dall, 1889)
478. Mitrella dichroa (Sowerby I, 1844) References: Dall (1889), Rios (1994), NMNH 93019, CY0367.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Ekdale (1974), Lyons (1989), Carvalho
Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli (1992), CY0363. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 12 m. Depth Range: 24 to 227 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 8 m. Size: 10 mm.
Size: 8.5 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Synonyms: Mitrella argus auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Colombella orphia Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Duclos, 1846; Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847; Columbella schrammi
Petit, 1853; Nitidella elegans Dall, 1871.
483. Nassarina minus (C. B. Adams, 1845) 
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
References:  Porter (1974), Princz (1982), Mello & Perrier (1986),
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), NMNH 848612,
States. CY0368.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
479. Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826) Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
References:  Kurtz (1860), Dautzenberg (1900), Reed & Mikkelsen Depth Collected: 30 m.
(1987), Leal (1991), NMNH 804316, CY0364. Depth Range: 0 to 219 m.

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Size: 7 mm. Reeve, 1859; Nitidella hendersoni Dall, 1908.


Synonyms: Pleurotoma minor C. B. Adams, 1845; Nassarina glypta Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
auct. non Bush, 1885. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda,
Local Distribution: TAY. Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Genus Steironepion Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
484. Nassarina moniliferum (Sowerby I, 1844) 
References:  Olsson& McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959), Hemmen
488. Steironepion maculatum (C. B. Adams, 1850)
& Hemmen (1979), Houbrick (1968), Vokes & Vokes (1983), NMNH References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Finlay (1985), Faber (2004),
807273, CY0369. CY0373.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth range: 0 to 82 m. Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Size: 4 mm. Size: 4 mm.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma fuscolineata C. B. Adams, 1845; Pleurotoma Local Distribution: TAY.
scalpta Reeve, 1846; Colombella telea Duclos, 1848; Psarostola Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Cayman Islands,
sparsipunctata Rehder, 1943. Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia,
Genus Strombina Mörch, 1852
Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
489. Strombina pumilio (Reeve, 1859)
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Gibson-Smith (1974), Jung (1989),
Genus Nitidella Swainson, 1840 Sunderland & Sunderland (1992), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0374.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
485. Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822) Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
References: Lamarck (1822), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Fernández Milera Depth Collected: 20 m.
(1998), NMNH 889697, CY0370.
Depth Range: 2 to 66 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 22 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Synonyms: Columbella recurva auct. non Sowerby, 1832; Strombina
Depth Collected: 5 m. terquemi Jousseaume, 1876; Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962;
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m. Strombina galba auct. non Weisbord, 1962.
Size: 11 mm. Local Distribution: GUA.
Synonyms: Voluta gracilis Dillwyn, 1823; Nitidella marmorata Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Trinidad &
Swainson, 1840. Tobago.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbuda, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Genus Zafrona Iredale, 1916
Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
490. Zafrona idalina (Duclos, 1840)
References: Abbott (1958), Usticke (1959), Lipka (1974), CY0375.
Genus Pyrene Röding, 1798 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
486. Pyrene sp 1 Depth Collected: 22 m.
References: CY0371 .
Depth Range: 1 to 21 m.
Collected: Taganga.
Size: 7 mm.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214”
Synonyms: Colombella sagra d’Orbigny, 1842.
Depth Collected: 10 m.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 9 mm.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, United
Local Distribution: TAY. States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
491. Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)
Genus Rhombinella Radwin, 1968 References: Warmke & Abbott (1961), Radwin (1969), Vokes & Vokes
(1983), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Faber (2004), CY0376.
487. Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) Collected: Taganga.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), J. B. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427”
Lewis (1960), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0372.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 0 to 9 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Size: 8 mm.
Depth Collected: 33 m. Synonyms: Columbella subcostulata C. B. Adams, 1845; Buccinum oryza
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m. Dunker, 1847; Anachis multicostata Usticke, 1969; Anachis subcincta
Size: 12 mm. Usticke, 1969.
Synonyms: Columbella concinna Sowerby I, 1822; Columbella alaperdicis Local Distribution: TAY.

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Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Costa Rica, Jamaica, México, Panamá, Puerto Rico, United States, Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Depth Range: 183 to 366 m.
Family FASCIOLARIIDAE Gray, 1853 Size: 50 mm.
Genus Dolicholatirus Bellardi, 1884 Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia.
492. Dolicholatirus pauli (McGinty, 1955)
References: McGinty (1955), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0377.
497. Fusinus colombiensis Snyder & Snyder, 1999
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Snyder & Snyder (1999), Hadorn & Rogers (2000),
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” CY0381.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Collected: Taganga.
Depth Range: 40 to 366 m. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214”
Size: 28 mm. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 73 to 128 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Size: 25 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Genus Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 Global Distribution: Colombia.
493. Fasciolaria tephrina de Souza, 2002
References: de Souza (2002). 498. Fusinus dilectus (A. Adams, 1856)
Range: 16°N to 14.67°N,86°W to 81.42°W References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000), CY0382.
Depth Range: 420 to 480 m. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 187 mm. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Local Distribution: ARCO. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras. Depth Range: 15 to 115 m.
Size: 98 mm.
494. Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms: Fusus tenuiliratus Dunker, 1867; Fusinus helenae auct. non
Bartsch, 1939; Fusinus marensis Weisbord, 1962.
References:  Kurtz (1860), Dautzenberg (1900), Work (1969), Altena
(1975), Hopkins et al. (1977), Princz (1978), CY0378. Local Distribution: GUA.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 50 m. 499. Fusinus dowianus Olsson, 1954
Depth Range: 0 to 73 m. References: Olsson (1954), Sunderland & Sunderland (1995), Hadorn
Size: 240 mm. (1996), Petuch (1998), Hadorn & Rogers (2000), NMNH 877879, CY0383.
Synonyms: Colus achatina Röding, 1798; Colus marmoratus Röding, Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
1798; Fasciolaria canaliculata Valenciennes, 1832; Fasciolaria concolor Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Kobelt, 1875; Fasciolaria rugosa Kobelt, 1875; Fasciolaria scheepmakeri
Kobelt, 1875; Fasciolaria obsoleta Dall, 1890.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Depth Range: 31 to 91 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Size: 113 mm.
Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Synonyms: Fusus henekeni auct. non Sowerby, 1850; Fusus gabbi
Suriname, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Grabau, 1904; Fusinus dowianus Olsson, 1954.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Genus Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua.

495. Fusinus ansatus (Gmelin, 1791) 500. Fusinus harveyi Hadorn & Rogers, 2000
References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000), CY0379. References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000), NMNH 880633.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Range: 11.83°N ;73.08°W
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Depth Range: 403 to 329.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Size: 51 mm.
Depth Range: 1 to 220 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 166 mm.
Synonyms: Murex striatulus Gmelin, 1791; Murex versicolor Gmelin,
1791; Syrinx maculata Röding, 1798; Fusus torulosus Lamarck, 1816; 501. Fusinus sp 1
Fusus distans Lamarck, 1822; Fusus closter Philippi, 1850; Fusinus veatchi References: CY0384.
auct. non Maury, 1917 ; Fusinus caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Size: 240 mm.
496. Fusinus lightbourni Snyder, 1984 Local Distribution: MOR.
References: Snyder (1984), Mallard & Robin 2005, CY0380. Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Genus Harasewychia Petuch, 1987 Depth Range: 95 to 412 m (live 175 to 225 m).
Size: 47 mm.
502. Harasewychia harasewychi Petuch, 1987 Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia, Nicaragua,
References: Hadorn & Rogers (2000), NMNH 859852. Panama.
Range: 12.5°N; 71°W
Depth Range: 200 to 200 m. 508. Latirus infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)
Size: 34 mm. References: Lamarck (1822), Dautzenberg (1900), McGinty & McGinty
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. (1957), Usticke (1959), Lipka (1974), Princz (1978), Díaz et al. (1990),
Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 843442, CY0388.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Genus Latirus Montfort, 1810 Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
503. Latirus cuna Petuch, 1990 Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Petuch (1990), Vander Ven (2003), CY0385. Depth Range: 2 to 55 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Size: 82 mm.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Synonyms: Turbinellus infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791); Fusus ananas
Röding, 1798; Murex polygonus G. Perry, 1811; Polygona fusiformis
Depth Collected: 40 m. Schumacher, 1817; Latirus bernadensis Bullock, 1974.
Depth Range: 60 to 60 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 24 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba,
Local Distribution: MOR. Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
509. Latirus (Polygona) nematus Woodring, 1928
504. Latirus abbotti Snyder, 2003 References: Woodring (1928), Bullock (1974), CY0389.
References: Snyder (2003), Mallard & Robin (2005). Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Range: 19.8°N to 14.5°N; 87°W to 71.7°W Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427”
Depth Range: 3 to 6 m (live 6 to 6 m). Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 52.1 mm. Depth Range: 37 to 46 m.
Local Distribution: SAN. Size: 24 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Honduras. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
505. Latirus angulata (Röding, 1798) 
References: Bullock (1974), Princz (1978), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal 510. Latirus sp 1
(1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 833596, CY0386. References: CY0390.
Collected: Taganga. Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427” Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214”
Depth Collected: 72 m. Depth Collected: 90 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 72 m. Size: 30 mm.
Size: 37.2 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Synonyms: Turbinella brevicaudata Reeve, 1847; Turbinella spadicea Reeve, Global Distribution: Colombia.
1847; Latirus cymatius Schwengel, 1940; Latirus vermeiji Petuch, 1986.
Local Distribution: TAY. Genus Leucozonia Gray, 1847
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United
States, Venezuela. 511. Leucozonia leucozonalis (Lamarck, 1822)
References: Abbott (1958), Usticke (1959), Britton (1975), Vermeij &
506. Latirus cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816) Snyder (2002), NMNH 757669, CY0391.
References: Bullock (1974), Britton (1975), Hopkins et al. (1977), Leal Collected: Bahía Portete.
(1991), Fernández Milera (1998), NMNH 757662, CY0387. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Depth Collected: 10 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 59.5 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 61 mm. Global Distribution: Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba,
Synonyms: Latirus distinctus A. Adams, 1855; Turbinella trochlearis Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Virgin Islands.
Kobelt, 1874; Latirus mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939.
Local Distribution: MAG, ARCO. 512. Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, References:  Moore (1958), Work (1969), Hopkins et al. (1977), Leal
Mexico, Panama, United States. (1991), Denadai & Amaral (1999), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH
851453, CY0392.
507. Latirus ceramidus (Dall, 1889) Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References:  Dall (1889), Sander & Lalli (1982), Snyder (1984), Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Sunderland & Sunderland (1995), Hadorn & Rogers (2000). Depth Collected: 40 m.
Range: 32.3°N to 9.5°N;83°W to 59.61°W Depth Range: 0 to 70 m.

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Size: 58 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.


Synonyms: Voluta fuscata Gmelin, 1791; Fusus cingulatus Röding, 1798; Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Murex rubicundus G. Perry, 1811; Fasciolaria cingulifera Lamarck, 1816; Depth Collected: 20 m.
Turbinella brasiliana d’Orbigny, 1841; Turbinella knorrii Deshayes, 1843;
Turbinella angularis Reeve, 1847; Lagena californica A. Adams, 1853; Depth Range: 0 to 57 m.
Turbinella dubia Petit, 1853; Peristernia inculta Gould, 1860; Turbinella Size: 9 mm.
riiseana Kobelt, 1874; Leucozonia caribbeana Weisbord, 1962; Leucozonia Synonyms: Buccinum ambiguum Pulteney, 1799; Nassarius albus auct.
jacarusoi Petuch, 1987; Leucozonia trinidadensis Mallard & Robin, 2005. non Say, 1826.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United United States, Virgin Islands.
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

517. Nassarius hotessieri (d'Orbigny, 1842)


513. Leucozonia ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) References: d’Orbigny (1842), NMNH 807963, CY0397.
References:  Voss & Voss (1960), Hopkins et al. (1977), Fernández
Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 851431, CY0393.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Range: 64 to 164 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m. Size: 6 mm.
Size: 23 mm. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Synonyms: Turbinella nigella Mörch, 1852; Leucozonia lineata Usticke, Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States.
1969.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. 518. Nassarius vibex (Say, 1822)
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, References:  C. B. Adams (1839), Kurtz (1860), Melvill (1881), Parker
Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, (1959), Usticke (1959), Porter (1974), NMNH 771642, CY0398.
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Genus Teralatirus Coomans, 1965 Depth Collected: 30 m.
514. Teralatirus cayohuesonicus (Sowerby III, 1879) Depth Range: 0 to 31 m.
References:  Dall (1902), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959), Size: 14 mm.
Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0394. Synonyms: Antillophos candei auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Buccinum
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. antillarum Philippi, 1849; Buccinum sturmii Philippi, 1849; Nassa fretensis
Perkins, 1869.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Depth Range: 0 to 5 m. Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
Size: 12 mm. Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, 519. Nassarius consensus (Ravenel, 1861)
Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
References: Parker (1956), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959),
Lyons et al. (1971), Lyons (1989), NMNH 843316, CY0399.
Family NASSARIDAE Iredale, 1916 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Nassarius Dumeril, 1806 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 25 m.
515. Nassarius albus (Say, 1826) Depth Range: 6 to 80 m.
References: Kaicher (1972), Waller (1973),Vokes & Vokes (1983), Princz Size: 10 mm.
(1986), Fernández Milera (1998), Faber (2004), NMNH 807984, CY0395.
Synonyms: Alectrion harveyense Mansfield, 1930; Alectrion leonense
Collected: Vía parque Isla Salamanca. Mansfield, 1930; Nassarius fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Coordenates: N10°01,219”; W74°25,111” Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 13 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, United
Depth Range: 0 to 58 m. States, Virgin Islands.
Size: 12.8 mm.
Synonyms: Nassa clathratula A. Adams, 1852; Nassa obtusata A. Adams,
1852; Nassa annellifera Reeve, 1853; Nassa pura Marrat, 1877; Nassa 520. Nassarius paucicostatus (Marrat, 1877)
quinquecostata Marrat, 1880; Nassarius floridensis Olsson & Harbison, References: Marrat (1877), Tomlin (1940), Lee (1998).
1953. Range: 25°N to 11°N; 80°W to 77.3°W
Local Distribution: MAG. Size: 12 mm.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Local Distribution: ARCO.
Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Mexico, United States.

516. Nassarius antillarum (d’Orbigny, 1847) 521. Nassarius scissuratus (Dall, 1889)
References: Olsson & Harbison (1953), Lee (1998), Espinosa & Ortea References: Dall (1889), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0400.
(2001), Redfern (2001), NMNH 887331, CY0396. Collected: Santa Veronica.

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Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” Local Distribution: MAG.


Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Depth Range: 11 to 1472 m. Rico.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Nassa coppingeri auct. non E. A. Smith, 1881. 526. Attiliosa bessei E. H. Vokes, 1999
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. References: E. H. Vokes, 1999, CY0405.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Uruguay, Virgin Islands. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
522. Nassarius sp 1 Depth Collected: 35 m.
References: CY0401 . Size: 13 mm.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Local Distribution: MAG.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 11 mm. 527. Attiliosa kevani E. H. Vokes, 1999
Local Distribution: GUA. References: FLMNH 274024, CY0406.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
523. Nassarius sp 2 Depth Collected: 45 m.
References: CY0402 . Size: 13 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 11 mm. Genus Boreotrophon Fischer, 1884
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia. 528. Boreotrophon aculeatus (Watson, 1882) 
References:  Watson (1882), Rios (1985), Houart (1991), MHNMC
MOL- 8676.
Family MELONGENIDAE (Gill, 1867)
Range: 9.08°S to 23.78°S, 42.17°W to 34.83°W
Genus Melongena Schumacher, 1817 Depth Range: 430 to 640 m.
524. Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) Size: 45 mm.
References: Altena (1975), Princz (1978), García-Cubas (1982), Cosel Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
(1986), García-Cubas & Reguero (1990), Fernández Milera (1998),
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 97229, CY0403.
Genus Chicoreus Montfort, 1810
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” 529. Chicoreus franchii Cossignani, 2005
Depth Collected: 15 m. References: Cossignani (2005), CY0407.
Depth Range: 0 to 44 m. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Size: 200 mm. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Synonyms: Murex laevis Spalowsky, 1795; Volema lineata Link, 1807; Depth Collected: 50 m.
Cassidea cornuta G. Perry, 1811; Melongena fasciata Schumacher, 1817;
Depth Collected: 20 to 50 m.
Pyrula mutica Sowerby I, 1825; Melongena denudata Dollfus, 1887;
Melongena multispinosa Dollfus, 1887; Melongena margaritana Richards, Size: 90 mm.
1943; Melongena nana Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986; Melongena Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
salinarum Bruggen & Hummelinck, 1986. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
530. Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)
Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname. Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945),
Bullis (1964), Altena (1975), Princz (1978) Cosel (1986), NMNH 894004,
CY0408.
Family MURICIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Collected: Taganga.
Genus Attiliosa Emeron, 1968 Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
525. Attiliosa aldridgei (Usticke, 1969) Depth Range: 0 to 83 m.
References:  Usticke (1971), Vokes & D’Attilio (1982), Vokes (1989), Size: 140 mm.
Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), Faber (1995), NMNH 890893, CY0404.
Synonyms: Triplex cornuta G. Perry, 1811; Murex calcitrapa Lamarck,
Collected: Santa Veronica. 1822; Murex elongatus auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Murex pudoricolor Reeve,
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” 1845; Murex toupiollei Bernardi, 1860; Murex approximatus Sowerby II,
Depth Collected: 40 m. 1879; Murex incertus Usticke, 1969.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 20 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 18 mm. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Synonyms: Muricopsis pudicus auct. non Reeve, 1845; Muricopsis Republic, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad &
philippiana auct. non Dall, 1889; Muricopsis poeyi Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979. Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

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531. Chicoreus mergus E. H. Vokes, 1974 Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.


References: E. H. Vokes (1974), Petuch (1980), Robinson & Montoya Size: 27 mm.
(1987), Petuch (1998), NMNH 734375, CY0409. Synonyms: Aspella scalaroides auct. non Blainville, 1829; Triton
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. cantrainei Récluz, 1853; Murex obeliscus auct. non A. Adams, 1853.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica,
Depth Range: 6 to 91 m. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Size: 64 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. Genus Favartia Josseaume, 1880
Global Distribution: Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Guyana, Nicaragua, United States. 537. Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842)
References:  Kiener (1843), Lyons (1979), Díaz et al. (1990), Leal
(1991), E. H. Vokes (1994), NMNH 771089, CY0414.
Genus Dermomurex Monterosato, 1890 Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
532. Dermomurex cf abyssicola (Crosse, 1865) Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References: Crosse (1865), Vokes (1992), CY0410. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 1 to 20 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Size: 18 mm.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Synonyms: Murex cyclostoma Sowerby II, 1841; Ocenebra intermedia
(C. B. Adams, 1850); Aspella elegans E. H. Vokes, 1971.
Depth Range: 45 to 500 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 10 mm.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil,
Local Distribution: TAY. Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States.

538. Favartia cellulosa (Conrad, 1846)


533. Dermomurex alabastrum (A. Adams, 1864) References:  Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945), Sykes & Hall (1970),
References: Robinson & Montoya (1987), Vokes (1992), CY0411. Porter (1974), Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Houart (2005),
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. NMNH 821440.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Range: 34°N to 27°S; 91°W to 32.5°W
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth: 0 to 310 m (live 7 to 60 m)
Depth Range: 6 to 30 m. Size: 29 mm.
Size: 19 mm. Synonyms: Murex tetragona auct. non Broderip, 1833; Tritonalia nucea
Synonyms: Murex adamsii Kobelt, 1877; Trophon engonatus Dall, 1892; auct. non Mörch, 1850; Murex jamaicensis Sowerby II, 1879; Ocinebra
Aspella varians Usticke, 1969. alta Dall, 1890; Favartia glypta auct. non M. Smith, 1938.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: TAY, MOR.
Global Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá, Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Venezuela. Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.

534. Dermomurex kaicherae Petuch, 1987 539. Favartia minirosea (Abbott, 1954)
References: E. H. Vokes (1992), NMNH 859837. References: Abbott (1954), Hopkins et al. (1977), E. H. Vokes (1994),
CY0415.
Range: 18°N to 12°N,72°W to 65°W
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m. Collected: Taganga.
Size: 20 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,427”
Local Distribution: GUA. Depth Range: 18 to 110 m (live 30 to 30 m).
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 8 mm.
Synonyms: Murex coccineus A. Adams, 1854.
535. Dermomurex olssoni E. H. Vokes, 1989 Loacal Distribution: TAY.
References: E. H. Vokes (1992), CY0412. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 45 m. 540. Favartia nucea (Mörch, 1850)
Size: 25 mm. References: Simpson (1887), Usticke (1959), Warmke & Abbott (1961),
Bullis (1964), Houart (1991), E. H. Vokes (1994), Houart (2005), Houart
Local Distribution: TAY. (pers. comm., 2005), CY0416
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Honduras. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
536. Dermomurex pauperculus (C. B. Adams, 1850) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Vokes Depth Range: 4 to 73 m (live 60 to 60 m).
(1992), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0413. Size: 20 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Suriname,
Depth Collected: 45 m. United States, Virgin Islands.

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Genus Haustellum Schumacher, 1817 Depth Range: 33 to 366 m.


Size: 42 mm.
541. Haustellum bayeri (Petuch, 2001) Synonyms: Murex sunderlandi Petuch, 1987.
References: Petuch (2001), CY0417. Local Distribution: MOR.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname,
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m. 546. Haustellum bellus (Reeve, 1845) 
Size: 92 mm. References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945), García (1995), Sunderland,
Local Distribution: MOR. Sunderland & Riccio (2003).
Global Distribution: Colombia. Range: 17°N to 12°N; 82°W to 76°W
Depth Range: 21 to 21 m (live 21 to 21 m).
Size: 80 mm.
542. Haustellum cabritii (Bernardi, 1859)
References: Bullis (1956), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Bayer (1971), Porter Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica.
(1974), Vokes (1990), CY0418.
Collected: Santa Veronica. 547. Haustellum blakeanus (E. H. Vokes, 1967) 
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” References: E. H. Vokes (1967), Sunderland & Riccio (2003).
Depth Collected: 40 m. Range: 12°N to 11.45°N; 72°W to 62.18°W
Depth Range: 13 to 140 m. Depth: 60 to 300 m (live 60 to 40 m).
Size: 70 mm. Size: 43 mm.
Synonyms: Aranea tentacula G. Perry, 1811. Synonyms: Murex tryoni auct. non Hidalgo, 1880.
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Global Distribution: Colombia.
Nicaragua, United States.
548. Haustellum donmoorei (Bullis, 1964) 
543. Haustellum chrysostoma (Sowerby II, 1834)  References:  Bullis (1964), Bayer (1971), Sunderland (1990), Díaz &
References:  Work (1969), Altena (1975), Princz (1978), Hemmen Puyana (1994), CY0422.
& Hemmen (1979), Vokes (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Campos (2001), NMNH 846708, CY0419. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Depth Range: 18 to 91 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Size: 62 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 90 m. Synonyms: Murex recurvirostris auct. non Broderip, 1833; Murex cabritii
Size: 54 mm. auct. non Bernardi, 1859; Murex olssoni auct. non E. H. Vokes, 1967.
Synonyms: Murex messorius auct. non Sowerby, 1841. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela, Trinidad &
Tobago. 549. Haustellum olssoni (E. H. Vokes, 1967)
References:  E. H. Vokes (1967), Bayer (1971), Robinson & Montoya
544. Haustellum messorius (Sowerby II, 1841)  (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH
878004, CY0423.
References:  Bullis (1964), E. H. Vokes (1990), Sunderland (1990),
Díaz & Puyana (1994), Rios (1994), NMNH 878002, CY0420. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Range: 9 to 288 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 90 m. Size: 70 mm.
Size: 74 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Synonyms: Aranea fasciata G. Perry, 1811; Murex recurvirostris auct. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela.
non Broderip, 1833; Murex nigrescens Sowerby II, 1841; Murex funiculatus
Reeve, 1845; Murex domingensis auct. non Sowerby, 1850; Vokesimurex
sutile (White, 1887); Murex woodringi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945;
550. Haustellum sp 1
Murex gustaviensis Usticke, 1969; Murex garciai Petuch, 1987; Murex References: CY0424.
samui Petuch, 1987. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Depth Collected: 50 m.
Suriname, Venezuela. Size: 54 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
545. Haustellum tryoni (Hidalgo, 1880) Global Distribution: Colombia.
References:  Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945), Bullis (1956), Bullis
(1964), CY0421.
Genus Laevityphis Cossmann, 1903
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” 551. Laevityphis bullisi (Gertman, 1969) 
Depth Collected: 80 m. References: Bayer (1971), Sunderland (1989), NMNH 696660, CY0425.

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Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 18 to 128 m.
Size: 34 mm. Genus Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
557. Muricopsis caribaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
References: C. B. Adams (1845), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Houbrick
(1968), Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Díaz et al.
Genus Murexiella Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 (1990), CY0430.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
552. Murexiella glypta (M. Smith, 1938) Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
References:  Lyons et al. (1971), Leal (1991), Vokes (1994), NMNH
Depth Collected: 10 m.
880016, CY0426.
Depth Range: 0 to 219 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 12 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Muricopsis muricoides (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 7 to 52 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico,
Size: 15 mm. United States, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Murex leviculus auct. non Dall, 1889; Murexiella iemanja
Petuch, 1979.
Local Distribution: TAY. Subgenus Risomurex Olsson & McGinty, 1958
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
558. Risomurex deformis (Reeve, 1846)
References: Robinson & Montoya (1987), E. H. Vokes (1994), Díaz &
553. Murexiella sp 1 Puyana (1994), Vander Ven (2003), CY0431.
Size: 10.5 mm. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: GUA. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Genus Murexsul Iredale, 1915 Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Muricopsis roseus auct. non Reeve, 1846; Muricopsis
554. Murexsul emipowlusi (Abbott, 1954) schrammi auct. non Crosse, 1863; Sistrum rubidum Dall, 1889; Risomurex
References: Abbott (1954), Abbott (1974), Vokes (1984), Sunderland mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984.
& Sunderland (1993), NMNH 880011, CY0427. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY.
Collected: Taganga. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico,
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,362” Panama.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 73 to 366 m. 559. Risomurex gilbertharrisi (Weisbord, 1962)
Size: 10 mm. References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Local Distribution: TAY. Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0432.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
555. Murexsul harasewychi Petuch, 1987 Depth Collected: 20 m.
References: Vokes (1994), CY0428. Depth Range: 9 to 9 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 13 mm.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m.
Size: 9 mm. 560. Risomurex roseus (Reeve, 1846)
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. References: Princz (1982), Cubit & Williams (1983), Kemperman &
Coomans (1984), Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), CY0433.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
556. Murexsul oxytatus (M. Smith, 1938) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Work (1969), Hopkins et al. (1977), Vokes (1994), Houart
(2006), CY0429. Depth Range: 1 to 18 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 9 mm.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Synonyms: Risomurex rutilus auct. non Reeve, 1856.
Depth Collected: 45 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Depth Range: 1 to 64 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 26 mm.
Synonyms: Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816; Muricopsis oxytatus (M.
Smith, 1938); Muricopsis lyonsi Petuch, 1986. 561. Risomurex withrowi (Vokes & Houart, 1986)
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA, ARCO. References:  Díaz et al. (1990), Vokes (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994),

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NMNH 779868, CY0434. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”


Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Depth Range: 6 to 300 m.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Size: 112 mm.
Depth Range: 2 to 20 m. Synonyms: Murex imperialis Swainson, 1831.
Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: GUA.
Synonyms: Risomurex schrammi auct. non Crosse, 1863; Morula Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago.
didyma auct. non Schwengel, 1943.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago. 567. Phyllonotus oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
References:  Petuch (1980), Houart (1987), Vokes (1990), NMNH
792359, CY0439.
Genus Panamurex Woodring, 1959. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362 ”
562. Panamurex eugeniae (E. H. Vokes, 1992) Depth Collected: 15 m.
References: Vokes (1992). Depth Range: 1 to 10 m.
Range: 12°N to 10.8°N; 74°W to 63.7°W Size: 80 mm.
Depth Range: 20 to 50 m. Synonyms: Phyllonotus pomum auct. non Gmelin, 1791.
Size: 19.2 mm. Local Distribution: GUA.
Synonyms: Panamurex recticanalis auct. non Weisbord, 1962. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.

563. Panamurex velero (E. H. Vokes, 1970) 568. Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Bullis (1956), Porter (1974), Princz
References:  J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979), Díaz et al. (1990), E. H. (1978), Lyons (1979), Wagner & Abbott (1990), Leal (1991), NMNH
Vokes (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001), 888226, CY0440.
CY0435.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 45 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 73 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Size: 120 mm.
Size: 18 mm.
Synonyms: Purpura pomiformis Dillwyn, 1817; Murex asperrimus
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Lamarck, 1822; Murex mexicanus Petit, 1852.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Venezuela. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
564. Panamurex sp 1 Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
References: CY0436.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W74°12,214” Genus Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Size: 11 mm. 569. Poirieria actinophora (Dall, 1889)
Local Distribution: TAY. References:  Bullis (1964), Bayer (1971), D’Attilio (1980), Espinosa
(1990), Vokes (1992), Sunderland & Sunderland (1992).
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Range: 26°N to 2.58°N; 80°W to 47.8°W
Depth Range: 100 to 714 m.
Genus Paziella Jouseaume, 1880 Size: 24 mm.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Panama,
565. Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964) Virgin Islands.
References:  Bullis (1964), Sunderland & Sunderland (1992), Díaz &
Puyana (1994), NMNH 846965, CY0437.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. 570. Poirieria sp 1
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” References: CY0441.
Depth Collected: 150 m. Collected: Taganga.
Depth Range: 192 to 503 m. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W74°12,362”
Size: 38 mm. Depth Collected: 100 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Size: 17 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Genus Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833
Genus Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1881
566. Phyllonotus margaritensis (Abbott, 1831)
References:  Clench (1959), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & 571. Pterotyphis pinnatus (Broderip, 1833)
Campos (2001), NMNH 846957, CY0438. References:  Bayer (1971), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Sunderland
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. (1989), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0442.

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Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Size: 7 mm.


Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 2 to 50 m.
Size: 34 mm. 576. Pygmaepterys Lourdesae J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983
Synonyms: Typhis fordi Pilsbry, 1943. References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1983), NMNH 784695, CY0446.
Local Distribution: MOR. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
States.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 6 mm.
Genus Tripterotyphis Pilsbry, H. A. & H. N. Lowe, 1932 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
572. Tripterotyphis triangularis (A. Adams, 1855)
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Sunderland (1989), Vokes (1989),
Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0443. Subgenus Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” 577. Siphonochelus longicornis (Dall, 1888)
Depth Collected: 35 m. References: Sarasúa (1944), Bayer (1971), Sunderland (1989), CY0447.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 31 m. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Size: 14 mm. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Synonyms: Murex cancellatus Sowerby II, 1841. Depth Collected: 180 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 232 to 465 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, United Size: 10 mm.
States. Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Genus Pterynotus Swainson, 1833
578. Siphonochelus riosi (Bertsch & D’Attilio, 1980)
573. Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970 References: Houart (1991), Houart (1994).
References: E. H. Vokes (1992). Range: 26°N to 33°S; 78°W to 38.92°W
Range: 30.98°N to 8.5°N; 82.35°W to 77°W Depth Range: 75 to 722 m.
Depth Range: 64 to 805 m (live 64 to 64 m). Size: 12 mm.
Size: 16 mm. Synonyms: Typhis longicornis auct. non Dall, 1888; Typhis riosi Bertsch
Synonyms: Pterynotus phaneus auct. non Dall, 1889; Murex tristichus & D’Attilio, 1980; Typhina riosi (Bertsch & D’Attilio, 1980).
Dall, 1889. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

Genus Purpura Bruguière, 1789 579. Siphonochelus tityrus (F. M. Bayer, 1971)
574. Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)  References: Bayer (1971), NMNH 700005, CY0448.
References: Clench (1947), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Voss & Voss Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
(1960), Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Kool (1986), Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 857586, Depth Collected: 55 m.
CY0444. Depth Range: 60 to 161 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 17 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 5 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Size: 87 mm.
Synonyms: Haustrum tuberculatum G. Perry, 1811.
Genus Siratus Jousseaume, 1880
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. 580. Siratus bessei (Houart, 2000)
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, References: Houart (2000), CY0449.
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N 12°19,316”; W 75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Genus Pygmaepterys Vokes, 1978 Depth Range: 170 to 250 m (live 170 to 250 m)
575. Pygmaepterys juanitae J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983 Size: 40 mm.
References:  J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Local Distribution: SAN.
CY0445. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” 581. Siratus cailleti (Petit, 1856)
Depth Collected: 25 m. References:  Princz (1982), Vokes (1990), Sunderland (1990), Houart
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. (1999), Houart (2000), NMNH 846707, CY0450.

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Collected: Cabo de la Vela. (1999), NMNH 878010.


Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Range: 12°N to 12°S; 71°W to 39°W
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth: 18 to 101 m.
Depth Range: 46 to 400 m. Size: 44 mm.
Size: 56 mm. Synonyms: Siratus briskasii auct. non Verrill, 1953.
Synonyms: Murex similis Sowerby II, 1841; Murex kugleri Clench & Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Pérez Farfante, 1945. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica.Venezuela. 587. Siratus beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
References:  Fischer & Bernardi (1857), Bullis (1956), Bullis (1964),
582. Siratus consuela (A. H. Verrill, 1950) Rios et al. (1975), Princz (1982), Houart (1999), CY0454.
References: Wagner & Abbott (1990), Houart (1991), Houart (2000), Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
García (2000), García (2005), NMNH 846711, CY0451. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Depth Range: 24 to 463 m.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Size: 131 mm.
Depth Range: 14 to 110 m. Synonyms: Murex percoides Loebbecke, 1879; Murex branchi Clench,
Size: 49 mm. 1953.
Synonyms: Murex pulcher A. Adams, 1853. Local Distribution: GUA.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Suriname,
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Jamaica, United States. Uruguay, United States, Venezuela.

583. Siratus aguayoi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) 588. Siratus hennequini (Houart, 2000)
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945). References: Houart (2000), CY0455.
Range: 26.23°N to 22.22°N; 81.18°W to 78.72°W Collected: Cartagena.
Depth Range: 338 to 521 m Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
Size: 65 mm Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Chicoreus aguayoi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945); Murex Depth Range: 200 to 220 m.
aguayoi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 Size: 57 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba. Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia.

584. Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845) Genus Talityphis Jousseaume, 1882


References: Vokes (1990), Sunderland (1990), Houart (1999), Houart
(2000), NMNH 894025, CY0452. 589. Talityphis expansus (Sowerby II, 1874) 
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. References:  Bayer (1971), Altena (1975), Radwin & D’Attilio (1976),
Coordenates: N12°12,427”; W72°12,362” Sunderland (1989), Petuch (1998), CY0456.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 16 to 400 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Size: 56 mm. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Synonyms: Murex nodatus Reeve, 1845; Murex gundlachi Dunker, Depth Range: 4 to 73 m.
1883; Murex finlayi Clench, 1955. Size: 23 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Synonyms: Typhis alatus auct. non Sowerby, 1850; Typhis obesus auct.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, United non Gabb, 1873; Typhis melloleitaoi Lange de Morretes, 1940; Talityphis
States, Honduras. perchardei Radwin & D’Attilio, 1976.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
585. Siratus ciboney (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) Global Distribution: Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico,
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945), Humfrey (1975), Houart Venezuela, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago.
(1999), NMNH 846721, CY0453.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Genus Thaisella Clench, 1947
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 100 m. 590. Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)
Depth Range: 110 to 454 m. References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Cosel (1986), CY0457.
Size: 56 mm. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Synonyms: Murex trilineatus Reeve, 1845; Murex ciboney Clench & Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Pérez Farfante, 1945; Chicoreus reevei E. H. Vokes, 1965; Murex yumurinus Depth Collected: 15 m.
Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1978.
Depth Range: 0 to 0.5 m.
Local Distribution: MOR. Size: 56 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Virgin Islands. Synonyms: Thais brujensis M. Smith, 1946.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
586. Siratus thompsoni (Bullis, 1964) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad
References: Bullis (1964), Rios (1975), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Houart & Tobago, Venezuela.

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Genus Thais Röding, 1798 Thais langi Clench, 1948.


Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
591. Thais canaliculata (Gray, 1839) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Uruguay, United
References: Yen (1942), NMNH 60102, CY0458. States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Genus Trachypollia Woodring, 1928
Depth Collected: 10 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 11 m.
595. Trachypollia didyma (Schwengel, 1943)
References:  Houart (1991), Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), Vokes
Size: 55 mm. (1996), NMNH 869664, CY0461.
Synonyms: Thais haysae Clench, 1927. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: GUA. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 525 m.
592. Thais deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822) Size: 15 mm.
References:  Moore (1958), Leal (1991), Fernández Milera (1998), Synonyms: Cantharus turricula Maltzan, 1884; Morula turricula (Maltzan,
Macsotay & Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 770765, 1884); Trachypollia suga auct. non Fischer-Piette, 1942; Morula didyma
CY0459. (Schwengel, 1943).
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, Suriname,
Depth Collected: 18 m. United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Range: 0 to 12 m.
Size: 41 mm. 596. Trachypollia nodulosa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms: Purpura trapa auct. non Röding, 1798; Purpura subdeltoidea References:  Melvill (1881), Dautzenberg (1900), Nicklès (1950),
Blainville, 1832; Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860. Moore (1958), Lipka (1974), Fernández Milera (1998), CY0462.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Depth Collected: 20 m.
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Range: 0 to 21 m.
Size: 20 mm.
Subgenus Stramonita Schumacher, 1817. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
593. Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
References: Voss & Voss (1960), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991),
Islands.
Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001).
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 87.3°W to 14.4°W
Depth Range: 0 to 4 m (live 0 to 0 m). Genus Typhis Montfort, 1810
Size: 50 mm.
597. Typhis jardinreinensis Espinosa, 1985
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, GUA. References: Espinosa (1985), CY0463. 
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras,
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 8 to 8 m.
594. Stramonita cf haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)
References:  Schumacher (1817), Cooley (1978), Cosel (1986), Leal
Size: 11 mm.
(1991), Denadai & Amaral (1999), NMNH 743197, CY0460. Local Distribution: TAY.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,085”
Depth Collected: 30 m. Genus Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994.
Depth Range: 0 to 538 m.
Size: 86 mm. 598. Vokesimurex sp 1
Synonyms: Murex consul Gmelin, 1791; Thais cruentata auct. non References: CY0464.
Gmelin, 1791; Thais grisea Röding, 1798; Thais metallica Röding, 1798; Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Thais nebulosa Röding, 1798; Thais stellata Röding, 1798; Buccinum Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
cingulatum Lamarck, 1816; Buccinum lineatum Lamarck, 1822; Purpura Depth Collected: 100 m.
undata auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Purpura nuttalli Conrad, 1836; Purpura
floridana Conrad, 1837; Purpura gigantea Calcara, 1840; Fusus pyruloides Size: 35 mm.
De Kay, 1843; Purpura cornuta Philippi, 1844; Cuma diadema auct. non Local Distribution: MOR.
Reeve, 1846; Purpura forbesii Dunker, 1853; Purpura fasciata Dunker, Global Distribution: Colombia.
1857; Purpura barcinonensis Hidalgo, 1867; Purpura calva Weinkauff,
1873; Sinusigera colbeauiana Craven, 1877; Purpura major Monterosato,
1878; Purpura nux Monterosato, 1878; Purpura gundlachi Arango, 1880; Family CORALLIOPHILIDAE Chenu, 1859
Purpura laevis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882; Purpura minor
Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882; Purpura nodulosa Bucquoy, Genus Babelomurex Coen, 1922
Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882; Purpura oceanica Locard, 1886; Purpura
gracilior Kobelt, 1887; Purpura costellata Pallary, 1900; Purpura minima 599. Babelomurex mansfieldi (McGintym, 1940)
Pallary, 1900; Purpura striata Pallary, 1900; Thais hidalgoi Coen, 1946; References:  Pilsbry & McGinty (1949), Penna-Neme & Leme (1978),

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Kosuge & Suzuki (1985), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0465. Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 30 m. 604. Coralliophila caribaea Abbott, 1958
Depth Range: 0.6 to 177 m. References: Porter (1974), Hopkins et al. (1977), Sunderland (1989),
Size: 10 mm. Leal (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 771130, CY0469.
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, United Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
States, Panama, Venezuela. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 116 m.
600. Babelomurex tectumsinense (Deshayes, 1856) Size: 15 mm.
References: Bayer (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0466. Synonyms: Murex plicatus auct. non Wood, 1818; Coralliophila brevis
auct. non Blainville, 1832; Ringicula cruzensis Usticke, 1969.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
Depth Range: 50 to 720 m. Virgin Islands.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Pseudomurex scabridus Monterosato, 1890; Coralliophila
curta Settepassi, 1977; Coralliophila depressa Settepassi, 1977; Coralliophila 605. Coralliophila galea (Dillwyn, 1823)
modesta Settepassi, 1977; Coralliophila squamulata Settepassi, 1977. References: Sunderland (1989).
Local Distribution: TAY. Range: 32.3°N to 20.85°S; 97.22°W to 32.5°W
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Depth Range: 0 to 23 m (live 0.3 to 23 m).
Size: 41 mm.
601. Babelomurex dalli (Emerson & D´ Attilio,1963) Synonyms: Purpura abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816; Coralliophila
deformis auct. non Lamarck, 1822.
References:  Bayer (1971), Sunderland (1989), Leal (1991), Kosuge &
Suzuki (1985), García (2000), NMNH 87215, CY0467. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 51 to 1606 m. 606. Coralliophila scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822)
Size: 22 mm. References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Porter (1974), Díaz et al.
Synonyms: Coralliophila deburghiae auct. non Reeve, 1857; Coralliophila (1990), Sunderland (1989), García (2002), NMNH 848590.
fusiformis Dall, 1889; Coralliophila spinosa Dall, 1889; Latiaxis dalli Range: 34°N to 11.3°N, 91°W to 67°W
Emerson & D’Attilio, 1963; Coralliophila basilium Penna-Neme & Leme, Depth Range: 0.3 to 139 m.
1978.
Size: 33 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.

Genus Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853 607. Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona, 1836)
References: Bouchet & Warén (1985), CY0470.
602. Coralliophila abbreviata (Lamarck, 1816) Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
References:  Hopkins et al. (1977), Kosuge & Suzuki (1985), Leal Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
(1991), Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH Depth Collected: 100 m.
771651, CY0468. Depth Range: 30 to 695 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 20 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150” Synonyms: Coralliophila bracteata auct. non Brocchi, 1814; Murex
Depth Collected: 35 m. alucoides Blainville, 1830; Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836; Trophon
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m. lintoni Verrill & Smith, 1882; Pseudomurex perfectus P. Fischer, 1882;
Size: 20 mm. Pseudomurex ruderatus Sturany, 1896; Coralliophila elongata Settepassi,
1977; Coralliophila inflata Settepassi, 1977; Coralliophila longicauda
Synonyms: Coralliophila deformis auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Murex Settepassi, 1977; Coralliophila turris Settepassi, 1977.
galea Dillwyn, 1823; Coralliophila nodulosa H. & A. Adams, 1864.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.

603. Coralliophila aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850) 608. Coralliophila nivea (A. Adams, 1853)
References: Moore (1958), Abbott (1958), Abbott (1974), Leal (1991), References: A. Adams, 1853, CY0471.
Macsotay & Campos (2001). Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Range: 32.3°N to 20.53°S; 97.28°W to 32.5°W Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Range: 0 to 525 m (live 0.3 to 6 m). Depth Collected: 90m.
Size: 23 mm. Size: 23 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Family COSTELLARIIDAE Swainson, 1840 Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.


Genus Vexillum Röding, 1798 Size: 14 mm.
Synonyms: Vexillum histrio auct. non Reeve, 1844.
609. Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 Local Distribution: TAY.
References: Kaicher (1977), Leal (1991), NMNH 420978, CY0472. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Rica, United States.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m. 614. Vexillum pulchellum (Reeve, 1844)
Depth Range: 0 to 780 m. References:  Cernohorsky (1978), Leal (1991), Espinosa & Ortea
Size: 10 mm. (2001), García (2000), CY0477.
Local Distribution: TAY. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
610. Vexillum dermestinum (Lamarck, 1811) Depth Range: 21 to 94 m.
References:  Lamarck (1811), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke
Size: 12 mm.
(1959), Cernohorsky (1978), Princz (1982), CY0473. Local Distribution: GUA.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, United
States, Jamaica.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 24 m. 615. Vexillum (Pusia) albocinctum (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Size: 11 mm. References: C. B. Adams (1845), CY0478.
Synonyms: Pusia pulchella auct. non Reeve, 1845; Mitra albicostata C. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
B. Adams, 1850. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Depth Range: 1.5 to 6 m.
Mexico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Size: 5 mm.
Islands.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
611. Vexillum puella (Reeve, 1845) Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke
(1959), Cernohorsky (1978), Princz (1982), CY0474.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 616. Vexillum exiguum (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” References:  C. B. Adams (1845), Cernohorsky (1978), Díaz et al.
(1990), Leal (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001).
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Range: 25°N to 22°S; 90.5°W to 33.75°W
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Size: 7 mm.
Size: 6.9 mm.
Synonyms: Mitra albomaculata Sowerby II, 1874.
Synonyms: Mitra hanleyi Dohrn, 1861; Mitra roseocaudata Sowerby II,
Local Distribution: TAY. 1874; Mitra antiguensis Usticke, 1969; Mitra minuta Usticke, 1969.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Local Distribution: TAY.
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, United
States.
612. Vexillum variatum (Reeve, 1845)
References: Waller (1973), Cernohorsky (1978), Robinson & Montoya 617. Vexillum hendersoni (Dall, 1927)
(1987), CY0475.
References: Dall (1927), Cernohorsky (1978), Ortiz-Corps (1985),
Collected: Cabo de la Vela, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Leal (1991), García (2002), CY0479.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Range: 10 to 37 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Size: 11 mm. Depth Range: 9 to 805 m (live 9 to 82 m).
Synonyms: Vexillum histrio auct. non Reeve, 1844; Vexillum pulchellum Size: 10 mm.
auct. non Reeve, 1844; Mitra speciosa Reeve, 1844; Pusia splendidula
Sarasúa, 1975. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Virgin
Islands. 618. Vexillum histrio (Reeve, 1844)
References: Usticke (1959), Radwin (1969), Cernohorsky (1978), Leal
613. Vexillum epiphanea (Rehder, 1943) (1991), CY0480.
References:  Robinson & Montoya (1987), Sunderland & Sunderland Collected: Salgar.
(1994), CY0476. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Depth Range: 0 to 275 m.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Size: 10 mm.

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Local Distribution: MAG. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”


Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, United Depth Collected: 40 m.
States, Virgin Islands. Size: 2 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
619. Vexillum laterculatum (Sowerby II, 1874) Global Distribution: Colombia.
References:  Cernohorsky (1978), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Díaz
& Puyana (1994), CY0481. Genus Gibberula Swainson, 1840
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 625. Gibberula evadne (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Depth Collected: 50 m. References: Dall & Simpson. (1901), CY0484. 
Depth Range: 0 to 92 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 11 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Pusia staminea auct. non A. Adams, 1853; Mitra olssoni Depth Collected: 15 m.
McGinty, 1955. Depth Range: 15 to 15 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Size: 2 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
620. Vexillum lindae (Petuch, 1987)
References: Petuch, E. J. 1987. 626. Gibberula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Range: 12°N; 72°W References: Abbott (1958), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Britton (1975),
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m. Vokes & Vokes (1983), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Díaz et al. (1990),
CY0485.
Size: 17 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 52 m.
621. Vexillum styria (Dall, 1889) Size: 3 mm.
References: Dall (1889), Rice & Kornicker (1965). Synonyms: Marginella sagittata auct. non Hinds, 1844; Marginella alba
Range: 29°N to 13°N; 92.35°W to 60°W C. B. Adams, 1850.
Depth Range: 46 to 609 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 19 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Local Distribution: ARCO. Jamaica, Mexico, Panama.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, United States.
627. Gibberula agricola Faber, 2005
622. Vexillum sykesi (Melvill, 1925) References: Faber (2005), CY0486.
References:  Melvill (1925), Cernohorsky (1978), Reed & Mikkelsen Collected: Santa Veronica.
(1987), Robinson & Montoya (1987), CY0482. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Collected: 5 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Size: 2 mm.
Depth Range: 2 to 73 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 9 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras,
Mexico, Panama.
Synonyms: Pusia moisei McGinty, 1955; Mitra hayesae Usticke, 1959.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, United 628. Gibberula lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1842)
States. References: Rosewater (1975), Princz (1983), CY0487.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
623. Vexillum venustum (Sarasúa, 1978) Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
References: Sarasúa (1978), Díaz et al. (1990). Depth Collected: 10 m.
Range: 23°N to 11.3°N; 82.5°W to 74.2°W Size: 2.5 mm.
Size: 17 mm. Synonyms: Marginella minuta auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840; Marginella
conulus H. C. Lea, 1843; Marginella minima Sowerby II, 1846.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands.
Family CYSTISCIDAE Stimpson, 1865
Genus Cysticus Stimpson, 1869
629. Gibberula yidii Cossignani, 2006
624. Cysticus sp 1 References: Cossignani (2006).
References: CY0483. Collected: Taganga.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”

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Depth Collected: 20 m. Size: 9 mm.


Size: 1.3 mm. Synonyms: Pachybathron marginelloideum Gaskoin, 1853
Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Venezuela.

630. Gibberula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849) 635. Pachybathron tayrona Díaz & Velasquez, 1987
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Britton (1975), Boyer (2004), CY0488. References:  Díaz & Velásquez (1987), Díaz et al. (1990), Wakefield,
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Boyer & McCleery (2002), CY0493.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m. Depth Collected: 17 m.
Size: 9 mm. Depth Range: 0.5 to 17 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 10 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
United States, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.

631. Gibberula sp 1 Genus Persicula Schumacher, 1817


References: CY0489.
Collected: Taganga. 636. Persicula catenata (Montagu, 1803)
Coordenates: N11°17,32”; W074°12,427” References: Princz (1987), Boyer (2004), CY0494.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 4 mm. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Range: 0 to 168 m.
Size: 9 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Genus Granulina Jousseaume, 1888 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, United
States, Venezuela.
632. Granulina hadria (Dall, 1889)
References: Coovert (1988), CY0490.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 637. Persicula multilineata (Sowerby II, 1846)
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” References:  Sowerby II (1846), Keen (1971), Kaicher (1981), Boyer,
Neefs & Wakefield (1998), CY0495.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
DepthRange: 0 to 16 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 2 mm.
Depth Collected: 90 m.
Synonyms: Bullata ovuliformis auct. non d’Orbigny, 1841; Marginella
lacrimula auct. non Gould, 1862. Size: 18 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Ocean Pacific.

633. Granulina ovuliformis (d'Orbigny, 1842) 638. Persicula calculus (Redfield, 1870)
References:  d’Orbigny (1842), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Mello &
References:  Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Lipe (1991), Lipe &
Sunderland (1991), CY0496.
Perrier (1986), Princz (1987), Coovert (1988), CY0491.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Depth Collected: 12 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Depth Range: 4.5 to 8 m.
Size: 3 mm. Size: 14 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Synonyms: Marginella guttata auct. non Swainson, 1829; Marginella
maculosa auct. non Kiener, 1834.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Local Distribution: GUA.
Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Caribbean sea, Colombia.

Genus Pachybathron Gaskoin, 1853


639. Persicula hennequini Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield, 1998
634. Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) References: Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield (1998), CY0497.
References: C. B. Adams (1845), Wakefield, Boyer & McCleery (2002), Collected: Bahía Portete.
CY0492. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,427” Depth Range: 2 to 3 m.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Size: 14 mm.
Depth Range: 0.5 to 366 m. Local Distribution: GUA.

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Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. 645. Plesiocystiscus jansseni (Jong & Coomans, 1988)
References: Cossignani (2006).
640. Persicula interruptolineata (Muhlfed, 1816) Range: 12.5°N to 12°N; 70°W to 69°W
References:  Princz (1978), Lipe (1991), Lipe & Sunderland (1991), Depth Range: 30 to 30 m.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0498. Size: 2 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 30 m. 646. Plesiocystiscus larva (Bavay, 1922)
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. References: Bavay (1922), Coovert & Coovert (1995), CY0505.
Size: 14 mm. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Synonyms: Persicula duchon Jousseaume, 1875; Persicula hodsoni Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Weisbord, 1962; Persicula mareana Weisbord, 1962.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.
Size: 2 mm.
Synonyms: Gibberula bocasensis Olsson & McGinty, 1958.
641. Persicula muralis (Hinds, 1844) Local Distribution: GUA.
References:  Jong & Coomans (1988), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
CY0499.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Genus Pugnus Hedley, 1896
Depth Collected: 20 m. 647. Pugnus serrei (Bavay, 1911)
Size: 10 mm. References:  Bock & Moore (1971), Moore (1971), Vokes & Vokes
Local Distribution: GUA. (1983), Talavera & Princz (1985), Coovert & Coovert (1995), CY0504.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Venezuela. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
642. Persicula obesa (Redfield, 1846) Depth Collected: 5 m.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Roth & Emerson (1982), Lipe Depth Range: 0 to 6 m.
(1991), Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Size: 1 mm.
CY0500. Local Distribution: GUA.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 15 to 15 m. Family MARGINELLIDAE Fleming, 1828
Size: 14 mm. Genus Dentimargo Cossmann, 1899
Synonyms: Marginella similis Sowerby II, 1846.
Local Distribution: GUA. 648. Dentimargo aureocinctus (Stearns, 1872)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. References:  Menzel (1963), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sykes & Hall
(1970), Odé (1986), CY0505.
643. Persicula tessellata Lamarck, 1822 Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0501. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Depth Range: 0 to 165 m.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Size: 4 mm.
Depth Range: 45 to 45 m. Synonyms: Marginella immaculata Dall, 1890; Dentimargo polyspira
auct. non Olsson & Harbison, 1953.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Synonyms: Voluta albida Bosc, 1802; Marginella lavelana auct. non
Hodson, 1927. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, United
States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.
649. Dentimargo eburneolus (Conrad, 1834)
References: Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978), Talavera & Princz (1985),
Genus Plesiocystiscus Coovert & Coovert, 1995 Robinson & Montoya (1987), Lyons (1989), CY0506.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
644. Plesiocystiscus abbotti (Jong & Coomans,1988) Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
References: Cossignani (2006), CY0502 Depth Collected: 35 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 1097 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Size: 4 mm.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Synonyms: Marginella denticulata Conrad, 1830; Marginella elevata
Size: 1.5 mm. Emmons, 1858; Marginella opalina Stearns, 1872; Marginella clarksvillensis
Local Distribution: TAY. Mansfield, 1930; Marginella destina Schwengel, 1943.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: TAY.

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Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Genus Hyalina Schumacher, 1817
United States, Venezuela.
655. Hyalina pallida (Linnaeus, 1758)
650. Dentimargo reductus (Bavay, 1922) References:  Coan & Roth (1976), Díaz et al. (1990), Robinson &
Montoya (1987), Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Talavera & Princz (1985),
References:  Bavay (1922), Díaz et al. (1990), Lipe (1991), Díaz & Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0511.
Puyana (1994), CY0507.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 10 m.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 50 m.
Size: 15 mm.
Size: 2.6 mm.
Synonyms: Hyalina pellucida Schumacher, 1817; Marginella tenuilabra
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Tomlin, 1917.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, United States. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, United States,
651. Dentimargo sulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842) Mexico, Puerto Rico.Venezuela.
References: d’Orbigny (1842), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0508.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Genus Prunum Hermannsen, 1852
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W75°08,150”
Depth Collected: 80 m. 656. Prunum albertoangelai Cossignani, 2005
Depth Range: 29 to 71 m. References: Cossignani (2005), CY0512.
Size: 2.5 mm. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Synonyms: Marginella striata Sowerby II, 1846, Marginella lasallei Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Talavera & Princz, 1985. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Depth Range: 30 to 20 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. Size: 9 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
652. Dentimargo sp 1 Global Distribution: Colombia.
References: CY0525.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
657. Prunum amabile (Redfield,1852)
References: Bayer (1943), Vokes & Vokes (1983), CY0513.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Size: 4 mm.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 0 to 229 m.
Size: 20 mm.
Genus Eratoidea Weinkauff, 1879 Synonyms: Prunum roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939.
653. Eratoidea hematita (Kiener, 1834) Local Distribution: MOR.
References:  Kiener (1834), Dall (1881), Dautzenberg (1900),
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, México, United
States.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0509.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 658. Prunum apicinum (Menke, 1828)
Depth Collected: 25 m. References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Fernández Milera (1998),
Depth Range: 2 to 165 m. CY0514.
Size: 11 mm. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Synonyms: Marginella jaspidea Schwengel, 1940; Marginella philtata Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Abbott, 1954. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Depth Range: 0 to 25 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United Size: 13 mm.
States.
Synonyms: Marginella conoidalis Kiener, 1841; Marginella caribaea
d’Orbigny, 1842; Marginella livida Hinds, 1844; Marginella flavida
654. Eratoidea margarita (Kiener, 1834) Redfield, 1846; Egouena virginea Jousseaume, 1875.
References:  Kiener (1834), Reeve (1865), Jong & Coomans (1988), Local Distribution: MOR, ARCO.
CY0510. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Puerto Rico, United States.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 50 m. 659. Prunum carneum (Storer, 1837)
Size: 7 mm. References:  Maury (1922), Bayer (1943), Radwin (1969), Britton
Synonyms: Marginella candida Sowerby II, 1846. (1975), Princz (1978), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Talavera & Princz (1985),
Local Distribution: GUA. CY0515.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.

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Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Depth Range: 10 to 80 m.


Depth Collected: 50 m. Size: 34 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Synonyms: Marginella prunum auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Marginella
Size: 17 mm. fraterculus E. A. Smith, 1915.
Synonyms: Marginella obscura auct. non Reeve, 1865. Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: MOR. Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, United
States, Venezuela. 665. Prunum poulosi Lipe, 1996
References: Lipe (1996), CY0520.
660. Prunum guttatum (Dillwyn, 1817) Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References:  Bayer (1943), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Britton (1975), Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Fernández Milera (1998), Vegas Torres (2004), CY0516. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Depth Range: 35 to 55 m.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Size: 34 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Synonyms: Cryptospira martini auct. non Petit, 1853.
Depth Range: 0 to 5 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 20 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Marginella longivaricosa Lamarck, 1822; Marginella coniformis
Sowerby I, 1850.
Local Distribution: MOR, ARCO. 666. Prunum pruinosum (Hinds, 1844)
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, References:  Hinds (1844), Abbott (1958), Usticke (1959), Petuch
(1998), CY0321.
Nicaragua, Panama. United States.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
661. Prunum Leonardhilli Petuch, 1990 Depth Collected: 10 m.
References: Petuch (1990), CY0517.
Depth Range: 0 to 6 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Size: 12 mm.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Synonyms: Egouena niveum (C. B. Adams, 1850).
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 60 to 60 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, México, Nicaragua, Virgin Islands.
Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama. 667. Prunum prunum (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Altena (1975), Cosel (1986), Macsotay & Campos (2001),
CY0522.
662. Prunum labrosum (Redfield, 1870) Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Dautzenberg (1900).
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Range: 12°N to 11°N; 73°W to 63°W
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 6 to 80 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Size: 20 mm.
Synonyms: Marginella crassilabrum Sowerby II, 1846; Egouena leai
Jousseaume, 1875.
Synonyms: Voluta plumbea Dillwyn, 1817; Marginella caerulescens
Lamarck, 1822; Marginella glans Menke, 1828; Marginella subcaerulea
Local Distribution: CAO. Mörch, 1852; Marginella xanthostoma Mörch, 1852.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela.
663. Prunum marginatum (Born, 1778)
References:  Altena (1975), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay &
Campos (2001), CY0518. 668. Prunum pulchrum (Gray, 1839)
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. References:  Wagner & Abbott (1978), Petuch (1981), Lipe &
Sunderland (1991), CY0523.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Range: 20 to 72 m.
Depth Collected: 45 m.
Size: 26 mm.
Size: 18 mm.
Synonyms: Marginella bivaricosa Lamarck, 1822; Marginella cincta
Kiener, 1834; Marginella lactea Swainson, 1840. Local Distribution: GUA.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela.
669. Prunum rostratum (Redfield, 1870)
664. Prunum martini (Petit, 1853) References: Maury (1922), CY0524.
References: Petit (1853), Strebel (1908), CY0519. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N1101,219”; W74°25,111” Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Collected: 45 m. Depth Range: 0 to 154 m.

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Size: 24 mm. Local Distribution: GUA.


Synonyms: Marginella oblonga auct. non Swainson, 1829; Egouena Global Distribution: Colombia.
wallacei Jousseaume, 1875.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO.
675. Volvarina brasiliana Boyer, 2000
Global Distribution: Colombia, México, Panamá.
References: Boyer (2000), CY0530.
Collected: Cartagena.
670. Prunum sp 2 Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
References: CY0526 . Depth Collected: 25 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Range: 1 to 20 m.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Size: 7 mm.
Depth Collected: 45 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 8 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. 676. Volvarina frazzinii Cossignani, 2006
References: Cossignani (2006), CY0531.
Genus Volvarina Hinds, 1844 Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
671. Volvarina adrianadiae Cossignani, 2006 Depth Collected: 15 m.
References: Cossignani (2006), CY0527. Size: 9 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 5.5 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. 677. Volvarina hennequini Boyer, 2001
Global Distribution: Colombia. References: Boyer (2001), Gracia & Boyer (2004), CY0532.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
672. Volvarina albolineata (d'Orbigny, 1842) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Abbott (1958), Talavera & Princz (1985), Mello & Perrier Depth Range: 420 to 502 m.
(1986), NMNH 867464, CY0528.
Size: 14 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Panama.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Size: 9 mm. 678. Volvarina lactea (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms: Marginella delessertiana auct. non Récluz, 1841. References: C. B. Adams (1850), Lipe (1991), CY0533.
Local Distribution: TAY. Collected: Salgar.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 51 m.
673. Volvarina avena (Kiener, 1834) Size: 7 mm.
References: Houbrick (1968), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Reed & Mikkelsen Synonyms: Marginella abbreviata C. B. Adams, 1850; Marginella
(1987), Díaz et al. (1990), Fernández Milera (1998), Boyer (2000), compressa Reeve, 1865; Hyalina lustra Weisbord, 1962.
Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0529. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, United States.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 60 m. 679. Volvarina maya Espinosa & Ortega, 1998
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m. References: Espinosa & Ortea (1998), CY0534.
Size: 12 mm. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Synonyms: Marginella varia Sowerby II, 1846; Marginella beyerleana Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°05,150”
Bernardi, 1853; Marginella livida Reeve, 1865; Volvarina vermiculata
Jousseaume, 1875; Marginella perrieri Bavay, 1906. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 9 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Local Distribution: MAG.
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico.
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

680. Volvarina mexicana Jousseaume,1875


674. Volvarina bayeri Gracia & Boyer, 2004 References:  Jousseaume (1875), Dautzenberg (1900), Lipe (1991),
References: Gracia & Boyer (2004). CY0535.
Range: 12.5°N; 72.1°W Collected: Bahía Portete.
Depth Range: 493 to 493 m. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Size: 13 mm. Depth Collected: 60 m.

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Depth Range: 1 to 65 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.


Size: 7 mm. Depth Range: 40 to 190 m.
Local Distribution: MOR. Size: 9 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
681. Volvarina monicae Díaz, Espinosa & Ortea, 1996
References: Cossignani (2006), CY0536. Family HARPIDAE Bronn, 1849
Collected: Santa Veronica. Genus Morum Röding, 1798
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 70 m. 687. Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842)
Size: 19 mm. References:  Dall (1889), Kempf (1969), Porter (1974), Odé (1982),
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Leal (1991), Sunderland & Sunderland (1992), Rios (1994), CY0542.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
682. Volvarina pauli Jong & Coomans, 1988 Depth Range: 30 to 370 m.
References: Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0537. Size: 60 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, United States,
Depth Collected: 55 m. Venezuela.
Size: 5 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
688. Morum lindae Petuch, 1987
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
References: Petuch (1987), Sunderland & Sunderland (1992), CY0543.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
683. Volvarina subtriplicata (d'Orbigny, 1842) Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
References: d’Orbigny (1842), Ekdale (1974), CY0538. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Range: 11 to 76 m.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Size: 25 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Synonyms: Morum dennisoni auct. non Reeve, 1842; Morum dominguense
Depth Range: 9 to 203 m. auct. non Sowerby, 1850.
Size: 5 mm. local Distribution: GUA.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States, Virgin Islands.
689. Morum oniscus (Linnaeus, 1767)
684. Volvarina taeniata (Sowerby I, 1846) References:  Melvill (1881), Clench & Abbott (1943), Rios (1975),
Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991), Vegas Torres (2004), CY0544.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Wagner & Abbott (1978), Talavera
& Princz (1985), CY0539. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Range: 0 to 72 m.
Size: 11 mm. Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Marginella quadrifasciata Marrat, 1873; Marginella verdensis Synonyms: Cypraea conoidea Scopoli, 1786; Morum purpureum Röding,
E. A. Smith, 1875; Marginella minor Jousseaume, 1877. 1798; Oniscia quadriseriata Menke, 1830; Oniscia triseriata Menke, 1830;
Oniscia strombiformis Reeve, 1842; Morum floridanum Tucker & Wilson,
Local Distribution: GUA. 1933.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Cabo verde Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA, ARCO.
Africa.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
685. Volvarina tripartita Cossignani, 2006 Virgin Islands.
References: Cossignani (2006), CY0540.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Family MITRIDAE (Swainson, 1831)
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Genus Mitra Lamarck, 1798
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 9 mm. 690. Mitra florida Gould, 1856
Local Distribution: GUA, CAO. References: Bayer (1942), Vokes & Vokes (1983), CY0545.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N12°19,316”; W75°33,328”
686. Volvarina veraguasensis Wakefield & McCleery, 2005 Depth Collected: 15 m.
References: Wakefield & McCleery (2005), CY0541. Depth Range: 2 to 55 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 51 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Synonyms: Mitra fergusoni Sowerby II, 1874; Dibaphimitra janetae

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Petuch, 1987. Local Distribution: MAG.


Local Distribution: SAN, ARCO. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United States.
Genus Subcancilla Olsson & Harbison, 1953
691. Mitra barbadensis (Gmelin, 1791)
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Leal (1991), Robin & Martin 696. Subcancilla leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
(2004), Vegas Torres (2004), CY0546. References: Petuch (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0550.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Coordenates: N11°181,403”; N74°57,270”
Depth Colllected: 50 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 82 m. Depth Range: 35 to 80 m.
Size: 25 mm. Size: 22 mm.
Synonyms: Murex zebrula Meuschen, 1787; Voluta striatula Schröter, Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
1804; Mitra santomensis Félix-Alves & Fernandes, 1989.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United Family TURBINELLIDAE Swainson, 1840
States, Venezuela.
Genus Fulgurofusus Grabau, 1904
692. Mitra nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791) 697. Fulgurofusus brayi (Clench, 1959)
References: Parker & Curray (1956), Moore (1958), Rice & Kornicker References: Bayer (1971), Harasewych (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
(1965), Waller (1973), Rios (1975), Díaz et al. (1990), Fernández Milera CY0551.
(1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Robin & Martin (2004), CY0547. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Depth Collected: 150 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Range: 274 to 664 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m. Size: 60 mm.
Size: 32 mm. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, GUA.
Synonyms: Mitra granulosa Lamarck, 1811; Voluta lutosa Dillwyn, 1817; Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Mitra granulata Blainville, 1824; Mitra monilifera auct. non C. B. Adams,
1850; Mitra brasiliensis Oliveira, Almeida, Vieira & Oliveira, 1969.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. 698. Fulgurofusus xenismatis Harasewych, 1983
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, References: Harasewych (1983), CY0552.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Collected: San Andres Islas.
Islands. Coordenates: N12°19,316”; W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 250 m.
693. Mitra pallida Usticke, 1959 Depth Range: 263 to 450 m.
References: Usticke (1969), Boyko & Cordeiro (2001), CY0548. Size: 30 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribuction: ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Global Distribution: Colombia, Nicaragua.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 30 mm. Genus Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Aruba, Barbados, Colombia, United States, 699. Turbinella angulata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Virgin Islands. References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), García-Cubas (1982), Vokes &
Vokes (1983), Cosel (1986), Fernández Milera (1998), CY0553.

694. Mitra straminea A. Adams, 1853 Collected: Bahía Portete.


References:  Dall & Simpson (1901), Cernohorsky (1976), Vokes &
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Vokes (1983), García (2002). Depth Collected: 25 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Depth Range: 0 to 45 m.
Depth Collected: 270 m. Size: 340 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 329 m. Synonyms: Turbinellus scolymus (Gmelin, 1791); Fusus cynara Röding,
1798; Fasciolaria cardoscolym G. Fischer, 1807; Tubularia clavata Esper,
Local Distribution: MOR. 1830.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, México, Panamá, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Puerto Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United
States, Venezuela.
695. Mitra sp 1
References: CY0549.
Genus Vasum Röding, 1798
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” 700. Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
Depth Collected: 15 m. References: Perry et al. (1938), Abbott (1950), Usticke (1959), Britton
Size: 10 mm. (1975), Princz (1978), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0554.

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Collected: Cabo de la vela. ernesti Petuch, 1990; Voluta brunneocincta Poppe, 2001.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua.
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
Size: 100 mm. 704. Voluta virescens Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms: Turbinella capitellum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Vasum References:  Bayer (1971), Cosel (1976), Cosel (1986), García (1988),
urna Röding, 1798; Volutella divergens G. Perry, 1810; Turbinella pugillaris García (1993), CY0558.
Lamarck, 1822.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. ARCO. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075”08,150”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Depth Collected: 40 m.
Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto
Rico, United States. Depth Range: 0 to 128 m.
Size: 124 mm.
Family VOLUTIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815) Synonyms: Murex cantinelosus Meuschen, 1787; Voluta fulva Lamarck,
1811; Voluta polyzonalis Lamarck, 1811; Voluta pusio Swainson, 1823;
Genus Scaphella Swainson, 1832 Voluta lindae Petuch, 1987; Voluta lacertina Petuch, 1990.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
701. Scaphella evelina F. M. Bayer, 1971 Global Distribution: Belice, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras,
References: Bayer (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0555. Nicaragua, Panamá.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 150 m. Family VOLUTOMITRIDAE Gray, 1854
Depth Range: 73 to 421 m. Genus Conomitra Conrad, 1865
Size: 130 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR. 705. Conomitra lindae Petuch, 1987
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama. References: Petuch (1987), Robin & Martin (2004), CY0559.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Genus Voluta Linnaeus, 1758 Depth Collected: 25 m.
702. Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758 Depth Range: 35 to 35 m.
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Cosel (1976), Poppe & Goto Size: 9 mm.
(1992), Díaz et al. (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos Local Distribution: TAY.
(2001), CY0556. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras.
Collected: Cabo de la vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Genus Pusiolina Cossmann, 1921
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m. 706. Pusiolina veldhoveni Jong & Coomans, 1988
Size: 94 mm. References: Jong & Coomans (1988), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0560.
Synonyms: Plejona chorea Röding, 1798; Plejona confusa Röding, 1798; Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Plejona incarnata Röding, 1798; Plejona laevigata Röding, 1798; Plejona Coordenates: N 11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
lineata Röding, 1798; Plejona maculata Röding, 1798; Plejona muta Röding, Depth Collected: 45 m.
1798; Plejona reticulata Röding, 1798; Plejona rosea Röding, 1798; Plejona Size: 8 mm.
turbata Röding, 1798; Voluta carneolata Lamarck, 1811; Voluta guinaica
Lamarck, 1811; Voluta laevigata Lamarck, 1811; Voluta nebulosa Lamarck,
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
1811; Voluta rugifera Lamarck, 1811; Voluta sulcata Lamarck, 1811; Voluta Global Distribution: Colombia.
thiarella Lamarck, 1811; Voluta violacea Lamarck, 1811; Voluta guineensis
Dillwyn, 1817; Voluta plicata Dillwyn, 1817; Voluta polypleura auct. non
Crosse, 1876; Voluta damula Dall, 1907; Voluta typica Dall, 1907, Voluta Genus Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853
ornata A. H. Verrill, 1950; Voluta sanguinea A. H. Verrill, 1950; Voluta alba
A. H. Verrill, 1953; Voluta alfordae A. H. Verrill, 1953; Voluta ornata A. H. 707. Volutomitra erebus F. M. Bayer, 1971
Verrill, 1953; Voluta tobagoensis A. H. Verrill, 1953; Voluta margaritana A. References: Bayer (1971).
H. Verrill, 1954. Range: 122°N to 10°N; 734°W to 60°W
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Depth Range: 567 to 597 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Size: 35.6 mm.
Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago.
703. Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876
References: Poppe & Goto (1992), CY0557.
Collected: San Andres Islas. Superfamily OLIVOIDEA Latreille, 1825
Coordenates: N12°19,287”; W81°26,169” Family OLIVIDAE Latreille, 1825
Depth Collected: 30 m. Genus Ancilla Lamarck, 1799
Depth Range: 2 to 380 m.
Size: 98 mm. 708. Ancilla tankervillii (Swainson, 1825)
Synonyms: Falsilyria demarcoi (Olsson, 1965); Falsilyria garciai Petuch, References:  Petuch (1981), Voskuil (1991), Macsotay & Campos
1981; Falsilyria kotorai Petuch, 1981; Falsilyria retemirabilis Petuch, 1981; (2001), Sterba (2003), CY0561.
Falsilyria hilli Petuch, 1987; Falsilyria sunderlandi Petuch, 1987; Falsilyria Collected: Bahía Portete.

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Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Range: 6 to 91 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Size: 65 mm. Size: 45 mm.
Synonyms: Ancilla venezuelana Weisbord, 1962. Synonyms: Oliva aldinia Duclos, 1844; Oliva bullata Marrat, 1871;
Local Distribution: GUA. Oliva mercatoria Marrat, 1871, Oliva reticularis Lamarck, 1811; Oliva
circinata Marrat, 1871.
Global Distribution: Venezuela.
Local Distribution: TAY, SAN, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
709. Ancilla glabrata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
References:  Princz (1978), Petuch (1981), Díaz et al. (1990), Díaz
& Puyana (1994), Voskuil (1991), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Sterba 714. Oliva scripta Lamarck, 1811
(2003), CY0562. References:  Lamarck (1811), Rios (1975), Fernández Milera (1998),
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. CY05765.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Range: 4 to 50 m. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Size: 71 mm. Depth Range: 8 to 66 m.
Synonyms: Eburna flavida Lamarck, 1801; Ancilla fulgens G. Perry, 1811. Size: 47 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Strephona scripta (Lamarck, 1811); Oliva caribaeensis Dall
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Venezuela. & Simpson, 1901; Oliva trujilloi Clench, 1938; Oliva venezuelana Petuch
& Sargent, 1986.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Genus Eburna Lamarck, 1801 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti,
Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela.
710. Eburna lienardii (Bernardi, 1859)
References:  Bernardi (1859), Dautzenberg (1900), Voskuil (1991),
Sterba (2004). Genus Olivella Swainson, 1831
Range: 12°N to 8°S; 73°W to 35°W
Depth Range: 6 to 65 m. 715. Olivella ankeli Díaz & Götting, 1990
Size: 55 mm. References: Díaz & Götting (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0566.
Local Distribution ARCO. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Genus Jaspidella Olsson, 1956 Depth Range: 2 to 6 m.
Size: 7 mm.
711. Jaspidella blanesi (Ford, 1898) Local Distribution: TAY.
References:  Perry et al. (1938), Olsson (1956), Olsson & McGinty Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
(1958), Princz (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 71°W
Depth Range: 9 to 50 m.
716. Olivella acteocina Olsson, 1956
References: Olsson (1956), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Absalao & Pimenta
Size: 10 mm. (2003), CY0567.
Synonyms: Olivella alba Ford, 1898; Olivella blanesi Ford, 1898; Olivella Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
albata Vanatta, 1915.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, United
Depth Collected: 40 m.
States,Venezuela. Depth range: 25 to 25 m.
Size: 4 mm.
712. Jaspidella jaspidea (Gmelin, 1791) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
References: Abbott (1951), Porter (1974), Rios (1975), Sterba (2003), Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
CY0563. Rico.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°05,150” 717. Olivella myrmecoon Dall, 1912
Depth Collected: 30 m. References:  Olsson (1956), Radwin (1969), Robinson & Montoya
Depth Range: 1 to 13 m. (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Sterba (2004), CY0568.
Size: 19 mm. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Oliva conoidalis Lamarck, 1811; Oliva mygdonia Duclos, Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
1844; Oliva exigua Mörch, 1852; Oliva piperata Marrat, 1867. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Size: 4 mm.
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá.
Genus Oliva Bruguière, 1789
713. Oliva fulgurator (Röding, 1798) 718. Olivella minuta (Link, 1807)
References: Díaz & Puyana, 1994, NMNH 818836, CY0564. References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Olsson (1956), Andrews

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(1977), Mello & Perrier (1986), Reguero et al. (1991), Sterba (2004), Size: 17.2 mm.
CY0569. Synonyms: Oliva duplicata Conrad, 1843; Oliva fimbriata Reeve, 1850;
Collected: Santa Veronica. Oliva rufifasciata Reeve, 1850; Oliva muticoides Gabb, 1873; Olivella
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” coensis Mansfield, 1930.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, United States,
Venezuela.
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Synonyms: Voluta nitidula Dillwyn, 1817; Oliva mutica auct. non Say, 724. Olivella nivea (Gmelin, 1791)
1822; Oliva zigzag Duclos, 1835; Oliva caerulea Reeve, 1850; Oliva cyanea References: Abbott (1951), Olsson (1956), Warmke & Abbott (1961),
Reeve, 1850; Oliva strigata Reeve, 1850; Oliva verreauxii Duclos, 1857. García-Cubas (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991), CY0572.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Puerto Rico United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 60 m.
719. Olivella floralia (Duclos, 1844) Size: 16 mm.
References:  Porter (1974), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978), Lyons Synonyms: Porphyria turbinata Röding, 1798; Oliva eburnea Lamarck,
(1989), CY0570. 1811; Olivella gracilis auct. non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829; Olivella
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. pulchella auct. non Duclos, 1835; Oliva fulgida Reeve, 1850; Olivina
fulgida (Reeve, 1850); Olivella monilifera auct. non Reeve, 1850; Oliva
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” inconspicua auct. non C. B. Adams, 1852; Oliva parvula Mörch, 1852;
Depth Collected: 35 m. Oliva reevei Ducros, 1857; Oliva cuneata Marrat, 1871; Olivella chiriquiensis
Depth Range: 0 to 70 m. Olsson, 1956.
Size: 11 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, ARCO.
Synonyms: Oliva oryza Duclos, 1835; Oliva alba Marrat, 1871; Oliva Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
elongata Marrat, 1871. Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States,
Local Distribution: GUA. Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
lobal Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. 725. Olivella olssoni Altena, 1971
References: Altena (1975), Rios (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Sterba
720. Olivella guildingii (Reeve, 1850) (2004), CY0573.
References: Reeve (1850), Higgins & Marrat (1877), Dautzenberg Collected: Santa Veronica.
(1900), Kaicher (1987). Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Range: 17.6°N to 11°N; 74°W to 61.3°W Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 15 to 20 m. Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Size: 9 mm. Size: 5 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, St. Vincent & the Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Grenadines. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Suriname.

721. Olivella lactea (Marrat, 1871) 726. Olivella petiolita (Duclos, 1844)
References:  Marrat (1871), Kaicher (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
CY0571.
References: Ekdale (1974), Princz (1982), Sterba (2003), CY0574.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Size: 9 mm.
Size: 18 mm. Synonyms: Olivella esther auct. non Duclos, 1835.
Synonyms: Olivella adelae Olsson, 1956. Local Distribution: MAG, ARCO.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Virgin Islands.

722. Olivella miriadina (Duclos, 1835) 727. Olivella watermani McGinty, 1940
References: Jong & Coomans (1988). References:  Olsson (1956), Porter (1974), Leal (1991), Gonçalves &
Lana (1991), Sterba (2004), CY0575.
Range: 18°N to 11°N; 74°W to 63°W
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 15 to 40 m.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 6 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Range: 22 to 525 m.
Size: 9 mm.
723. Olivella mutica (Say, 1822) Local Distribution: GUA.
References: Kurtz (1860), Melvill (1881), Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
(1956), Cooley (1978), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978), Princz (1982),
Lyons (1989).
Range: 39°N to 4°N; 87°W to 51°W 728. Olivella sp 1
Depth Range: 0 to 156 m (live 0 to 113 m). References: CY0576 .

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Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: MOR.


Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 90 m.
Size: 11 mm. 734. Conus brunneobandatus Petuch, 1992
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Petuch (1992); Sunderland & Sunderland (1994); Filmer
Global Distribution: Colombia. (2001).
Range: 12°N to 4°N; 72°W to 51°W
729. Olivella sp 2 Depth Range: 20 to 61 m.
References: CY0577. Size: 34 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago, Trinidad,
Venezuela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 90 m.
Size: 9 mm. 735. Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1994), CY0581.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Superfamily CONOIDEA Fleming, 1822 Depth Collected: 45 m.
Depth Range: 26 to 110 m.
Family CONIDAE Fleming, 1822 Size: 60 mm.
Genus Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms: Conus atractus auct. non Tomlin, 1937; Conus austini
Rehder & Abbott, 1951.
730. Conus amphiurgus Dall, 1889 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
References : Dall (1889), Clench (1953), Díaz (1990), Sunderland Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia, United States.
(1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0578.
Collected: Cartagena
Coordenates: N10º26,316”; W75º33,328” 736. Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792
Depth Collected: 30 m. References:  Clench (1942), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Warmke
Depth Range: 9 to 61 m (live 9 to 40 m). & Abbott (1961), Kohn (1968), Sunderland (1990), Redfern (2001).
Espinosa & Ortea (2001).
Size: 40 mm.
Range: 27°N to 9.4°N; 82.58°W to 65°W
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG,TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 21 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Size: 32.2 mm.
Synonyms: Conus inconstans E. A. Smith, 1877; Conus kulkulcan auct.
731. Conus armiger Crosse, 1858 non Petuch, 1980; Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987; Conus donnae Petuch,
References: Walls (1979), Sunderland (1990), CY0579. 1998.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 35 to 227 m. 737. Conus centurio Born, 1778
Size: 29 mm. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Clench (1953), Warmke & Abbott
Synonyms: Conus crenulatus Kiener, 1845; Conus clarki Rehder & (1961), Van Mol, Tursch & Kempf (1967), Leal (1991), Macsotay &
Abbott, 1951; Conus frisbeyae Clench & Pulley, 1952. Campos (2001), CY0582.
Local Distribution: GUA. Collected: Taganga.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Mexico Suriname, United Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
States. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 80 mm.
Synonyms: Conus bifasciatus Gmelin, 1791; Conus tribunus Gmelin,
732. Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844 1791; Conus woolseyi M. Smith, 1946; Conus caribaensis Usticke, 1968;
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1994), CY0580. Conus cruzensis Usticke, 1968; Conus antillensis Sander, 1982.
Collected: San Andres Islas. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N12°19,316”; W75°33,328” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Depth Collected: 35 m. Guyana, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Range: 10 to 30 m.
Size: 19 mm.
738. Conus ceruttii Cargile, 1997
Local Distribution: ARCO.
References: Cargile (1997); Filmer (2001), CY0583.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N12º19,289”; W81º26,169”
733. Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987 Depth Collected: 25 m.
References: Petuch (1987), Filmer (2001). Depth Range: 10 to 25 m (live 10 to 25 m).
Range: 9.5°N ; 76°W Size: 14 mm.
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m. Local Distribution: SAN.
Size: 16 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua.

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739. Conus cingulatus Lamarck, 1810 743. Conus flammeacolor Petuch, 1992
References: Walls (1979), Coomans et al. (1985), Díaz (1990), Díaz & References: Petuch (1992), Sunderland & Sunderland (1994), Filmer
Puyana (1994), CY0584. (2001), Petuch (2004), CY0587.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Coordenates: N12º19,289”; W81º26,169”
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Depth Range: 20 to 55 m.
Size: 44 mm. Size: 9 mm.
Synonyms: Conus lorenzianus auct. non Dillwyn, 1817; Conus undatus Local Distribution: SAN.
Kiener, 1845; Conus largillierti auct. non Kiener, 1848. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Venezuela.
744. Conus glenni Petuch, 1993
References: Petuch (1993), Filmer (2001), Vander Ven (2003), CY0588.
740. Conus daucus Hwass, 1792 Collected: San Andres Islas.
References:  Clench (1942), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Díaz et al. Coordenates: N12°19,287”; W81°26,169”
(1990), Leal (1991), Sunderland & Sunderland (1994) Petuch (1998), Depth Collected: 25 m.
Fernández Milera (1998), CY0585.
Depth Range: 1 to 1 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Size: 20 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
Depth Range: 0 to 120 m.
Size: 48 mm.
Synonyms: Cucullus cardinalis Röding, 1798M; Conus pastinaca Lamarck, 745. Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
1810; Conus mamillaris Green, 1830; Conus croceus Sowerby II, 1833; References: Clench (1953), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Radwin (1969),
Conus arausiensis Reeve, 1843; Conus connectens A. Adams, 1855; Conus Lozet & Pétron (1977), Princz (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Hutsell et
luteus Krebs, 1864; Conus granulosus Rigacci, 1866; Conus circumpunctatus al. (1997), CY0589.
Usticke, 1968; Conus boui da Motta, 1988; Conus goajira Petuch, 1992;
Conus norai da Motta & Raybaudi, 1992; Conus vikingorum Petuch, 1992;
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Conus worki Petuch, 1998. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico; United States, Venezuela. Size: 44 mm.
Synonyms: Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758; Conus laetus Gmelin,
1791; Conus verulosus Hwass, 1792; Cucullus antillarum Röding, 1798;
741. Conus ermineus Born, 1778 Conus roseus G. Fischer, 1807; Conus espinosai Sarasúa, 1977.
References: Kohn (1964), Altena (1975), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Díaz Local Distribution: MOR. TAY.
et al. (1990), Hutsell et al. (1997), García (2000), Global Distribution: ABC Islands Bahamas, Cayman Islands,
Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0586. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Collected: Cabo de la vela. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
746. Conus ignotus Cargile, 1998
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
References: Cargile (1998), CY0590.
Size: 80 mm.
Collected: San Andres Islas.
Synonyms: Dendroconus eques (Hwass, 1792); Conus luzonicus Hwass,
1792; Dendroconus portoricanus (Hwass, 1792); Conus ranunculus auct. non
Coordenates: N12°19,287”; W81°26,169”
Hwass, 1792; Conus testudinarius Hwass, 1792; Conus verrucosus auct. non Depth Collected: 30 m.
Hwass, 1792; Cucullus barathrum Röding, 1798; Cucullus crucifer Röding, Depth Range: 35 to 25 m.
1798; Cucullus cutisanguina Röding, 1798; Cucullus flammeus Röding, Size: 25 mm.
1798; Conus coerulescens Schröter, 1803; Conus narcissus Lamarck, 1810;
Conus aspersus Sowerby II, 1833; Conus caerulans Küster, 1838; Conus
Local Distribution: ARCO.
atlanticus auct. non Clench, 1942; Conus piraticus Clench, 1942; Conus Global Distribution: Colombia.
planitectum Weisbord, 1962.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, 747. Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791
Suriname, United States, Venezuela. References: Clench (1942), Princz (1978), Vink (1991), CY0591.
Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates:N12°19,289”; W81°26,169”
742. Conus finkli Petuch, 1987 Depth Collected: 15 m.
References: Díaz (1990); Sunderland & Sunderland (1994). Depth Range: 0 to 97 m.
Range: 12°N to 10.5°N; 72°W to 68°W Size: 35 mm.
Depth Range: 35 to 61 m. Synonyms: Conus verrucosus Hwass, 1792; Conus sulcatus Mühlfeld,
Size: 37 mm. 1816; Conus corrugatus Sowerby II, 1870.
Synonyms: Conus symmetricus auct. non Sowerby, 1850; Conus Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
tristensis Petuch, 1987. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago,
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Venezuela.

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748. Conus julieandreae Cargile, 1995 753. Conus mus Hwass, 1792
References: Cargile (1995), CY0592. References: Higgins & Marrat (1877), Dautzenberg (1900), Díaz
Collected: San Andres Islas. (1990),Macsotay & Campos (2001), Vegas Torres (2004), CY0597.
Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W81°26,169” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Range: 3 to 30 m. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Size: 30 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Size: 35 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras. Synonyms: Conus citrinus auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Conus barbadensis
auct. non Hwass, 1792.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
749. Conus mappa granarius Kiener, 1845 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, Colombia, Costa
References:  Vink & Cosel (1985), Díaz et al. (1990), Sunderland & Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Sunderland (1994), CY0593. States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 754. Conus penchaszadehi Petuch, 1986
Depth Collected: 35 m. References: Petuch (1986), Díaz (1990), Sunderland (1990), Filmer
Depth Range: 3 to 70 m. (2001), CY0598.
Size: 70 mm. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Synonyms: Conus consobrinus auct. non Sowerby, 1850; Conus Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
catenatus Sowerby III, 1879; Conus desmotus Tomlin, 1937; Conus
sanctaemarthae Vink, 1977; Conus panamicus Petuch, 1990.
Depth Collected: 55 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Depth Range: 21 to 107 m (live 21 to 50 m).
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Size: 25 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
750. Conus cf mappa mappa Lightfoot, 1786
References: Kohn (1964), Vink & Cosel (1985), Sunderland &
Sunderland (1994), CY0594. 755. Conus puncticulatus Hwass, 1792
Collected: Cabo de la vela. References: Kohn (1968), Cosel (1986), Robinson & Montoya (1987),
Vink & Röckel (1995), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0599.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 40 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 15 to 152 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Size: 40 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Synonyms: Conus insularis auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Conus solidus
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
Gmelin, 1791; Conus dominicanus auct. non Hwass, 1792. Size: 30 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA. Synonyms: Conus jaspideus auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Conus columba
Hwass, 1792; Conus mauritianus Hwass, 1792; Conus puncticulatus Hwass,
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Sucre, Venezuela. 1792; Cucullus millepunctatus Röding, 1798; Cucullus minutus Röding,
1798; Conus errosus Renier, 1804; Conus scaber Link, 1807; Conus pygmaeus
751. Conus mazei Deshayes, 1874 Reeve, 1844; Conus echinulatus Kiener, 1845; Conus papillosus Kiener, 1845;
Conus pustulatus Kiener, 1845; Conus hedgesi Sowerby III, 1913; Conus
References: Deshayes (1874), Clench & Pulley (1952), Clench (1953), caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962; Conus cardonensis Vink, 1990.
Bullis (1956), Abbott (1974), Usticke (1968), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
CY0595. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 150 m. 756. Conus pusio Hwass, 1792
Depth Range: 152 to 549 m. References:  Kohn (1968), Walls (1979), Vink (1989), F. H. A. Costa
Size: 41 mm. (1994), CY0600.
Local Distribution: MOR. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, United Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
States, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m.
752. Conus mindanus Hwass, 1792 Size: 13 mm.
References:  Radwin (1969), Ortiz-Corps (1985), F. H. A. Costa (1994), Synonyms: Conus pusillus Lamarck, 1810; Conus minutus Reeve, 1844;
Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0596. Conus duvali Bernardi, 1862; Conus boubeeae Sowerby III, 1903.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 210 m (live 0 to 153 m). 757. Conus regius Gmelin, 1791
Size: 29 mm. References:  Clench (1942), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Leal (1991),
Local Distribution: GUA. Fernández Milera (1998), CY0601.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Collected: San Andres Islas.
Panama. Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W81°26,169”

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Depth Collected: 15 m. 762. Conus villepinii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857


Depth Range: 0 to 95 m. References: Clench (1953), Rios et al. (1975), Princz (1978), CY0605.
Size: 50 mm. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Synonyms: Conus citrinus Gmelin, 1791; Conus leucostictus Gmelin, Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,51”
1791; Conus nebulosus Hwass, 1792; Cucullus coronacivica Röding, 1798; Depth Collected: 300 m.
Cucullus spurius Röding, 1798; Conus citrinus G. Fischer, 1807.
Depth Range: 25 to 475 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Size: 44 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Synonyms: Conus fosteri Clench & Aguayo, 1942; Conus capricorni Van
Islands. Mol, Tursch & Kempf, 1967.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, United States, Mexico,
758. Conus rosalindensis Petuch, 1998 Venezuela.
References: Petuch (1998), Filmer (2001), CY0602.
Collected: San Andres Islas. 763. Conus alainallaryi Luigi Bozzetti & Eric Monnier,
Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 10 m. 2009
Depth Range: 3 to 3 m. References: Louis Sketches & Eric Monnier (2009).
Size: 24 mm. Collected: Cartagena.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Coordenates: N10º26,316”; W75º33,328”
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Size: 33.23 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
759. Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979 Global Distribution: Colombia.
References: Vink & Sander (1982), Sunderland & Sunderland (1994),
CY0603.
Collected: Bahía Portete. 764. Conus sp 1
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References: CY0606.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 35 to 175 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Size: 39 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Conus hunti Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979; Conus knudseni Size: 25 mm.
Sander, 1982; Conus sorenseni Sander, 1982; Conus carioca Petuch, 1986; Local Distribution: GUA.
Conus perprotractus Petuch, 1987. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil,Colombia, Surinam.
765. Conus sp 2
References: CY0607.
760. Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott, 1951 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Rehder & Abbott (1951), Bullis (1956); Sunderland (1990). Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Range: 25°N to 12°N; 91.33°W to 70°W Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 26 to 61 m. Size: 22 mm.
Size: 46 mm. Local Distribution: GUA.
Synonyms: Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1986. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Genus Leptoconus Swainson, 1840

761. Conus spurius spurius Gmelin, 1791 766. Leptoconus mappa jesusramirezi Cossignani, 2010
References: Clench (1942), Ekdale (1974), Princz (1978), Sunderland References: Cossignani, 2010.
& Sunderland (1994), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0604. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 32 mm.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Collected: 45 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 0 to 64 m.
Size: 70 mm. Family TEREBRIDAE (H. & A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms: Conus proteus Hwass, 1792; Cucullus ferugineus Röding,
1798; Cucullus gualterianus Röding, 1798; Cucullus syriacus Röding, Genus Hastula (H. & A. Adams, 1853)
1798; Conus flammeus Lamarck, 1810; Conus ochraceus Lamarck, 1810;
Conus lorenzianus Dillwyn, 1817; Conus patricius auct. non Hinds, 1843; 767. Hastula cinerea (Born, 1778)
Conus pseudothomae Reeve, 1844; Conus phlogopus Tomlin, 1937; Conus References: F. C. Baker (1891), Harry (1942), Menzel (1963), Mello
atlanticus Clench, 1942. & Perrier (1986), Fernández Milera (1998), Simone (1999), Prezant et
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. al. (2002).
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Range: 31.6°N to 28°S; 94°W to 34.9°W
Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela. Depth Range: 0 to 27 m.

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Size: 68 mm. Sunderland & Sunderland (1998), CY0611.


Synonyms: Buccinum cinereum Born, 1778; Buccinum lividum Dillwyn, Range: 32.11°N to 20°N; 91.5°W to 79.21°W
1817; Terebra aciculina auct. non Lamarck, 1822; Terebra castanea auct. Depth Range: 9 to 216 m.
non Kiener, 1839; Terebra laurina Hinds, 1844; Terebra luctuosa Hinds,
1844; Terebra jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1850; Terebra acuminata Reeve,
Size: 78 mm.
1860. Synonyms: Terebra stegeri Abbott, 1954.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Local Distribution: ARCO.
Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

768. Hastula hastata (Gmelin, 1791) 773. Terebra nassula Dall, 1889
References:  Britton (1975), Princz (1982), Fernández Milera (1998), References:  Dall (1889), Dall & Simpson (1901), Díaz & Puyana
Simone (1999), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0608. (1994), Sunderland & Sunderland (1998), García & Lee (2004).
Collected: Santa Veronica. Range: 30°N to 11°N; 91°W to 60.92°W
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362” Depth Range: 153 to 1170 m.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Size: 68 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 32 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.
Synonyms: Terebra costata Menke, 1828; Terebra crassula Deshayes,
1859.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. 774. Terebra petiveriana Deshayes, 1857
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1998), CY0612.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
769. Hastula salleana (Deshayes, 1859) Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
References: Princz (1978), Cosel (1986), Mello & Perrier (1986), Díaz Depth Collected: 15 m.
& Puyana (1994), Gibb (2000), CY0609. Depth Range: 0 to 46 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 30 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Synonyms: Terebra aspera Hinds, 1844; Terebra glauca auct. non
Depth Collected: 30 m. Hinds, 1844; Strioterebrum kugleri auct. non Rutsch, 1981.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 25 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, 775. Terebra taurina (Lightfoot, 1786)
United States, Venezuela. References: Bullis (1956), Princz (1978), Petuch (1981), Mello & Perrier
(1986), Sunderland & Sunderland (1998), Simone (1999), CY0613.
Genus Terebra Bruguière, 1789 Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
770. Terebra protexta (Conrad, 1846) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References:  Bush (1885), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sykes & Hall Depth Range: 1 to 80 m.
(1970), Lyons et al. (1971), Andrews (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0610. Size: 130 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Synonyms: Epitonium feldmanni Röding, 1798; Terebra undata G.
Fischer, 1807; Terebra fusca G. Perry, 1811; Terebra flammea Lamarck,
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” 1822; Terebra texana Dall, 1898.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 1 to 203 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Nicaragua,
Size: 32 mm. Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Terebra lutescens E. A. Smith, 1873; Terebra limatula Dall,
1889.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
776. Terebra weisbordi (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1984)
References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1984), Cosel (1986), Díaz & Puyana
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States, Venezuela. (1994), CY0614.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
771. Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822) Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
References: NMNH 822255, Kurtz (1860), Melvill (1881), Sykes & Hall Depth Collected: 30 m.
(1970), Macsotay & Campos (2001).
Depth Range: 2 to 30 m.
Range: 38°N to 6°S; 97°W to 37°W
Size: 40 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 22 m).
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 64 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Terebra rudis Gray, 1834; Terebra petitii Kiener, 1838;
Strioterebrum onslowense Petuch, 1974.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Family DRILLIDAE Olsson, 1964
Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Genus Agladrillia Woodring, 1928
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
777. Agladrillia lassula Jung, 1969
772. Terebra floridana Dall, 1889 References: Petuch (1981), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0615.
References:  Abbott (1954), Bullis (1956), Shoemaker (1972), Collected: Taganga.

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Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214” 783. Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884)


Depth Collected: 70 m. References: Dall (1884), Parker & Curray (1956), CY0621.
Depth Range: 6 to 60 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 13 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Drillia rhodochroa Dautzenberg, 1900. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 0 to 203 m.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
778. Agladrillia scissurata (Dall, 1890) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0616. States, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Genus Clathrodrillia Dall, 1918
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 10 mm. 784. Clathrodrillia albicoma (Dall, 1889)
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Dall (1889), Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), CY0622.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia. Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N12º19,289”; W81º26,169”
779. Agladrillia sp 1 Depth Collected: 80 m.
References: CY0617. Depth Range: 154 to 1470 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 20 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Local Distribution: ARCO, SAN.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United
States.
Size: 28 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia. 785. Clathrodrillia gibbosa (Born, 1778)
References:  Sunderland (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay &
Campos (2001), CY0623.
Genus Carinodrillia Dall, 1919 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates:N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
780. Carinodrillia sp1 Depth Collected: 35 m.
References: CY0618.
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Collected: Taganga.
Size: 51 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Synonyms: Clathrodrillia mareana Weisbord, 1962.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Size: 15 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
786. Clathrodrillia minor (Dautzenberg, 1900)
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Altena (1975), Díaz & Puyana
Genus Cerodrillia Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 (1994), Tippett (1995), CY0624.
781. Cerodrillia coccinata (Reeve, 1845) Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Usticke (1959), Warmke & Abbott (1961), CY0619. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Collected: Taganga. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Depth Range: 5 to 60 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Size: 20 mm.
Depth Range: 46 to 46 m. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 10 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma interpunctata E. A. Smith, 1882; Drillia innocens
Melvill, 1923; Douglassia nodosa Usticke, 1969. 787. Clathrodrillia tryonii (Dall, 1889)
Local Distribution: TAY. References: Dall (1889), CY0625. 
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
782. Cerodrillia perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Depth Collected: 44 m.
References:  Bartsch & Rehder (1939), Lyons et al. (1971), Díaz et al. Depth Range: 139 to 174 m.
(1990), Leal (1991), CY0620. Size: 14 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Global Distribution: Colombia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines.
Depth Collected: 45 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 95 m. Genus Compsodrillia Woodring, 1928
Size: 11 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. 788. Compsodrillia canna (Dall, 1889)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States. References: Dall (1889), García (2002), CY0626.

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Collected: Taganga. Range: 39.77°N to 26.5°S; 94°W to 0°W


Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Depth Range: 48 to 1829 m.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Size: 8.7 mm.
Depth Range: 91 to 311 m. Synonyms: Pleurotoma loprestiana Calcara, 1841; Pleurotoma trecchi
Size: 20 mm. Testa, 1842; Pleurotoma tarentini Philippi, 1844; Pleurotoma tricincta
Brugnone, 1862; Pleurotoma barbierii Brusina, 1866; Microdrillia pulchella
Local Distribution: TAY. (A. E. Verrill, 1880); Pleurotoma comatotropis Dall, 1881; Pleurotoma tiara
Global Distribution: Colombia. Puerto Rico, St. Vincent & the Watson, 1881.
Grenadines, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, United States.

789. Compsodrillia haliostrephis (Dall, 1889) 794. Drilliola sp 1


References: Dall (1889), Altena (1975), García & Lee (2004), CY0627. References: CY0631.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 48 to 154 m. Size: 10 mm.
Size: 14 mm. Local Distribution. TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Surinam, United
States.
Genus Globidrillia Woodring, 1928
790. Compsodrillia tristicha (Dall, 1889) 795. Globidrillia smirna (Dall, 1881)
References: Dall (1889), CY0628. References: Dall (1881), Dall (1889).
Collected: Taganga. Range: 23°N to 13.58°N; 85°W to 81.35°W
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Depth Range: 699 to 755 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Size: 15 mm.
Depth Range: 164 to 384 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Genus Leptadrillia Woodring, 1928
796. Leptadrillia splendida Bartsch, 1934
Genus Drillia Gray, 1838 References: Odé (1991), CY0632.
Collected: Taganga.
791. Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943) Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
References:  Bartsch (1943), Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Maes Depth Collected: 70 m.
(1983), Díaz et al. (1990), Odé (1991), CY0629.
Depth Range: 0 to 421 m.
Collected: Taganga.
Size: 8 mm.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Synonyms: Pleurotoma cookei E. A. Smith, 1888.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, United States.
Size: 20 mm.
Synonyms: Neodrillia euphanes auct. non Melvill, 1923; Neodrillia
antiguensis Bartsch, 1943; Neodrillia barbadensis Bartsch, 1943; Neodrillia Genus Microdrillia Casey, 1903
encia Bartsch, 1943; Neodrillia jamaicensis Bartsch, 1943; Inodrillia ustickei
Hayes, 1959. 797. Microdrillia trina Mansfield, 1925
Local Distribution: TAY. References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979), CY0633.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Collected: Taganga.
United States, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Collected: 70 m.
792. Drillia sp 1 Size: 9 mm.
References: CY0630. Local Distribution: TAY.
Collected: Taganga. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 80 m. Genus Splendrillia Hedley, 1922
Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. 798. Splendrillia lissotropis (Dall, 1881)
Global Distribution: Colombia. References: Dall (1881).
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Drilliola Locard, 1897 Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
793. Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881) Depth Range: 30 to 453 m.
References: Bouchet & Warén (1980), holotype illustrated, MCZ. Size: 7 mm.

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Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Collected: Bahía Portete.


Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, United States. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
799. Splendrillia woodringi (Bartsch, 1934) Size: 9 mm.
References: Bartsch (1934), Odé (1991), CY0634. Local Distribution: GUA.
Collected: Salgar. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56.117”
Depth Collected: 30 m. 805. Viridrillia sp 2
Depth Range: 37 to 188 m. References: CY0640.
Size: 10 mm. Collected: Taganga.
Synonyms: Drillia lissotropis auct. non Dall, 1881. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Depth Collected: 90 m.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, United States. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
800. Splendrillia sp 1 Global Distribution: Colombia.
References: CY0635.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Family TURRIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Genus Agathotoma Cossmann, 1899
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Size: 9 mm. 806. Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991), Odé (1992), CY0641.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
801. Splendrillia sp 2 Depth Collected: 80 m.
References: CY0636. Depth Range: 0 to 103 m.
Collected: Bahía Portete. Size: 9 mm.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Synonyms: Pleurotoma hexagona Pfeiffer, 1840; Pleurotoma candidissima
C. B. Adams, 1845; Mangelia badia Reeve, 1846; Mangelia hornbeckii
Depth Collected: 15 m. Reeve, 1846; Mangelia densestriata C. B. Adams, 1850; Pleurotoma
Size: 7 mm. millestriata E. A. Smith, 1882; Pyrgocythara coxi Fargo, 1953.
Local Distribution: GUA. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Jamaica; Mexico, Panama, United States, Virgin Islands.

Genus Stenodrillia Korobkov, 1955


807. Agathotoma trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
802. Stenodrillia gundlachi (Dall & Simpson, 1901) References: C. B. Adams, 1845, CY0642.
References: Rios (1994), CY0637. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Coordenates N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Size: 7 mm.
Depth Range: 50 to 100 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 53 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Genus Bactrocythara Woodring, 1928
Genus Syntomodrillia Woodring, 1928 808. Bactrocythara asarca (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
References: Odé (1992), Odé (1993), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0643.
803. Syntomodrillia sp 1 Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: CY0638. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Collected: Cartagena. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328” Depth Range: 46 to 101 m.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Size: 6 mm.
Size: 9 mm. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: MAG. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Genus Bellaspira Conrad, 1868
Genus Viridrillia Bartsch, 1943
809. Bellaspira margaritensis McLean & Poorman, 1970
804. Viridrillia sp 1 References:  McLean & Poorman (1970), Díaz et al. (1990), Díaz &
References: CY0639. Puyana (1994), CY0644.

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Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: MOR, GUA.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°12,427” Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 6 to 38 m. 815. Cochlespira sp
Size: 15 mm. References:  Garcia, E.F. 2010. in press. CY0650.
Local Distribution: TAY. Collected: Taganga.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 200 m.
810. Bellaspira sp 1 Depth Range: 24 to 1170 m.
References: CY0645. Size: 50 mm.
Collected: Taganga. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Size: 14 mm. Genus Crassispira Swainson, 1840
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia. 816. Crassispira luctuosa (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References: d’Orbigny (1847), Dall & Simpson (1901), CY0651.
Genus Brachycythara Woodring, 1928. Collected: San Andres Islas.
Coordenates: N12°19,287”; W81°26,169”
811. Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850) Depth Collected: 20 m.
References: Díaz et al. (1990), Rolán & Espinosa (1999), CY0646. Size: 28 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Synonyms: Pleurotoma cubensis E. A. Smith, 1882.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Collected: 60 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Size: 4 mm. 817. Crassispira verbernei Jong & Coomans, 1988
Synonyms: Mangilia alta Dall & Simpson, 1901. References: Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0652.
Local Distribution: MAG. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 4 mm.
Genus Buchema Corea, 1934 Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
812. Buchema hadromeres (Melvill, 1927)
References: Williams 2005, CY0647.
Collected: Taganga. 818. Crassispira (Gibbaspira) dysoni (Reeve, 1846)
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), García (1995), CY0653.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range:15 to 20 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Size: 12 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 25 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico.
813. Buchema interstrigata (E. A. Smith, 1882)
References: Williams 2005, CY0648. 819. Crassispira apicata (Reeve, 1845)
Depth Range: 2 to 274 m. References:  Maes (1983), Rios (1985), Díaz et al. (1990), Díaz &
Puyana (1994), CY0654.
Size: 12 mm.
Range: 18.47°N to 4°N; 74°W to 51°W
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Range: 2 to 103 m (live 2 to 10 m).
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Virgin Islands.
Size: 18.1 mm.
Local Distribution. TAY.
Genus Cochlespira Conrad,1865 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
814. Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881)
References: Dall (1881), Bullis (1956), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0649. Genus Cryoturris Woodring, 1928
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
820. Cryoturris quadrilineata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959), Warmke &
Depth Collected: 150 m. Abbott (1961), Díaz et al. (1990)., CY0655.
Depth Range: 55 to 1472 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Size: 45 mm. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Synonyms: Candelabrum cathedrale Dall, 1878. Depth Collected: 40 m.

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Depth Range: 15 to 20 m. 826. Daphnella margaretae Lyons, 1972


Size: 4 mm. References: Lyons (1972), Leal (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0661.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 15 to 94 m.
821. Cryoturris fargoi McGinty, 1955 Size: 9 mm.
References: McGinty (1955), Porter (1974), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Local Distribution: TAY.
Lyons (1989), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0656. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
827. Daphnella retifera (Dall, 1889)
References: Dall (1889), Odé (1992), NMNH 93046, CY0662.
Depth Range: 11 to 80 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 10 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 37 to 124 m.
Size: 7 mm.
822. Cryoturris lavalleana (d’Orbigny, 1847) Local Distribution: TAY.
References: d’Orbigny (1847), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0657. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Range: 20°N to 11.3°N; 74°W to 61°W
Size: 7 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Genus Eucyclotoma Boettger, 1895
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. 828. Eucyclotoma stegeri (McGinty, 1955)
References:  McGinty (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Princz (1982),
Leal (1991), Sunderland (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0663.
Genus Daphnella Hinds, 1844
Collected: Taganga.
823. Daphnella elegantissima Espinosa & Fernandez- Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Garcés, 1990 Depth Collected: 70 m.
References: Espinosa, J. and R. Fernandez-Garcés (1990), CY0658. Depth Range: 25 to 150 m.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Size: 13 mm.
Coordenates: N12°13, 427”; W72°12,362” Synonyms: Daphnella monocincta Usticke, 1969.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Depth Range: 6 to 10 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela.
Size: 15mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba. Genus Fenimorea Bartsch, 1934
829. Fenimorea halidorema Schwengel, 1940
824. Daphnella hayesi Usticke, 1959 References: Schwengel (1940), Díaz et al. (1990), Leal (1991), García
References:  Usticke (1959), Usticke (1969), Espinosa & Fernández (2000), CY0664.
Garcés (1990), Boyko & Cordeiro (2001), CY0659. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Salgar. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117” Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth Range: 0 to 110 m.
Size: 10 mm. Size: 21 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, United States.

825. Daphnella lymneiformis (Kiener, 1840) 830. Fenimorea kathyae Tippett, 1995
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Princz (1982), Fernández References: Tippett (1995), CY0665.
Milera (1998), CY0660.
Collected: San Andres Islas.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W81°26,169”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Depth Range: 58 to 152 m (live 152 to 152 m).
Depth Range: 0 to 46 m. Size: 50 mm.
Size: 14 mm. Local Distribution: SAN.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma decorata C. B. Adams, 1850; Daphnella barbadensis Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, United States.
Usticke, 1969.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, 831. Fenimorea janetae Bartsch, 1934.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. References: Bartsch, P. 1934, CY0666.

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Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Puyana (1994), CY0671.


Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Collected: Bahía Portete.
Depth Collected: 90 m. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 42 mm. Depth Range: 27 to 100 m.
Local Distribution: MOR. Size: 44 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, United Synonyms: Fusiturricula bajanensis Usticke, 1969; Knefastia paulettae
States. Princz, 1978.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
832. Fenimorea sp 1 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela.
References: CY0667.
Collected: San Andres Islas. Genus Gemmula Weinkauff, 1875
Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W81°26,169”
Depth Collected: 10 m. 838. Gemmula periscelida (Dall, 1889)
Size: 15 mm. References:  Dall (1889), Bullis (1956), Sunderland & Sunderland
(1993), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0672.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 90 m.
Genus Fusiturricula Woodring, 1928 Size: 40.5 mm.
833. Fusiturricula acra (Woodring, 1970) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
References: Petuch (1981), CY0668. Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, United States.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” Genus Glyphostoma Gabb, 1872
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 44 mm. 839. Glyphostoma gabbii (Dall, 1889)
Local Distribution: GUA. References: Dall (1889), Leal (1991), CY0673.
Global Distribution: Colombia,Venezuela. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
834. Fusiturricula altenai (Macsotay & Campos, 2001) Depth Range: 55 to 780 m.
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001), Rosenberg (2003), CY0669.
Size: 17 mm.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States,
Depth Collected: 50 m. Virgin Islands.
Depth Range: 120 to 300 m.
Size: 69 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA. 840. Glyphostoma herminea Bartsch, 1934
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela. References: Bartsch (1934), Leal (1991), CY0674.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
835. Fusiturricula enae Bartsch, 1934, Depth Collected: 60 m.
References:  NMNH 430619, Bartsch (1934), Holotype illustrated
Depth Range: 37 to 165 m (live 97 to 97 m).
NMNH.
Size: 14 mm.
Range: 18.68°N to 18.54°N; 66.37°W to 64.83°W
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 500 to 550 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Size: 23.5 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico. 841. Glyphostoma sp 1
References: CY0675.
836. Fusiturricula iole Woodring, 1928 Collected: Taganga.
References: Woodring (1928), Petuch (1981), CY0670. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Size: 13 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 35 to 35 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 24 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA. 842. Glyphostoma sp 2
Global Distribution Colombia, Venezuela. References: CY0676.
Collected: Taganga.
837. Fusiturricula jaquensis (Sowerby I, 1850) Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
References:  Jung (1965), Petuch (1981), Sunderland (1991), Díaz & Depth Collected: 60 m.

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Size: 16 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.


Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Genus Hindsiclava Hertlein & Strong, 1955
848. Hindsiclava alesidota (Dall, 1889)
843. Glyphostoma claudoni (Dautzenberg, 1900) References:  Dall (1889), Porter (1974), Sunderland (1991), MHNMC.
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Altena (1975), Díaz & Puyana MOL-2664.
(1994), CY0677. Range: N10º52,944”; W75º61,861”
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Collected: 309 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Depth Range: 26 to 195 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 48 mm.
Depth Range: 6 to 80 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 12 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam. 849. Hindsiclava chazaliei (Dautzenberg, 1900)
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Radwin (1969), Altena (1975),
844. Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934 Sunderland (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Macsotay & Campos (2001),
References: Bartsch (1934), García (2000), CY0678. CY0682.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 50 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 150 to 658 m. Depth Range: 6 to 100 m.
Size: 26 mm. Size: 39 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Surinam, Venezuela.

Genus Glyphoturris Woodring, 1928 850. Hindsiclava polytorta (Dall, 1881)


References: MHNMC MOL-1939.
845. Glyphoturris quadrata (Reeve, 1845) Range: N11º08,633”; W75º25,650”
References:  Hemmen & Hemmen (1979), Princz (1982), Ortiz-Corps Depth Collected: 755 m.
(1985), Odé (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Rios (1994), CY0679.
Size: 58 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Global Distribution: Cuba, Colombia.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 93 m.
Size: 4 mm.
851. Hindsiclava tippetti Petuch, 1987
References: Petuch (1987), Sunderland (1991), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Synonyms: Mangelia diminuta (C. B. Adams, 1850). CY0683.
Local Distribution: GUA. Collected: San Andres Islas.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, St. Coordenates: N12°19,289”; W81°26,169”
Vincent & the Grenadines, United States, Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 35 to 37 m.
Genus Granoturris Fargo, 1953 Size: 47 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
846. Granoturris padolina Fargo, 1953
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras.
References: Fargo (1953), CY0680.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Genus Ithycythara Woodring, 1928
Depth Collected: 30 m.
852. Ithycythara auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Depth Range: 72 to 72 m.
References:  d’Orbigny (1847), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Díaz &
Size: 5 mm. Puyana (1994), García & Lee (2003), CY0684.
Local Distribution: TAY. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
847. Granoturris presleyi Lyons, 1972 Depth Range: 1 to 100 m.
References: Lyons (1972), Lyons (1989), CY0681. Size: 5 mm.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 18 to 18 m. 853. Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889)
Size: 5 mm. References:  Dall (1889), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sunderland &
Local Distribution: MOR. Sunderland (1993).

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Range: 26°N to 12.05°N; 92.45°W to 59.6°W Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Depth Range: 128 to 402 m. United States, Venezuela.
Size: 20 mm.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United 859. Ithycythara sp 1
States.
References: CY0690.
Collected: Taganga.
854. Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953 Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
References: Haas (1953), Rios (1975), CY0685. Depth Collected: 90 m.
Collected: Taganga. Size: 12 mm.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 10 mm. Genus Kurtziella Dall, 1918
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. 860. Kurtziella venezuelana Weisbord, 1962
References: Princz (1982), CY0691.
855. Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850) Collected: Santa Veronica.
References: C. B. Adams (1850), Leal (1991), Espinosa & Ortea (2003), Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
CY0686. Depth Collected: 60 m.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Size: 5 mm.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Local Distribution: MAG.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Size: 10 mm. 861. Kurtziella accincta (Montagu, 1808)
Synonyms: Mangelia balteata Reeve, 1846; Mangelia muricoides C. B. References: Montagu (1808), Dautzenberg (1900), CY0692.
Adams, 1850.
Range: 32.3°N to 11°N; 80°W to 64.8°W
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, United States. Size: 9.5 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
856. Ithycythara maera Woodring, 1928
References: Treece (1980), CY0687.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. 862. Kurtziella citronella (Dall, 1886)
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” References:  Dall (1886), Dall (1889), Porter (1974), Odé (1992),
CY0693.
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 27 to 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Size: 10 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Depth Range: 26 to 421 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.
Size: 8 mm.
Synonyms: Cryoturris cruzana Usticke, 1969.
857. Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958 Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Porter (1974), Díaz et al. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
(1990), CY0688.
Range: 34°N to 11.3°N; 90.5°W to 67°W
Depth Range: 1 to 55 m. 863. Kurtziella dorvillae (Reeve, 1845)
Size: 6 mm. References: Tomlin (1934), CY0694.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Cayman Islands, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
United States. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Size: 7 mm.
858. Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885)
Synonyms: Pleurotoma forthiensis Reeve, 1845; Kurtziella caribbeana
References:  Bush (1885), Dall & Simpson (1901), Gardner (1948),
Weisbord, 1962; Kurtziella longa Usticke, 1969.
Radwin (1969), Princz (1982), CY0689.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Collected: Taganga.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 88 to 465 m. 864. Kurtziella perryae Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Size: 7 mm. References: Bartsch & Rehder (1939), Parker (1959), CY0695.
Synonyms: Ithycythara kellumi Fargo, 1953. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”

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Depth Collected: 40 m. 870. Lioglyphostoma aguadillanum (Dall & Simpson, 1901)


Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. References: Dall & Simpson (1901), CY0698.
Size: 7 mm. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Local Distribution: TAY. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Colected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 50 to 50 m.
865. Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881) Size: 14 mm.
References:  Bouchet & Warén (1980), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Synonyms: Mangilia minor Dall & Simpson, 1901.
Odé (1992), CY0696. Local Distribution: MAG.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 6 to 1966 m.
871. Lioglyphostoma antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References: d’Orbigny (1847), CY0699.
Size: 9 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma acanthodes Watson, 1881; Pleurotoma corallina
Watson, 1881; Mangilia elongata Locard, 1897; Defrancia hispidula Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W072°07,058”
Locard, 1897; Lyropleura talismani Locard, 1897; Acmaturris vatovai Depth Collected: 40 m.
Nordsieck, 1971. Depth Range: 50 to 80 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 12 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Local Distribution: GUA.
States. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba.

Genus Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889 872. Lioglyphostoma jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1900)


866. Leucosyrinx tenoceras (Dall, 1889) References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Holotype
illustrated BMNH.
References: Dall (1889), Bullis (1956).
Range: 11.3°N to 4°N; 74°W to 51°W
Range: 32.65°N to 23°S; 94.98°W to 42°W
Depth Range: 40 to 100 m.
Depth Range: 402 to 1324 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Size: 44 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Ditribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.

867. Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881) 873. Lioglyphostoma rioensis (E. A Smith, 1915)
References: Dall (1881), Dall (1889). References: MHNMC MOL-3825.
Range: N11º25,500”; W74º63,850” Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 270 to 3000 m. Coordenates: N12º47,611”; W71º70,333”
Size: 36 mm. Depth Collected: 150 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY, GUA, PAL, ARCO. Depth Range: 73 to 125 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Oriental and Size: 22.5 mm.
Western Atlantic, Spain, United States. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
868. Leucosyrinx sp 1
References: MHNMC MOL. 874. Lioglyphostoma sp 1
Collected: Bahía Portete. References: CY0700.
Coordenates: N12º52,983”; W72º12,916” Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Collected: 452 m. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Size: 36 mm. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Local Distribution: GUA. Size: 12 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Genus Lioglyphostoma Woodring, 1928
Genus Mangelia Risso, 1826
869. Lioglyphostoma oenoa (Bartsch, 1934)
References: Bartsch (1934), CY0697. 875. Mangelia sp 1
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. References: CY0701.
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061” Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 120 m. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Range: 110 to 293 m. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Size: 10 mm. Size: 11 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribucion: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Genus Mitrolumna Bucquoy & Dautzemberg, 1882 Synonyms: Pleurotoma harfordiana auct. non Reeve, 1843; Drillia
auberti Lamy, 1934.
876. Mitrolumna biplicata (Dall, 1889) Local Distribution: MOR.
References:  Dall (1927), Leal (1991), Odé (1991), Díaz & Puyana Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama.
(1994), CY0702.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
881. Pilsbryspira leucocyma (Dall, 1884)
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Moore (1958), Olsson & McGinty
Depth Collected: 70 m. (1958), Lyons et al. (1971), Maes (1983), Lyons (1989), Díaz et al. (1990),
Depth Range: 10 to 805 m. Fernández Milera (1998), CY0707.
Size: 9 mm. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Synonyms: Mitra grammatula Dall, 1927. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Local Distributor: MOR. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia. Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Size: 17 mm.
Genus Nannodiella Dall, 1919 Synonyms: Buccinum zebra Lamarck, 1822.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
877. Nannodiella vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1847) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras,
References:  Rios (1985), Odé (1992), Princz (1982), Díaz & Puyana Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.
(1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0703.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. 882. Pilsbryspira nodata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” References:  Princz (1982), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Maes (1983), Reed &
Depth Collected: 55 m. Mikkelsen (1987), Díaz et al. (1990), Fernández Milera (1998).
Depth Range: 0 to 103 m. Range: 27.45°N to 9.4°N; 91°W to 61.5°W
Size: 4 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 42 m (live 2 to 5 m).
Synonyms: Pleurotoma angulifera Reeve, 1846; Mangilia oxytata Bush, Size: 13.3 mm.
1885; Clathurella amicta Guppy, 1896; Mangilia melanitica Dall, 1901.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma ornata auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Clathrodrillia
Local Distributor: MAG. albinodata auct. non Reeve, 1846; Pleurotoma albomaculata d’Orbigny,
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia. 1847; Pleurotoma albopustulata E. A. Smith, 1882.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Genus Pleurotomella Verrill, 1873 Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
878. Pleurotomella sp 1
References: CY 0704.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
883. Pilsbryspira zebroides (Weinkauff, 1876)
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Sunderland (1991), CY0708.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 600 m.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Size: 68 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, CAO.
Depth Range: 13 to 13 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Genus Pilsbryspira Bartsch, 1950 Synonyms: Pleurotoma albomaculata C. B. Adams, 1845; Drillia greeleyi
Dall, 1901; Drillia melonesiana Dall & Simpson, 1901.
879. Pilsbryspira albocincta (C. B. Adams, 1845) Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Usticke (1959), Lyons (1989), Global Distribution: Colombia, Dominican Republic.
Díaz & Puyana (1994), Tippett (1995), CY0705.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Genus Polystira Woodring, 1928
Depth Collected: 40 m.
884. Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811)
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m.
References:  Bullis (1956), Altena (1975), Princz (1978), Odé (1991),
Size: 13 mm. Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos (2001), Petit (2003),
Synonyms: Pleurotoma pulchra Reeve, 1846; Pleurotoma CY0709.
ornata d’Orbigny, 1847. Collected: Taganga.
Local Distributor: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Depth Collected: 80 m.
Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Depth Range: 15 to 229 m.
Size: 82 mm.
880. Pilsbryspira flucki (Brown & Pilsbry, 1913) Synonyms: Pleurotoma virgo Lamarck, 1816; Turris nivea Reeve, 18430.
References: Lamy (1934), Radwin (1969), Tippett (1995), CY0706. Local Distribution: TAY.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama,
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 36 m. 885. Polystira barretti (Guppy, 1866)
Size: 22 mm. References: Petuch (1981), Penchaszadeh (1982), CY0710.

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Collected: Taganga. Global Distribution: Cuba, Colombia, United States.


Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Collected: 100 m. Genus Pyrgocythara Woodring, 1928
Depth Range: 25 to 50 m.
Size: 70 mm. 891. Pyrgocythara metria (Dall, 1903) 
Local Distribution: TAY. References:  Dall (1903), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Rice & Kornicker
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. (1965), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Porter (1974), Princz (1982), Odé
(1992), CY0716.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
886. Polystira formosissima (E. A. Smith, 1915) Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
References: E. A. Smith (1915), CY0711. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Collected: Taganga. Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Size: 5 mm.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Synonyms: Cythara micromeris Dall, 1903.
Depth Range: 13 to 73 m. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Size: 76 mm. Global Distribution: Australia, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Synonyms: Pleurotoma albicarinata auct. Non Sowerby, 1870. United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. 892. Pyrgocythara albovittata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
References: C. B. Adams (1845), Rios (1975), CY0717.
887. Polystira hilli Petuch, 1988 Collected: Salgar.
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1993), CY0712. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,11”
Collected: Taganga. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Size: 4 mm.
Depth Range: 70 to 201 m. Synonyms: Pleurotoma luteofasciata Reeve, 1845.
Size: 34 mm. Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia.

888. Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 893. Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
References: Pfeiffer (1840), Faber (2004).
References: Odé (1991), CY0713.
Range: 35°N to 23°S; 91°W to 34.9°W
Collected: Taganga.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Size: 5.6 mm.
Depth Collected: 90 m.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma fusca C. B. Adams, 1845;
Depth Range: 15 to 229 m.
Pleurotoma caribaea d’Orbigny, 1847.
Size: 42 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela.
894. Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
889. Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889) References: C. B. Adams (1850), CY0718.
References: Bullis (1956), Odé (1991), CY0714. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Taganga. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 90 m. Size: 4 mm.
Depth Range: 53 to 439 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 29 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. 895. Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943
References: Rehder (1943), Radwin (1969), Díaz et al. (1990), CY0719.
890. Polystira vibex (Dall, 1889) Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 81.8°W to 74°W
References: Dall (1889), CY0715. Depth Range: 8 to 15 m.
Collected: Taganga. Size: 6.5 mm.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama, United States.
Depth Range: 73 to 366 m.
Size: 17 mm. 896. Pyrgospira ostrearum (Stearns, 1872)
Synonyms: Pleurotoma antillarum Crosse,1865. References: Dautzenberg (1900), Princz (1982), Odé (1991), Williams
Local Distribution: TAY. (2005), CY0720.

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Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico,Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
901. Strictispira fuscescens (Reeve, 1843)
Depth Range: 0 to 165 m.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Leal (1991), Macsotay &
Size: 13 mm. Campos (2001), Williams (2005), CY0725.
Local Distributor: GUA. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, Venezuela. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Genus Rimosodaphnella Cossmann, 1915 Size: 24 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
897. Rimosodaphnella morra (Dall, 1881) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico,
References:  Dall (1881), Dall (1889), Odé (1992), Kaicher (1984), Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
CY0721.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates; N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Genus Tenaturris Woodring, 1928
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 9 to 823 m.
902. Tenaturris dysoni (Reeve, 1846)
References: Reeve (1846), CY0726.
Size: 3 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Pleurotoma occidentalis Reeve, 1846.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Size: 6 mm.
Synonyms: Kurtziella macula Usticke, 1969.
Genus Rubellatoma Bartsch & Rehder, 1939. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands.
898. Rubellatoma rubella (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
References:  Bush (1885); Lyons (1989); Odé (1992), NMNH 903169,
CY0722. 903. Tenaturris bartlettii (Dall, 1889)
Range: 35.34°N to 19°S; 94.5°W to 41°W References:  Dall (1889), Parker & Curray (1956), Rice & Kornicker
Depth Range: 11 to 146 m. (1965), Leal (1991), CY0727.
Size: 11 mm. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Genus Strictispira MacLean, 1971 Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras.

899. Strictispira solida (C. B. Adams, 1850)


References:  Ortiz-Corps (1985), Williams (2005), Tippett (2006), 904. Tenaturris decora (E. A. Smith, 1882)
CY0723. References: E. A. Smith (1882), CY0728.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 208 m. Depth Range: 30 to 30 m.
Size: 16 mm. Size: 4 mm.
Synonymy: Drillia ebenina auct. non Dall, 1890. Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States, Venezuela.
905. Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882)
900. Strictispira paxillus (Reeve, 1845) References: E. A. Smith (1882), CY0729.
References:  Maes (1983), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Jong & Range: 32.3°N to 20.7°S; 96.1°W to 35.37°W
Coomans (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Williams (2005), Tippett (2006), Depth Range: 0 to 823 m.
CY0724. Size: 15 mm.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270” Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 22 m.
Size 12 mm. Genus Thatcherina Vera-Pelaéz, 1998
Synonyms: Pleurotoma nigrescens Reeve, 1845; Clathrodrillia solida
auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850; Pleurotoma jamaicensis Guppy, 1866. 906. Thatcherina diazi Gracia & Vera-Palaez, 2004
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. References: Gracia & Vera-Palaez, 2004.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Genus Thelecythara Woodring, 1928 Subclass OPISTHOBRANCHIA


Order HETEROBRANCHIA
907. Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953 Superfamily ACTEONOIDEA d'Orbigny, 1843
References:  Radwin (1969), Odé (1992), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
CY0730. Family ACTEONIDAE d'Orbigny, 1843
Collected: Santa Veronica. Genus Rictaxis Dall, 1871
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
911. Rictaxis punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
References:  Gould (1841), Stimpson (1851), Kurtz (1860), Olsson &
Depth Range. 20 to 25 m. McGinty (1958), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Usticke (1959), Sykes & Hall
Size: 9 mm. (1970), García-Cubas (1970), Wass (1972), Princz (1982), Odé (1990),
Synonyms: Thelecythara cruzensis Usticke, 1969; Thelecythara borroi NMNH 843507, CY0734.
Sarasúa, 1975. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, United States, Depth Collected: 50 m.
Venezuela. Depth Range: 0 to 110 m.
Size: 8 mm.
Synonyms: Tornatella punctata d’Orbigny, 1841; Actaeon floridanus
Genus Truncadaphne Malean, 1971 Conrad, 1846; Actaeon cubensis Gabb, 1873; Actaeon riomaensis Maury, 1917.
908. Truncadaphne chrysoleuca (Melvill, 1923) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
References: Melvill (1923), CY0731. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
Collected: Taganga. States, Virgin Islands, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 18 to 274 m.
Family APLUSTRIDAE (Gray, 1847)
Size: 5 mm. Genus Hydatina Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms: Glyphostoma permiscere Usticke, 1969. 912. Hydatina vesicaria (Lightfoot, 1786)
Local Distribution: TAY. References: Bartsch (1940), Bartsch (1940), Usticke (1959), Marcus &
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela. Marcus (1967), Marcus (1976), Voskuil (1995), Fernández Milera (1998),
NMNH 801808, CY0735.
Collected: Cartagena.
Superfamily CANCELLARIOIDEA Forbes & Hanley, 1851 Coordenates N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
Family CANCELLARIDAE Forbes & Hanley, 1851 Depth Collected: 40 m.
Genus Agatrix R,Petit, 1967 Depth Range: 0.2 to 64 m.
Size: 45 mm.
909. Agatrix smithii (Dall, 1888) Synonyms: Bulla physis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Hydatina stroemfeldi
Odhner, 1932; Hydatina verrilli Pilsbry, 1949.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Harasewych & Petit (1984), Odé
(1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 822835, CY0732. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 20 to 99 m. Genus Micromelo Pilsbry, 1895
Size: 11 mm. 913. Micromelo undatus (Bruguier, 1792)
Synonyms: Agatrix epomis auct. non Woodring, 1928. References: M. Smith (1941), Usticke (1959), Britton (1975), Thompson
Local Distribucion: TAY, GUA. (1977), Princz (1982), García, Troncoso & Domínguez (2002), NMNH
889648, CY0736.
Global Distribucion: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Genus Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799 Depth Collected: 80 m.
910. Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Depth Range: 0 to 5 m.
References:  Kurtz (1860), Bush (1885), Usticke (1959), Rios (1975), Size: 18 mm.
Cosel (1986), Odé (1986), Mikkelsen et al. (1995), Macsotay & Campos Synonyms: Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817; Bullina elegans Menke, 1830.
(2001), NMNH 801749, CY0733. Local Distribution: TAY.
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061” Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 73 m.
Size: 53 mm. Superfamily ARCHITECTONICOIDEA Gray, 1850
Synonyms: Buccinella canulata G. Perry, 1811; Cancellaria conradiana Family ARCHITECTONICIDAE Gray, 1850
auct. non Dall, 1890; Cancellaria alba Webb, 1935; Cancellaria torula Genus Architectonica Röding, 1798
Weisbord, 1962.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. 914. Architectonica nobilis (Röding, 1789)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Bullis (1956), Marche-Marchad
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela. (1969), Porter (1974), Altena (1975), Princz (1978), Cosel (1986),

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Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 888637, CY0737. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Collected: Taganga. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cape Verde Islands,
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427” Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 73 m.
Size: 45 mm. 919. Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms: Solarium granulatum Lamarck, 1816; Solarium granosum References: Warmke & Abbott (1961), Princz (1982), Talavera (1982),
Valenciennes, 1832; Solarium quadriceps Hinds, 1844; Solarium Robinson & Montoya (1987), NMNH 161358, CY0741.
verrucosum Philippi, 1849; Solarium quadriseriatum Sowerby I, 1850; Collected: Taganga.
Architectonica valenciennesii Mörch, 1859; Solarium sexlineare Nelson, Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
1870; Architectonica wroblewskyi Mörch, 1875; Solarium intraornatum
White, 1887; Solarium ordinarium E. A. Smith, 1890; Solarium villarelloi Depth Collected: 70 m.
Böse, 1906; Solarium gatunense Toula, 1909; Architectonica corusca Depth Range: 0 to 46 m.
Olsson, 1932. Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Synonyms: Solarium aethiops Menke, 1830; Solarium cyclostomum
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Menke, 1830; Solarium herberti Deshayes, 1830; Solarium nubilum
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela, Philippi, 1849.
Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
915. Architectonica sindermanni Merrill & Boss, 1984
References: Rios (1985), Bieler (1993).
Range: 34.5°N to 13.2°N; 91°W to 59.65°W Genus Psilaxis Woodring, 1928
Depth Range: 80 to 329 m. 920. Psilaxis krebsii (Mörch, 1875)
Size: 17.5 mm. References:  Mörch (1875), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Robertson
Synonymy: Architectonica uruguaya Carcelles, 1953. (1964), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Porter (1974), Bieler (1993), García
Local Distribution: TAY. (2005), CY0742.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Genus Calodisculus Rehder, 1935 Depth Range: 9 to 115 m.
916. Calodisculus retifera (Dall, 1892)  Size: 10 mm.
References: Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0738. Synonyms: Philippia hybrida auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Solarium
pseudoperspectivum auct. non Brocchi, 1814; Philippia layardi auct. non
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. A. Adams, 1855.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Size: 3 mm. Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
Local Distribution: TAY. States, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
Genus Solatisonax Iredale, 1931
Genus Discotectonica Marwick, 1931 921. Solatisonax sigsbeei (Dall, 1889)
References: Dall (1889), Bieler (1993), CY0743.
917. Discotectonica discus (Philippi, 1844)
Collected: Taganga.
References: Philippi (1844), García (2002), MHNMC MOL-2374, CY0739.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Range: 567 to 567 m.
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Size: 5 mm.
Depth Range: 80 to 329 m (live 90 to 140 m).
Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 7 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Genus Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913
Genus Heliacus d'Orbigny, 1842 922. Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
References:  Marche-Marchad (1969), Princz (1982), Ortiz-Corps
918. Heliacus bisulcatus (d'Orbigny, 1842) (1985), Rios (1985), García & Lee (2004), NMNH 429724, CY0744.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Marche- Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Marchad (1969), Altena (1975), Princz (1977), Princz (1981), Vokes & Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513”
Vokes (1983), Lyons (1989), NMNH 367372, CY0740.
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Range: 34 to 550 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478; W075°08,150”
Size: 3 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Synonyms: Bifrontia zanclaea auct. non Philippi, 1844; Omalaxis
Depth Range: 0 to 366 m. exquisitus Dall & Simpson, 1901; Pseudomalaxis macandrewi Iredale,
Size: 5 mm. 1911.

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Local Distribution: MOR. Collected: Santa Veronica.


Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States, Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Venezuela. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Superfamily MATHILDOIDEA Dall, 1889 Size: 3 mm.
Family MATHILDIDAE Dall, 1889 Synonyms: Odostomia granatina Dall, 1884; Odostomia willisi Bartsch,
1909; Odostomia toyatani Henderson & Bartsch, 1914.
Genus Mathilda Semper, 1865 Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto
923. Mathilda barbadensis Dall, 1889 Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela.
References:  Dall (1889), Abbott (1958), Talavera (1982), Reed &
Mikkelsen (1987), Odé (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 771069,
CY0745. Genus Chrysallida Carpenter, 1857
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564” 928. Chrysallida toroensis (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
Depth Collected: 50 m. References:  Houbrick (1968), Faber & Moolenbeek (1999), Faber
(2005), CY0748.
Depth Range: 2 to 183 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 9 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, United States.
Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
924. Mathilda sp 1 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
References: CY0746.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Genus Eulimastoma Bartsch, 1916
Depth Collected: 40 m. 929. Eulimastoma didymum (Verrill & Bush, 1900)
Size: 11 mm. References: Waller (1973), Turgeon & Lyons (1977), Odé (1993), Wise
Local Distribution: MAG. (1996), Pimenta & Absalao (2004).
Global Distribution: Colombia. Range: 32.3°N to 23.1°S; 94°W to 34.9°W
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Superfamily PYRAMIDELLOIDEA Gray, 1840 Size: 2.7 mm.
Synonyms: Eulimastoma humboldti auct. non Weisbord, 1962.
Family PYRAMIDELLIDAE (Gray, 1840) Local Distribution: CAO.
Genus Bacteridium Thiele, 1929 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Mexico, United States.
925. Bacteridium bermudense (Dall & Bartsch, 1911)
References:  Dall & Bartsch (1911), Odé (1994), Gundersen (1997),
Gundersen (1998), Pimenta & Absalao (2001). 930. Eulimastoma surinamense Altena, 1975
Range: 32.3°N to 4°N; 94.5°W to 51°W References: Altena (1975), Pimenta & Absalao (2004).
Depth Range: 16 to 16 m. Range: 26°N to 22.4°S; 94°W to 39.2°W
Size: 2.5 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 61 m.
Synonyms: Turbonilla bartschi Aguayo & Rehder, 1936. Size: 3.8 mm.
Local Distribution: CAO. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Surinam, United States.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, United States, Colombia.
Genus Fargoa Robertson, 1978.
926. Bacteridium resticulum (Dall, 1889) 931. Fargoa bushiana (Bartsch, 1909)
References: Dall (1889), Odé (1994), Pimenta & Absalao (2001). References:  Bartsch (1909), Odé & Speers (1972), Robertson
Range: 29°N to 4°N; 94.5°W to 51°W (1978), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Odé (1993), Mikkelsen et al. (1995),
Depth Range: 0 to 201 m. Gundersen (1998), NMNH 888638.
Size: 3.5 mm. Range: 42°N to 24°S; 97°W to 48°W
Synonyms: Turbonilla octona Guppy, 1896; Turbonilla bermudensis auct. Depth Range: 1 to 91 m (live 2 to 66 m).
non Dall & Bartsch, 1911. Size: 3.7 mm.
Local Distribution: CAO. Synonyms: Odostomia dux auct. non Dall & Bartsch 1906; Fargoa
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States. archeri Bartsch, 1955; Fargoa calesi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia charlottae
Usticke, 1969.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Genus Boonea Robertson, 1978
927. Boonea seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1839) Genus Menestho Moller,1842
References:  Stimpson (1851), Kurtz (1860), Robertson (1957),
Bousfield (1964), Odé & Speers (1972), Robertson (1978), Princz
932. Menestho beermanae Jong & Coomans, 1988
(1982), Mello & Perrier (1986), Reguero et al. (1991), Odé (1993), NMNH References: Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0749.
850971, CY0747. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.

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Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W09°14,274” Size: 3 mm.


Depth Collected: 60 m. Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Size: 3 mm. Distribución Global: ABC Islands, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,
Local Distribution: TAY. Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
938. Odostomia dux Dall & Bartsch, 1906
933. Menestho sp 1 References:  Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 806813,
CY0755.
References: CY0750.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 35 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Size: 3 mm. Depth Range: 1 to 91 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 2.6 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Synonyms: Odostomia bushiana Bartsch, 1909; Fargoa archeri Bartsch,
1955; Fargoa calesi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia charlottae Usticke, 1969.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Genus Odostomia Fleming, 1813 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.

934. Odostomia babylonia (C. B. Adams, 1845)


References:  Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Abbott (1958), Odé & Speers 939. Odostomia engonia Bush, 1885
(1972), Odé (1993), Wise (1996), NMNH 12754, CY0751. References:  Bush (1885), Johnson (1934), Moore (1958), Miller
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. (1983), Odé (1994), Mikkelsen et al. (1995), Pimenta & Absalao (2004),
NMNH 44762, CY0756.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°04,564”
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Range: 0 to 123 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size; 3 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 366 m.
Synonyms: Odostomia judithae Usticke, 1959.
Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Synonyms: Odostomia teres Bush, 1885; Eulimastoma weberi auct. non
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Morrison, 1965.
Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
935. Odostomia jadisi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
References: Odé & Speers (1972), Altena (1975), Cosel (1986), Mello
& Perrier (1986), Robinson & Montoya (1987), Díaz & Puyana (1994), 940. Odostomia gemmulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Wise (2001), CY0752. References: C. B. Adams (1850), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Warmke &
Collected: Santa Veronica. Abbott (1961), Lyons et al. (1971), Odé & Speers (1972), CY0757.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Range: 0 to 2.2 m. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Size: 2.5 mm. Depth Range: 1.2 to 1.2 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Size: 3.5 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Surinam, Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Uruguay, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto
Rico, United States.

936. Odostomia abbotti Olsson & McGinty, 1958


References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), CY0753. 941. Odostomia havanensis (Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933)
Collected: Santa Veronica. References: Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Odé & Speers (1972), Vokes &
Vokes (1983), Odé (1993), CY0758.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 55m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Size: 2 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Size: 3 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama,
United States. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
Panama, United States.
937. Odostomia canaliculata C. B. Adams, 1850
References: Rios (1985), Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0754. 942. Odostomia laevigata (d’Orbigny, 1841)
Collected: Salgar. References: Odé & Speers (1972), Castellanos (1982), Mello & Perrier
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117” (1986), Reguero et al. (1991), Odé (1994), Gundersen (1998), NMNH
Depth Collected: 30 m. 864433, CY0759.
Depth Range: 0 to 128 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.

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Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”


Depth Collected: 30 m. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Size: 2.5 mm.
Size 2.5 mm. Local Distribution: MAG.
Synonyms: Odostomia ovuloides C. B. Adams, 1850; Odontostomia Global Distribution: Colombia.
caloosaensis Dall, 1892; Odostomia bassleri Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia
burnsi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia conradi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia cooperi
Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia coxi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia gabbi Bartsch, Genus Peristichia Dall, 1884
1955; Odostomia gunteri Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia heilprini Bartsch,
1955; Odostomia matsoni Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia nicoli Bartsch, 1955; 949. Peristichia agria Dall, 1889
Odostomia pinellasensis Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia schwengelae Bartsch, References:  Dall (1889), Maury (1922), Ortiz-Corps (1985), Mello &
1955; Odostomia stearnsi Bartsch, 1955; Odostomia stephensoni Bartsch, Perrier (1986), García (2000), NMNH 53961, CY0764.
1955. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Depth Collected: 55 m.
Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United Staes, Virgin Islands. Depth Range: 0 to 115 m.
Size: 4 mm.
943. Odostomia somersi (Verrill & Bush, 1900) Local Distribution: TAY.
References:  Verrill & Bush (1900), Odé & Speers (1972), Reed & Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
Mikkelsen (1987), Odé (1993), Wise (2001). States.
Range: 32.3°N to 12°N; 94°W to 64.8°W
Depth Range: 18 to 80 m (live 27 to 27 m). Genus Pyramidella Lamarck, 1799
Size: 2.6 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. 950. Pyramidella crenulata (Holmes, 1860)
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. References: Abbott (1974), CY0765.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°04,564”
944. Odostomia terryi (Olsson & McGinty, 1958)
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Faber & Moolenbeek (1999), Depth Collected: 35 m.
CY0760. Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Depth Colllected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. 951. Pyramidella dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size: 2.2 mm. References:  Abbott (1974), CY0766.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Mexico, Panama. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Collecetd: 40 m.
945. Odostomia virginae (Altena, 1975) Depth Range: 0 to 57 m.
References: Altena (1975). Size: 29 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Synonyms: Obeliscus terebellum Müller, 1774; Sayella micalii Peñas &
Rolán, 1997.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
946. Odostomia sp 1 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica,
References: CY0761 . Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 952. Pyramidella suturalis H. C. Lea, 1843
Depth Collected: 20 m. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Parker (1959), Odé & Speers
Size: 2 mm. (1972), Porter (1974), Princz (1983), Lyons (1989), Campbell (1993),
Local Distribution: GUA. Díaz & Puyana (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001).
Global Distribution: Colombia. Range: 34°N to 9.75°N; 97.2°W to 65°W
Depth Range: 0 to 49 m.
947. Odostomia sp 2 Size: 14 mm.
References: CY0762. Synonyms: Pyramidella arenosa Conrad, 1843; Obeliscus tessellatus
auct. non A. Adams, 1854; Obeliscus crenulatus Holmes, 1859; Obeliscus
Collected: Salgar. floridanus Mörch, 1875; Pyramidella suprapulchra auct. non De Gregorio,
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117” 1890; Longchaeus calesi Bartsch, 1955; Longchaeus marionae Bartsch,
Depth Collected: 15 m. 1955.
Size: 3 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Genus Triptychus Mörch, 1875
948. Odostomia sp 3 953. Triptychus niveus Mörch, 1875
References: CY0763. References:  Mörch (1875), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Warmke &
Collected: Salgar. Abbott (1961), Princz (1982), Odé (1988), NMNH 807265.

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Range: 27.9°N to 9.4°N; 93.6°W to 61.8°W Range: 35°N to 23°S; 95°W to 44°W
Depth Range: 0 to 46 m. Depth Range : 0 to 538 m (live 91 to 91 m).
Size: 9.5 mm. Size: 3.4 mm.
Synonyms: Oscilla biseriata auct. non Gabb, 1881; Pyramidella vincta Synonyms: Chemnitzia pusilla C. B. Adams, 1850; Turbonilla minor
Dall, 1884. Bush, 1899; Turbonilla adamsi Cossmann, 1912.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Jamaica, United
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. States.

Genus Turbonilla Risso, 1826 960. Turbonilla curta Dall, 1889


References:  Dall (1889), Odé & Speers (1972), Princz (1982), Díaz &
954. Turbonilla cf insularis Dall & Simpson, 1901 Puyana (1994), Odé (1995), NMNH 97551.
References:  Odé & Speers (1972), Princz (1982), Jong & Coomans Range: 35°N to 11.3°N; 95.3°W to 71°W
(1988), NMNH 160203, CY0767. Depth Range: 0 to 1170 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 8.3 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Synonyms: Turbonilla rentsii Clessin, 1900.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 6 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Colombia.
961. Turbonilla elegans (d’Orbigny, 1841)
References:  d’Orbigny (1841), Odé & Speers (1971), Odé & Speers
955. Turbonilla puncta (C. B. Adams, 1850) (1972), Odé (1993), NMNH 203224.
References:  C. B. Adams (1850), Dautzenberg (1900), Odé & Speers Range: 30°N to 12°N; 96.2°W to 61.5°W
(1972), Redfern (2001), Pimenta & Absalao (2002), CY0768.
Depth Range: 0 to 4 m.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 3.5 mm.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 52 m.
Size: 6 mm. 962. Turbonilla fonteini Jong & Coomans, 1988
References: Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0770.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
956. Turbonilla rixtae Jong & Coomans, 1988 Size: 1.5 mm.
References:  Jong & Coomans (1988), Espinosa & Ortea (2001),
CY0769.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 40 m. 963. Turbonilla levis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Size 4 mm. References: Pimenta & Absalao (1999), García (2002).
Local Distribution: TAY. Range: 35°N to 9.75°N; 95°W to 69°W
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica. Depth Range: 13 to 196 m.
Size: 8 mm.
Synonyms: Oxytrema crenulatum Menke, 1830; Turbonilla pulchella
957. Turbonilla abrupta Bush, 1899 auct. non d’Orbigny, 1842; Turbonilla alcmena Bartsch, 1955; Turbonilla
References: Bush (1899), Odé & Speers (1972), García-Cubas (1971), cacusi Bartsch, 1955; Turbonilla cerberusi Bartsch, 1955; Turbonilla geryoni
Princz (1982), Rios (1985), Jong & Coomans (1988), Pimenta & Absalao Bartsch, 1955; Turbonilla hesperusi Bartsch, 1955; Turbonilla hippolyta
(1999). Bartsch, 1955.
Range: 22°N to 22°S; 97.7°W to 0°W Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 4 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States.
Synonyms: Turbonilla levis auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850; Turbonilla
gracilis Clessin, 1900.
Local Distribution: TAY. 964. Turbonilla peilei Dall & Bartsch, 1911
References:  Dall & Bartsch (1911), Odé & Speers (1972), NMNH
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, 221610.
Venezuela,Virgin Islands.
Range: 35°N to 11.5°N; 77°W to 64.7°W
Depth Range: 2 to 115 m.
958. Turbonilla arnoldoi Jong & Coomans, 1988 Size: 6 mm.
References: Jong & Coomans (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Synonyms: Chemnitzia subulata C. B. Adams, 1850.
Range: 12.5°N to 12°N; 71°W to 69°W Local Distribution: ARCO.
Size: 1.7 mm. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia.
965. Turbonilla portoricana Dall & Simpson, 1901
References:  Odé & Speers (1972), Princz (1982), Díaz & Puyana
959. Turbonilla coomansi van Aartsen, 1994 (1994), Pimenta & Absalao (2004), García & Lee (2003)NMNH 800851,
References: Aartsen, J. J. van. 1994. CY0771.

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Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Colombia.


Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
971. Turbonilla unilirata Bush, 1899
Depth Range: 10 to 129 m.
References: Bush (1899), Odé & Speers (1971), Odé & Speers (1972),
Size: 5 mm. Odé (1995), Wise (1996), Gundersen (1998), Pimenta & Absalao (1999),
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. CY0775.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Collected: Santa Veronica.
United States, Venezuela. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 55 m.
966. Turbonilla pupoides (d'Orbigny,1841) Depth Range: 0 to 46 m.
References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Abbott (1958), Odé & Speers Size: 3 mm.
(1972), Waller (1973), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Pimenta & Absalao (1999), Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
García (2000), Pimenta & Absalao (2004), CY0772. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States,
Collected: Vía Paque Isla Salamanca. Virgin Islands.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 50 m. 972. Turbonilla sp 1
Depth Range: 4 to 713 m. References: CY0776.
Size: 5 mm. Collected: Taganga.
Synonyms: Chemnitzia flavocincta C. B. Adams, 1850; Chemnitzia latior Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
C. B. Adams, 1850; Turbonilla subcoronata Holmes, 1859; Odostomia Depth Collected: 70 m.
phrikalea Watson, 1886.
Size: 3 mm.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Colombia.

967. Turbonilla pusilla (C. B. Adams, 1850)


References: Odé & Speers (1972), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), CY0773. 973. Turbonilla sp 2
Collected: Taganga. References: CY0777.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Range: 0 to 538 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 4 mm. Size 4 mm.
Synonyms: Turbonilla minor Bush, 1899; Turbonilla adamsi Cossmann, Local Distribution: TAY.
1912; Turbonilla coomansi van Aartsen, 1994. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica. 974. Turbonilla sp 3
References: CY0778.
968. Turbonilla pyrrha Bush, 1899 Collected: Santa Veronica.
References: Bush (1899), Odé & Speers (1972), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Pimenta & Absalao (1999), NMNH 108052. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Range: 18°N to 11.5°N; 74°W to 65°W Size: 2 mm.
Depth Range: 25 to 25 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 6 mm. Global Ditribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands. 975. Turbonilla sp 4
References: CY0779.
969. Turbonilla stimpsoni Bush, 1899 Collected: Bahía Portete.
References:  Bush (1899), Odé & Speers (1972), Pimenta & Absalao Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
(1999), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), Pimenta & Absalao (2004), CY0774. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 7 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 47 to 53 m.
Size: 7 mm.
976. Turbonilla sp 5
Local Distribution: MAG.
References: CY0780.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
970. Turbonilla textiles (Kurz, 1860) Depth Collected: 15 m.
References: Jong & Coomans (1988). Size: 7 mm.
Size: 3 mm. Local Distribution: MOR.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Family AMATHINIDAE Ponder, 1988 Superfamily RISSOELLOIDEA Gray, 1850


Genus Iselica Dall, 1918 Family RISSOELLIDAE Gray, 1850
Genus Rissoella Gray, 1847
977. Iselica anomala (C. B. Adams, 1850)
References: C. B. Adams (1850), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Robinson & 981. Rissoella caribaea Rehder, 1943
Montoya (1987), Campbell (1993), Macsotay & Campos (2001), CY0781. References:  Rehder (1943), Robertson (1961), Ortiz-Corps (1985),
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Wise (1998), CY0783.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Depth Range: 0 to 550 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 5 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 12 m.
Synonyms: Actaeon globosus H. C. Lea, 1843; Dolium octocostatum Size: 2 mm.
Emmons, 1858; Isapis caloosaensis Dall, 1890. Local Distribution: GUA.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, States.
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Uruguay. United States,
Venezuela.
Superfamily VALVATOIDEA Gray, 1840
Family MURCHISONELLIDAE Casey, 1904 Family CORNIROSTRIDAE Ponder, 1990
Genus Murchisonella Mörch, 1875 Genus Tomura Pilsbry and McGinty, 1946

978. Murchisonella spectrum (Mörch, 1857) 982. Tomura bicaudata (Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946)
References:  Mörch (1875), Jong & Coomans (1988), Faber (2005), References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Pilsbry & McGinty (1946), Díaz
CY0782. & Puyana (1994).
Collected: Salgar. Range: 26.8°N to 12°N; 81.2°W to 74°W
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,11” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Size: 1.5 mm.
Size: 1.5 mm. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Synonyms: Marginella ovuliformis d’Orbigny, 1842. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Order CEPHALASPIDEA
Dominican Republic, Honduras, Jamaica, United States, Venezuela,
Virgin Islands.
Superfamily BULLOIDEA Gray, 1827
Family BULLIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815)
Superfamily RINGICULOIDEA Philippi, 1853 Genus Bulla Linnaeus, 1758
Family RINGICULIDAE Philippi, 1853 983. Bulla solida Gmelin, 1791
Genus Ringicula Deshayes, 1838 References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Ev. Marcus (1976), Marcus (1977),
Díaz & Puyana (1994), Mikkelsen (1996), NMNH 861910, CY0784.
979. Ringicula semistriata d’Orbigny, 1842 Collected: Salgar.
References:  Dall & Simpson (1901), Parker & Curray (1956), Rice & Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Kornicker (1965), Odé (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Depth Collected: 30 m.
Range: 35°N to 10.5°N; 96.1°W to 67.2°W Depth Range: 0 to 25 m.
Depth Range: 42 to 465 m. Size: 45 mm.
Size: 3 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Synonyms: Ringicula tridentata Guppy, 1873;Ringicula hypograpta Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, United States.
Brown & Pilsbry, 1913.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico,
984. Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792
References: E. A. Smith (1890), Marcus (1957), Andrews (1977), Princz
United States.
(1978), Cosel (1986), Fernández Milera (1998), Macsotay & Campos
(2001), García & Lee (2004), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 757605,
CY0785.
980. Ringicula nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
References:  A. E. Verrill (1872), Dall (1881), Bouchet (1975), Odé
(1990), NMNH 832533. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Range: 44°N to 9.08°S; 94°W to 0°W Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 110 to 1966 m. Depth Range: 0 to 81 m.
Size: 7.5 mm. Size: 30 mm.
Synonymy: Ringicula leptocheila Brugnone, 1873; Ringicula pulchella Synonyms: Bulla umbilicata Röding, 1798; Bulla amygdalus Dillwyn,
1817; Bulla ibyx Dillwyn, 1817; Bulla alba Turton, 1825; Bulla modesta
Morlet, 1880; Ringicula peracuta Watson, 1883; Ringicula blanchardi
Risso, 1826; Bulla columnae delle Chiaje, 1841; Bulla media Philippi,
auct. non Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896; Ringicula pirulina Locard, 1897;
1847; Bulla nebulosa auct. non A. Adams, 1850; Bulla occidentalis A.
Ringicula ventricosa Locard, 1897; Ringicula gianninii Nordsieck, 1974.
Adams, 1850; Bulla rubiginosa Gould, 1852; Bulla brasiliensis Rigacci,
Local Distribution: ARCO. 1866; Bulla scaphandroides Pallary, 1900; Bulla minor Pallary, 1938; Bulla
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United States. scaphanderoides Pallary, 1938.

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Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; 72°07,058”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Depth Collected: 55 m.
Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela. Depth Range: 0 to 183 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Superfamily HAMINOEOIDEA Pilsbry, 1895 Synonyms: Atys canariensis E. A. Smith, 1872; Atys corpulentus Usticke,
1959.
Family HAMINOEIDAE Pilsbry, 1895
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Genus Atys Montfort, 1810 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, United States, Virgin Islands.
985. Atys caribaeus (d'Orbigny,1841)
References:  Dautzenberg (1900), McGinty (1962), Rice & Kornicker
(1962), Princz (1982), CY0786. Genus Haminoea Turton & Kigston, 1830
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 990. Haminoea antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1841)
References: García-Cubas (1971), Thompson (1977), Andrews (1977),
Depth Collected: 40 m. Cosel (1986), NMNH 822795, CY0790.
Depth Range: 0 to 183 m. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Size: 10 mm. Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,117”
Synonyms: Atys canariensis E. A. Smith, 1872; Atys sharpi Vanatta, Depth Collected: 25 m.
1901; Atys corpulentus Usticke, 1959.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Size: 11 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Synonyms: Bulla cerina Menke, 1853; Haminea guadaloupensis
Sowerby II, 1868.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
986. Atys guildingi Sowerby II, 1869 Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
References: Sowerby II (1869), Ekdale (1974), Rios (1975), Princz Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin
(1982). Islands.
Range: 21.4°N to 3°S; 86.8°W to 41°W
Depth Range: 25 to 50 m.
991. Haminoea elegans (Gray, 1825)
Size: 12 mm. References:  Dautzenberg (1900), Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933), Nicklès
Local Distribution: MAG. (1950), Parker (1955), Parker (1959), Er. Marcus (1957), Marcus &
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela. Marcus (1967), Thompson (1977), Princz (1982), Cosel (1986), Espinosa
& Ortea (2003), NMNH 836961, CY0791.

987. Atys macandrewii E. A. Smith,1872 Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  E. A. Smith (1872), Marcus (1971), Martínez & Ortea Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
(1998), Espinosa & Ortea (2003), García & Lee (2003), CY0787. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 34 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Size: 17 mm.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Synonyms: Bullaea guildingii Swainson, 1840; Bulla diaphana Gould,
1852; Haminoea taylorae Petuch, 1987.
Depth Range: 11 to 75 m.
Size: 6 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Brazil. Colombia, Costa
Synonyms: Atys lineatus Usticke, 1959. Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela,
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia,
Costa Rica, United States.
992. Haminoea glabra (A. Adams, 1850)
References: Dautzenberg (1900), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Vokes &
988. Atys riiseanus Mörch, 1875 Vokes (1983).
References : Abbott (1974), CY0788. Range: 22.5°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 74.3°W
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,117” Size: 4.3 mm.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Depth Range: 2 to 93 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama.
Size: 9 mm.
Synonyms: Atys caribaeus auct. non d’Orbigny, 1841; Cylichna noronyensis
Watson, 1883; Atys cylindrella Usticke, 1971. 993. Haminoea petitii (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Maury (1922), Marcus (1971), CY0792.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Collected: Santa Veronica.
Republic, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
States, Virgin Islands. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 1 to 23 m.
989. Atys sharpi Vanatta, 1901 Size: 9 mm.
References:  Vanatta (1901), M. Smith (1941), Ev. Marcus (1971), Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Espinosa & Ortea (2003), CY0789. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.

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994. Haminoea succinea (Conrad, 1846) Family CYLICHNIDAE , H. Adams & A. Adams, 1845
References: Dall (1884), Parker & Curray (1956), García-Cubas (1971), Genus Acteocina Gray, 1847
Lyons et al. (1971), Marcus (1977), Princz (1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 843499, CY0793. 999. Acteocina lepta Woodringny, 1928
Collected: Santa Veronica. References:  Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), Odé
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” (1990), CY0794.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Collected: Salgar.
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Size: 10 mm. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Synonyms: Haminoea solidior Vanatta, 1901. Depth Range: 2 to 457 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Size: 3 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Synonyms: Retusa candei auct. non d’Orbigny, 1841; Tornatina
United States, Venezuela. cylindrica Emmons, 1858.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribuction: Barbados, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia,
Superfamily PHILINOIDEA Gray, 1850 Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States.

Family PHILINIDAE Gray, 1850


Genus Philine Ascanius, 1772 1000. Acteocina atrata Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen, 1984
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1984), CY0795.
995. Philine alba Mattox, 1958 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Marcus & Marcus (1967); Marcus (1977), NMNH 836704. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Range: 28°N to 29°S; 81.44°W to 53°W Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 46 to 300 m (live 295 to 109 m). Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Size: 38 m. Size 4 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama. Synonyms: Cylichnella canaliculata auct. non Say, 1826.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
996. Philine sagra (d’Orbigny, 1841)
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Princz (1983), Mello & Perrier 1001. Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny,1841)
(1986).
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Princz (1977), Princz (1983),
Range: 35°N to 13°S; 81°W to 34.9°W Mello & Perrier (1986), Lyons (1989), Odé (1990), CY0796.
Depth Range: 2 to 86 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Size: 6 mm. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Local Distribution: ARCO. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, United States, Depth Range: 0 to 51 m.
Venezuela.
Size 3.5 mm.
Synonyms: Bulla pusilla Pfeiffer, 1840; Cylichna virginica Conrad, 1868;
Acteocina anetaspira Woodring, 1928; Acteocina cederstromi Richards,
997. Philine infundibulum Dall, 1889 1947; Acteocina vaughani Gardner, 1948; Acteocina elachista Woodring,
References: Dall (1889), Ev. Marcus (1974). 1970.
Range: 27.42°N to 3.13°N; 86.32°W to 48.12°W Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 68 to 724 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica,
Size: 12 mm. Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Local Distribution: ARCO.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba. 1002. Acteocina recta (d'Orbigny, 1841)
References: Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen (1987), CY0797.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Family AGLAJIDAE Pilsbry, 1895 Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Genus Navanax Pilsbry, 1895 Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 128 m.
998. Navanax aenigmaticus (Bergh, 1893) Size: 1.3 mm.
References: Mikkelsen et al. (1995), NMNH 820893. Local Distribution: GUA.
Range: 27.5°N to 24°S; 80.5°W to 45°W Global Distribution: Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m (live 0 to 3 m). Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, United States, Virgin
Islands.
Size: 55 mm.
Synonyms: Posterobranchaea maculata d’Orbigny, 1835; Doridium
gemmatum Mörch, 1863; Posterobranchus orbignyanus Rochebrune, 1882; 1003. Acteocina sp 1
Navarchus aenigmaticus Bergh, 1893; Doridium punctilucens Bergh, 1893;
Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953; Chelidonura evelinae Er. Marcus,
References: CY0798 .
1955; Chelidonura nyanyana Edmunds, 1968; Chelidonura dica Er. Marcus Collected: Bahía Portete.
& Ev. Marcus, 1970. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, United States. Depth Collected: 15 m.

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Size: 2 mm. (1956), Parker & Curray (1956), Rice & Kornicker (1965) . Marcus (1974),
Local Distribution: GUA. Odé (1990), NMNH 836682, CY0802.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Genus Cylichna Loven, 1846 Depth Range: 44 to 649 m.
1004. Cylichna krebsii Mörch, 1875 Size: 40 mm.
References: Mörch (1875), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Radwin (1969), Synonyms: Scaphander rehderi Bullis, 1956.
Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0799. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, GUA.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States,
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Venezuela.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 20 to 23 m. Family RETUSIDAE (Thiéle, 1926)
Size: 3 mm.
Genus Paravolvulella Harry, 1967
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico. 1009. Paravolvulella texasiana (Harry, 1967)
References:  Harry (1967), Andrews (1977), Odé (1990), Díaz &
Genus Cylichnella Gabb, 1872 Puyana (1994), CY0803.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1105. Cylichnella bidentata (d'Orbigny, 1841) Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
References: Sykes & Hall (1970), Gosliner (1979), Princz (1982), Cosel Depth Collected: 70 m.
(1986), Lyons (1989), Odé (1990), CY0800.
Depth Range: 0 to 139 m.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Size: 3.8 mm.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 0 to 366 m.
Size: 2 mm.
Synonyms: Bulla biplicata H. C. Lea, 1845; Cylichnella mareana Weisbord, Genus Retusa Brown, 1926
1962.
Local Distribution: MAG. 1010. Retusa sulcata (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, References:  d’Orbigny (1841), Olsson & McGinty (1958), Princz
Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. (1982), Odé (1990), NMNH 843060, CY0804.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Genus Scaphander Montfort, 1810
Depth Collected: 25 m.
1006. Scaphander clavus Dall, 1889 Depth Range: 5 to 174 m.
References:  Watson (1886), Bush (1893), Bouchet (1975), NMNH Size: 3 mm.
836676. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Range: 68°N to 8.13°N; 89°W to 0°W Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, United
Depth Range: 20 to 2683 m. States, Venezuela.
Size: 36 mm.
Synonyms: Scaphander zonatus auct. non Turton, 1834; Bulla
punctostriata Mighels & Adams, 1842; Scaphander librarius Lovén, 1846; Genus Volvulella Newton, 1891
Cryptaxis crebripunctatus Jeffreys, 1883; Scaphander clavus Dall, 1889;
Scaphander elongatus Locard, 1897; Scaphander inflatus Locard, 1897; 1011. Volvulella persimilis (Mörch, 1875)
Scaphander intermedius Locard, 1897. References:  Marcus & Marcus (1960), Harry (1967), Altena (1975),
Local Distribution: DAR. Andrews (1977), Princz (1983), Mello & Perrier (1986), Odé (1990),
NMNH 800122, CY0805.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
1007. Scaphander darius Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 Depth Range: 0 to 805 m.
References: Marcus & Marcus (1967), Marcus (1971), Marcus (1974),
NMNH 836677, CY0801. Size: 3 mm.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Synonyms: Volvula cylindrica Gabb, 1873; Volvula oxytata Bush, 1885;
Volvula cercadensis Van Winkle, 1921; Volvulella moerchi Dall, 1927;
Coordenates: N9°34,397”; W75°48,513” Volvula ischnatracta Pilsbry, 1931.
Depth Collected: 80 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 18 to 374 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico,
Size: 25 mm. Puerto Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama. 1012. Volvulella recta Harry, 1967
References: Abbott, (1974), NMNH 843059, CY0806.
1008. Scaphander watsoni Dall, 1881 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Dautzenberg (1900), McGinty (1955), Bullis (1956), Bullis Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”

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Depth Collected: 25 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0 to 305 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United
Size: 3.5 mm. States, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Bulla acuta d’Orbigny, 1841; Volvula minuta Bush, 1885;
Volvula bushii Dall, 1889.
1016. Cavolinia inflexa (Lesueur, 1813)
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. References:  Verrill (1882), Pelseneer (1888), Dall & Simpson (1901),
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Bé & Gilmer (1977), Princz (1982), Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998),
NMNH 875034, CY0810.
Order THECOSOMATA Collected: Salgar.
Coordenates: N11°01,009”; W74°56,117”
Superfamily CAVOLINIOIDEA Gray, 1850 Depth Collected: 30 m.
Family CAVOLINIIDAE Gray, 1850 Depth Range: 88 to 668 m.
Genus Cavolinia Abildgaard, 1791 Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Hyalaea elongata Blainville, 1821; Archonta exploratus
1013. Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskal, 1775) Férussac, 1822; Diacria pellucida (Eschscholtz, 1825); Hyalaea depressa
References: Verrill (1882), Pelseneer (1888), Bush (1893), Bé & Gilmer d’Orbigny, 1834; Hyalaea labiata d’Orbigny, 1834; Hyalaea vaginellina
(1977), Princz & González (1982), Odé (1991), NMNH 822695, CY0807. Cantraine, 1835; Hyalaea uncinata Philippi, 1836; Cleodora curvata
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Souleyet, 1851; Cleodora pleuropus Rang, 1852; Hyalea imitans Pfeffer,
1880; Hyalaea lata Boas, 1886; Cavolinia major Locard, 897; Cavolinia
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” minor Locard, 1897.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0 to 4791 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Size: 10 mm. Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Synonyms: Monoculus telemus Linnaeus, 1758; Cavolina natans
Abildgaard, 1791; Hyalaea cornea Lamarck, 1801; Hyalaea papilionacea
Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804; Hyalaea australis Péron & Lesueur, 1807; 1017. Cavolinia longirostris (Blainville, 1821)
Hyalaea chemnitziana Lesueur, 1813; Hyalaea peronii Lesueur, 1813; References:  van der Spoel & Boltovskoy, (1961), NMNH 804005,
Hyalaea teniobranchea Lamarck, 1816; Hyalaea forskahlii Blainville, 1821; CY0811.
Hyalaea rangii Deshayes, 1832; Hyalaea affinis d’Orbigny, 1834; Hyalaea
Collected: Taganga.
truncata Krauss, 1848; Pleuropus longifilis Troschel, 1854; Cleodora trifilis
Troschel, 1854; Hyalea complanata Gegenbaur, 1855; Hyalaea cumingii Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Sowerby II, 1877; Hyalaea nebulosa Sowerby II, 1877; Cavolina occidentalis Depth Collected: 70 m.
Dall, 1908; Cavolinia kraussi Tesch, 1913; Cavolinia platea Tesch, 1948; Size: 9 mm.
Cavolinia atlantica van der Spoel, 1974; Cavolinia bermudensis van der
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
Spoel, 1974; Cavolinia dakarensis van der Spoel, 1974; Cavolinia danae
van der Spoel, 1974; Cavolinia teschi van der Spoel, 1974. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Genus Clio Linnaeus, 1767
1018. Clio pyramidata Linnaeus, 1767
1014. Cavolinia uncinata (Rang, 1829) References: Verrill (1882), Pelseneer (1888), Posselt & Jensen (1899),
References:  Bush (1893), Dautzenberg (1900), Dall & Simpson Bush (1893), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Bé & Gilmer (1977), Odé (1991),
(1901), van der Spoel (1976), Odé (1991), Suárez-Morales & Gasca Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998), NMNH 824129, CY0812.
(1998), NMNH 824083, CY0808.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061” Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Depth Range: 0 to 3718 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 3400 m. Size: 15 mm.
Size: 10 mm. Synonyms: Cleodora caudata Linnaeus, 1767; Clio retusa Linnaeus,
Synonyms: Hyalea uncinatiformis Pfeffer, 1880; Cavolinia pulsata van 1767; Hyalaea lanceolata Lesueur, 1813; Cleodora brownii Blainville,
der Spoel, 1969; Cavolinia roperi van der Spoel, 1969. 1823; Cleodora lamartinieri d’Orbigny, 1841; Cleodora exacuta Gould,
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO. 1852; Cleodora occidentalis Dall, 1871; Cleodora lobata Sowerby II, 1877;
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Cleodora martensii Pfeffer, 1880; Cleodora angusta Boas, 1886; Cleodora
United States, Venezuela, Puerto Rico. lata Boas, 1886; Cleodora bowdenensis Collins, 1934; Clio excisa van der
Spoel, 1963.
Local Distribution: TAY.
1015. Cavolinia gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1834) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
References:  Pelseneer (1888), Bush (1893), Dall & Simpson (1901), Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
van der Spoel (1976), Princz (1982), NMNH 848169, CY0809.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Genus Creseis Rang, 1828
Depth Collected: 55 m. 1019. Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Depth Range: 0 to 4810 m. References:  Pelseneer (1888), Dautzenberg (1900), Dall & Simpson
Size: 10 mm. (1901), van der Spoel (1976), Bé & Gilmer (1977), Princz (1977), Princz
Synonyms: Hyalaea flava d’Orbigny, 1834; Hyalaea gibbosa d’Orbigny, & González (1982), Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998), Valdés & Héros
1834; Hyalea gegenbauri Pfeffer, 1880; Pleuropus hargeri A. E. Verrill, (1998), NMNH 807272, CY0813.
1882; Cavolinia plana Meisenheimer, 1905. Collected: Taganga.

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Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.


Depth Collected: 70 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Depth Range: 0 to 1234 m. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 5 mm. Depth Range: 44 to 1234 m.
Synonyms: Styliola recta auct. non Blainville, 1827; Cleodora clava Size: 10 mm.
Rang, 1828;Creseis virgula auct. non Rang, 1828; Creseis acus Eschscholtz, Synonyms: Styliole recta Blainville, 1827; Cleodora spinifera Rang,
1829; Clio conica auct. non Eschscholtz, 1829; Styliola vitrea A. E. Verrill, 1828; Creseis striata auct. non Rang, 1828; Styliola sulcifera Gabb, 1873;
1872; Creseis rotunda Sowerby II, 1877; Dentalium ecostatum Kirk, 1880. Styliola rangiana Tate, 1887; Clio lamberti Checchia-Rispoli, 1921.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Mexico,
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela.

Genus Cuvierina Boss, 1886


Family LIMACINIDAE
1020. Cuvierina columnella (Rang, 1827) Genus Limacina Bosc, 1817
References: Pelseneer (1888), Dall & Simpson (1901), Bé & Gilmer
(1977), Princz (1982), NMNH 875066, CY0814. 1024. Limacina inflata (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Pelseneer (1888), van der Spoel (1967), Bé & Gilmer
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” (1977), Princz & González (1982), Odé (1991), Suárez-Morales & Gasca
(1998), NMNH 833111, CY0818.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 100 to 1234 m. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 9 mm. Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Synonyms: Cleodora obtusa Quoy & Gaimard, 1825; Cuvieria oryza Depth Collected: 20 m.
Benson, 1835; Triptera rosea Gray, 1847; Cuvieria urceolaris Mörch, 1850; Depth Range: 37 to 1737 m.
Triptera cancellata Pfeffer, 1879; Cuvierina typica Boas, 1886; Creseis Size: 2 mm.
caliciformis Meisenheimer, 1905; Cuvierina atlantica van der Spoel, 1970;
Synonyms: Spirialis rostralis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840; Limacina
Styliola sinecosta F. E. Wells, 1974.
scaphoidea Gould, 1852; Protomedea elata O. G. Costa, 1861; Spirialis
Local Distribution: TAY. tertiaria auct. non Tate, 1887; Spirialis appendiculata Pelseneer, 1888;
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Spiratella volhinica Stancu, 1979.
Rico, United States, Venezuela. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela.
Genus Diacria Gray, 1842
1021. Diacria major (Boas, 188) Order APLYSIOMORPHA
References:  van der Spoel (1967), Dupont (1979), NMNH 894237,
CY0815. Superfamily APLYSIOIDEA Lamarck, 180
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. Family APLYSIIDAE Lamarck, 1809
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°54,061” Genus Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Size: 10 mm. 1025. Aplysia cervina (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO. References:  Marcus & Marcus (1960), Marcus & Marcus (1962),
Marcus & Marcus (1963), Lyons (1989).
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Range: 33°N to 24°S; 90°W to 48°W
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
1022. Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) Size: 115 mm.
References: van der Spoel (1967), NMNH 824155, CY0816. Synonyms: Tethys pilsbryi Letson, 1898.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, United States,
Depth Collected: 30 m. Puerto Rico.
Depth Range: 27 to 4791 m.
Size: 10 mm. 1026. Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828
Synonyms: Hyalaea cuspidata auct. non Bosc, 1802; Hyalaea References:  Moore (1958), Marcus & Hughes (1974), Cosel (1982),
mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827; Hyalaea depressa Bivona, 1832; Hess & Abbott (1994), Valdés & Héros (1998), NMNH 575040, CY0819.
Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842; Hyalaea aculeata d’Orbigny,
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1846; Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1851; Hyalaea reeveana Dunker,
1853; Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873; Hyalaea minor Boas, 1886. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Rico, United States, Venezuela. Size: 45 mm.
Synonyms: Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828; Aplysia protea
Rang, 1828; Aplysia tigrina Rang, 1828; Aplysia radiata Ehrenberg, 1831;
Genus Styliola Lesueur, 1825 Aplysia scutellata Ehrenberg, 1831; Aplysia ocellata d’Orbigny, 1839;
Aplysia fimbriata Adams & Reeve, 1850; Aplysia schrammi Deshayes,
1023. Styliola subula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) 1857; Syphonota viridescens Pease, 1868; Aplysia angasi Sowerby II, 1869;
References:  Pelseneer (1888), van der Spoel (1967), Bé & Gilmer Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888; Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895; Aplysia
(1977), Odé (1991), Janssen (1999), NMNH 848154, CY0817. benedicti Eliot, 1899; Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900; Aplysia velifer

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Bergh, 1905; Aplysia operta Burne, 1906; Aplysia odorata Risbec, 1928; Range: 29°N to 24°S; 83°W to 35°W
Aplysia annulifera Thiele, 1930; Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951. Depth Range: 0 to 5 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 20 mm.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Local Distribution: TAY.
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Brazil Colombia, Costa
Rica, Puerto Rico, United States.

1027. Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789


References: Marcus & Marcus (1957), Eales (1960), Marcus & Marcus Genus Stylocheilus Gould, 1852
(1963), Houbrick (1968), Andrews (1977), Mikkelesen (1996), Valdés &
Héros (1998), Medina, Collins and Walsh (2005). 1032. Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Range: 39°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W References: Valdés & Héros (1998), Rudman (1999).
Depth Range: 0 to 13 m (live 0 to 13 m). Range: 32.3°N to 20°S; 83°W to 32.4°W
Size: 270 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 14 m.
Synonyms: Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828; Aplysia lurida d’Orbigny, Size: 90 mm.
1835; Tethys livida (d’Orbigny, 1837); Aplysia cailleti Deshayes, 1857; Synonyms: Aplysia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard 1824; Notarchus
Aplysia guadaloupensis Sowerby II, 1869; Tethys floridensis Pilsbry, 1895. polyomma Mörch, 1863.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Local Distriburtion: CAO.
Costa Rica, Venezuela, United States. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda,
Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, United States.
Genus Bursatella Blainville, 1817
1028. Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 Superfamily AKEROIDEA Mazzarelli, 181
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH574909. Family AKERIDAE Mazzarelli, 1891
Range: 35°N to 32°S; 97°W to 0°W Genus Akera Muller, 1776
Depth Range: 0 to 7 m.
Size: 120 mm. 1033. Akera bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Synonyms: Bursatella savignyiana Audouin, 1826; Bursatella lacinulata References: Marcus & Marcus (1960), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
Gould, 1852. 679053.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Range: 26.8°N to 9.02°S; 80°W to 41.45°W
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 35 to 87 m.
Size: 11.5 mm.
Genus Dolabrifera Gray, 1847 Synonyms: Akera thompsoni Olsson & McGinty, 1951.
Local Distribution: MOR.
1029. Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994),  NMNH 578257.
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 82.58°W to 42.02°W
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m. Order SACOGLOSSA
Size: 108 mm. Superfamily PLACOBRANCHOIDEA Gray, 1840
Synonyms: Aplysia ascifera Rang, 1828; Dolabrifera cuvieri H. & A. Family PLACOBRANCHIDAE Gray, 1840
Adams, 1854; Dolabrifera maillardi Deshayes, 1863; Dolabrifera sowerbyi
Sowerby II, 1868; Dolabrifera nicaraguana Pilsbry, 1896; Dolabrifera Genus Elysia Risso 1818
swiftii Pilsbry, 1896; Dolabrifera virens A. E. Verrill, 1901.
Local Distribution: TAY. 1034. Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840)
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, References: Marcus & Hughes (1974), Marcus (1976).
Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, United Range: 32.33°N to 3.83°S; 82.58°W to 32.4°W
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Size: 55 mm.
Genus Petalifera Gray, 1847 Synonyms: Pterogasteron marginatum Pease, 1871.
Local Distribution: TAY.
1030. Petalifera ramosa Baba, 1959 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994),  NMNH 836737. Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, United
Range: 25°N to 9.75°N; 82.58°W to 74°W States.
Depth Range: 2 to 37 m.
Size: 50 mm. Genus Tridachia Deshayes, 1857
Synonyms: Petalifera habei Eales, 1960.
Local Distribution: TAY. 1035. Tridachia crispata Mörch, 1863
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, References:  Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 574696.
United States. Range: 32.4°N to 9.75°N; 88°W to 59.6°W
Depth Range: 0.6 to 12 m.
Genus Phyllaplysia P. Fischer, 1872 Size: 150 mm.
Synonyms: Elysia schiadura Mörch, 1863; Elysia verrilli Pruvot-Fol,
1031. Phyllaplysia engeli Marcus, 1955 1946; Elysia pruvotfolae Er. Marcus, 1957.
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Marcus & Hughes (1974). Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.

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Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, bermudense Mörch, 1875; Umbrella plicatula Martens, 1881.
Jamaica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago,United States. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, United States.
Family BOSELLIIDAE Gray, 1840
Genus Bosellia Trinchese, 1891 Order NUDIPLEURA
Superfamily PLEUROBRANCHOIDEA Gray, 1827
1036. Bosellia mimetica Trinchese, 1891 Family PLEUROBRANCHIDAE Gray, 1827
References: Clark (1994), NMNH 578195.
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 80.3°W to 39°W Genus Berthella Blainville, 1824.
Depth Range: 2 to 2 m.
1040. Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)
Size: 8 mm.
References: MacFarland (1909), Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970), Clark
Synonyms: Bosellia curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. (1984), Ev. Marcus (1984), Sterrer (1986).
Local Distribution: DAR. Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 80°W to 36°W
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 1 to 1 m (live 1 to 1 m).
Size: 25 mm.
Superfamily LIMAPONTIOIDAE Gray, 1847 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Family LIMAPONTIIDAE Gray, 1847
Genus Placida Trinchese, 1876 1041. Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
References: Gosliner & Bertsch (1988); Hess & Abbott (1994); García,
1037. Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843) Troncoso & Domínguez (2002).
References: Er. Marcus (1961), Marcus & Marcus (1963), Platts (1985), Range: 25°N to 24°S; 86.83°W to 32.4°W
Thompson (1988), NMNH 575607. Depth Range: 0 to 7 m (live 0 to 7 m).
Range: 42°N to 12°N; 76.7°W to 0°W Size: 20 mm.
Synonyms: Calliopaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843; Hermaea Synonyms: Pleurobranchus pellucidus Pease, 1860; Berthella tupala Er.
venosa Lovén, 1844; Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866; Hermaea Marcus, 1957; Berthella postrema Burn, 1962; Berthinellops serenitas Burn,
orbicularis A. Costa, 1866; Hermaea brevicornis A. Costa, 1867; Hermaea 1962; Berthella albocrossata Heller & Thompson, 1983.
ornata MacFarland, 1966. Global Distribution: Brazil, Mexico.
Local Distributon: ARCO.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, United States.
Genus Gymnotoplax Pilsbry, 1896
Superfamily CYLINDROBULLOIDEA Thiele, 1931 1043. Gymnotoplax quadridens (Mörch, 1863)
Family CYLINDROBULLIDAE Thiele, 1931 References: Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Range: 18.5°N to 18.15°S; 77.5°W to 36°W
Genus Cylindrobulla P. Fischer, 1856
Depth Range: 1 to 50 m.
1038. Cylindrobulla beauii P. Fischer, 1857 Size: 67 mm.
References: Abbott (1974, Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 843558. Synonyms: Berthella quadridens Mörch, 1863.
Range: 32.3°N to 9.62°S; 88°W to 35.26°W Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 1 to 2.5 m. Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Puerto
Rico, Venezuela.
Size: 13.6 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Genus Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804
Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. 1043. Pleurobranchus inconspicua Bergh, 1897
References:  A. Valdes et. al (2006), Marcus & Marcus (1957), Ardila
& Rachello (2005).
Order UMBRACULIDA Range: 35.2°N to 40.53°S; 97°W to 35°W
Superfamily UMBRACULOIDEA Dall, 1889 Depth Range: 0 to 150 m (live 0 to 150 m).
Family UMBRACULIDAE Dall, 1889 Size: 60 mm.
Genus Umbraculum Schumacher, 1817 Synonyms: Pleurobranchaea hedgpethi Abbott, 1952; Pleurobranchaea
hamva Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1957; Pleurobranchaea gela Ev. Marcus
& Er. Marcus, 1966.
1039. Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
References:  Odé (1990), Espinosa & Ortea (2003), NMNH 877165,
CY0820.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. 1044. Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” References: A. Valdes et. al (2006), NMNH 739601.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Size: 150 mm.
Size: 40 mm. Global Distribution: Venezuela, Jamaica.
Synonyms: Patella sinica Gmelin, 1791; Patella umbellata Gmelin,
1791; Umbrella mediterranea Lamarck, 1812; Umbraculum chinense
Schumacher, 1817; Parmophorus patelloide Cantraine, 1835; Umbrella 1045. Pleurobranchus testudinarius (Cantraine, 1840)
lamarckiana Récluz, 1843; Umbrella ovalis Carpenter, 1856; Operculatum References: Díaz & Puyana, (1994).

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Range: 11°N to 2.08°S; 74°W to 0°W Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United
Depth Range: 2 to 46 m. States.
Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Pleurobranchus emys Ev. Marcus, 1984. Genus Nuvuca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. 1051. Nuvuca Lurca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
References:  Marcus & Marcus (1967), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
679055.
Superfamily DORIDOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 Range: 9.3°N; 76.42°W
Family DORIDIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Depth Range: 69 to 67 m.
Genus Doris Linnaeus, 1758 Size: 14 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR.
1046. Doris kyolis (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) Global Distribution: Colombia.
References: Marcus & Marcus (1967), Edmunds & Just (1985).
Range: 25.5°N to 13.3°N; 80.3°W to 59.6°W
Genus Paradoris Bergh, 1884
Depth Range: 1 to 1 m.
Size: 18 mm. 1052. Paradoris mulciber (Ev. Marcus, 1971)
Local Distribution: ARCO, CAO. References:  Ev. Marcus (1971), Espinosa & Ortea (2001).
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, United States. Range: 9.58°N to 8°S; 82.58°W to 35°W
Depth Range: 52 to 52 m (live 52 to 52 m).
Family CHROMODORIDIDAE Bergh, 1891 Size: 19.5 mm.
Genus Chromodoris Alder y Hancock, 1855. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica.

1047.Chromodoris neona (Marcus, 1955) Genus Platydoris Bergh, 1877


References: Marcus (1976).
Range: 32.37°N to 23.9°S; 84.48°W to 16.52°W 1053. Platydoris angustipes (Mörch, 1863)
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m. References: Mörch (1863), Er. Marcus (1957), Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus
Size: 23 mm. (1970), Hess & Abbott (1994), García, Troncoso & Domínguez (2002).
Synonymy: Glossodoris clenchi Russell, 1935; Chromodoris britoi Ortea Range: 24.7°N to 13°S; 83°W to 32.4°W
& Pérez, 1983. Depth Range: 0 to 73 m (live 0 to 73 m).
Local Distribution: DAR, TAY. Size: 72 mm.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Synonyms: Platydoris alaleta Bergh, 1877; Platydoris rubra K. White,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, United States. 1952.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Cayman Islands,
Grand Cayman Island, Jamaica, United States, Virgin Islands.
1048. Chromodoris perola Ev. Marcus, 1976
References: Marcus (1976).
 Genus Taringa Marcus, 1955.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Colombia, 1054. Taringa telopia Er. Marcus, 1955
Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama,United States.
References: Marcus (1967), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 576282.
Range: 25.5°N to 24°S; 80.3°W to 42.02°W
Genus Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Size: 30 mm.
1049. Hypselodoris bayeri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) Synonyms: Taringa disa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967.
References:  Marcus & Marcus (1967), Meyer (1977), Ortea et al.
Local Distribution: TAY.
(1996), Gosliner & Johnson (1999), Ardila & Rachello (2005).
Range: 25.5°N to 9.41°N; 80.3°W to 73.46°W Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 3 to 4 m (live 3 to 4 m).
Size: 60 mm. Superfamily PHYLLIDIOIDEA, Rafinesque, 1814
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Panama, United States. Family DENDRODORIDIDAE O`Donoghue, 1924
Genus Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831
Family DISCODORIDIDAE Bergh, 1891
Genus Discodoris Bergh, 1877 1055. Dendrodoris krebsii (Mörch, 1863)
References:  Marcus & Marcus (1967), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
1050. Discodoris evelinae Er. Marcus, 1955 679055.
References: Marcus & Hughes (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Range: 31°N to 26°S; 85°W to 42°W
Range: 29°N to 24°S; 97°W to 34.9°W Depth Range: 0 to 25 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 7 m. Size: 120 mm.
Size: 110 mm. Synonyms: Doridopsis subpellucida Abraham, 1877; Doriopsis atropos
Synonyms: Discodoris hedgpethi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960; Bergh, 1879; Doriopsis pallida Bergh, 1879.
Discodoris spetteda Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.

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Superfamily POLYCERIDEA Alder & Hancock, 1945 Global Distribution: Colombia.


Family POLYCERIDAE Alder & Hancock, 1845
Genus Plocamopherus Alder & Hancock, 1845 1062. Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
References:  Ihering (1886), Lange de Morretes (1949), Marcus &
1056. Plocamopherus pilatectus Hamann & Farmer, 1988 Marcus (1960), Ardila & Rachello (2005).
References: Hamann & Farmer (1988), Hess & Abbott (1994). Range: 35°N to 29°S; 91°W to 42.02°W
Range: 19.4°N to 12.59°N; 81.5°W to 61.25°W Depth: 0 to 37 m.
Depth Range: 5 to 21 m. Size: 50 mm.
Size: 28 mm. Synonyms: Armina tigrina auct. non Rafinesque, 1814; Armina semperi
auct. non Bergh, 1861; Pleurophyllidia muelleri Ihering, 1886; Armina wattla
Global Distribution: Cayman Islands, Colombia.
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967; Armina abbotti Thompson, Cattaneo &
Wong, 1990.
Family HEXABRANCHIDAE Bergh, 1891 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Surinam, United
States.
Genus Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1831
1057. Hexabranchus mormosus Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, Superfamily TRITONIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809
1962 Family TRITONIIDAE Lamarck, 1809
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 810866. Genus Marionia Vayssière, 1877
Range: 19.3°N to 9.41°N; 82.58°W to 64.43°W
Depth Range: 0 to 33 m. 1063. Marionia cucullata (Couthouy, 1852)
Size: 100 mm. References:  Gould (1852), Marcus & Marcus (1969), Forcelli (2000),
Synonyms: Hexabranchus sanguineus auct. non Rüppell & Leuckart, Ardila & Rachello (2005), MHNMC MOL-3885.
1828. Range: 12.5°N to 40.53°S; 71.73°W to 43°W
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 146 m).
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, United States. Size: 73 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA, MAG.
Order CLADOBRANCHIA Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia.
Family DOTIDAE Gray, 1853
Genus Doto Oken, 1815 Family BORNELLIDAE Bergh, 1874
1058. Doto divae Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960 Genus Bornella Adams & Reeve, 1850
References:  Marcus & Marcus (1960), Marcus & Marcus (1963), 1064. Bornella calcarata Mörch, 1863
Marcus (1976), NMNH 848856.
References:  Mörch (1863), Er. Marcus (1958), Thompson (1980),
Range: 25.7°N to 13°S; 80.2°W to 38°W Hess & Abbott (1994), Espinosa & Ortea (2001), MHNMC MOL-3883.
Size: 6 mm. Range: 19.5°N to 15°S; 82.58°W to 36°W
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 4 to 103 m.
Size: 65 mm.
1059. Doto pygmaea Bergh, 1871 Local Distribution:TAY, GUA.
References: Bergh (1871), Ortea et al. (1997). Global Distribution: Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Range: 35°N to 12°N; 75°W to 41°W Jamaica, Surinam, Virgin Islands.
Size: 5 mm.
Synonyms: Doto doerga Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 19630. Family TERGIPEDIDAE Bergh, 1889
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States. Genus Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855
Superfamily ARMINOIDEA Iredale & O´Donoghue, 1923 1065. Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
Family ARMINIDAE Iredale & O´Donoghue, 1923 References:  Marcus & Hughes (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Range: 25.7°N to 25°S; 80.2°W to 47.83°W
Genus Armina Rafinesque, 1814 Depth Range: 0.1 to 1 m.
1060. Armina elongata Ardila & Valdés, 2004 Size: 15 mm.
References: Ardila & Valdés (2004). Local Distribution: MAG.
Range: 11.89°N ; 72.61°W Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Depth Range: 22 to 22 m.
Size: 16 mm. Superfamily AEOLIDIOIDEA Gray, 1827
Global Distribution: Colombia. Family AEOLIDIIDAE Gray, 1827
Genus Calmella Eliot, 1906
1061. Armina juliana Ardila & Díaz, 2002
References: Ardila & Díaz (2002), Ardila & Valdés (2004). 1066. Calmella bandeli Ev. Marcus, 1976
Range: 12.32°N to 11.43°N; 73.53°W to 72.7°W References: Ev. Marcus (1976).
Depth Range: 312 to 460 m (live 312 to 460 m). Range: 11°N ; 74°W
Size: 41 mm. Size: 6 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia.

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Family FLABELLINIDAE Voigt, 1834 Range: 26.5°N to 16.3°N; 86°W to 76.5°W


Genus Flabellina Voight, 1834 Depth Range: 8 to 25 m (live 8 to 25 m).
Size: 46 mm.
1067. Flabellina engeli Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Honduras,
References:  Marcus (1976), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Jamaica.
Range: 25°N to 9.75°N; 82.58°W to 59.6°W
Depth Range: 1 to 2 m. SubClass PULMONATA
Size: 20 mm. Order BASOMMATOPHORA
Local Distribution: TAY. Superfamily SIPHONARIOIDEA Gray, 1827
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Family SIPHONARIIDAE Gray, 1840
1068. Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990 Genus Siphonaria G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
References:  Gosliner (1994), Ortea & Espinosa (1998), Espinosa & 1073. Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ortea (2001). References: Kraeuter (1973), Andrews (1977), Princz (1978), Bernard
Range: 12°N to 24°S; 82.58°W to 46°W (1984), NMNH 857567, CY0821.
Depth Range: 3 to 22 m (live 3 to 22 m). Collected: Bahía Portete.
Size: 18 mm. Coordenates: N12°11,544”; W71°59,180”
Synonyms: Coryphellina rubrolineata auct. non O’Donoghue, 1929. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 15 mm.
Genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864 Synonyms: Patella grisea Gmelin, 1791; Siphonaria mouretus Blainville,
1824; Siphonaria adansonii Blainville, 1827; Siphonaria algesirae Quoy &
1069. Spurilla neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1823) Gaimard, 1833; Siphonaria radiata Sowerby I, 1835; Siphonaria lineolata
References: Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994). d’Orbigny, 1841; Siphonaria lepida Gould, 1846; Siphonaria striatocostata
Range: 32.3°N to 25.5°S; 97°W to 0°W Dunker, 1846; Siphonaria umbonata Menke, 1853; Siphonaria brasiliana
Reeve, 1856; Siphonaria palpebrum Reeve, 1856; Siphonaria venosa Reeve,
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m. 1856; Siphonaria parma Hanley, 1858; Siphonaria sowerbyi H. & A. Adams,
Size: 37 mm. 1858; Siphonaria naufraga Stearns, 1872; Siphonaria milneedwardsi
Synonyms: Facelina sargassicola Kröyer, 1861; Flabellina inornata A. Locard, 1898; Siphonaria conica Pallary, 1900; Siphonaria depressa Pallary,
Costa, 1866; Eolis conspersa P. Fischer, 1869; Spurilla braziliana MacFarland, 1900; Siphonaria minor Pallary, 1900; Siphonaria nigra Pallary, 1900.
1909; Eolidina gabriellae Vannucci, 1952; Spurilla dakariensis Pruvot-Fol, Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
1953; Spurilla mograbina Pruvot-Fol, 1953.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico,
Local Distribution: TAY. United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Genus Williamia Monterosato, 1884
Family GLAUCIDAE Gray, 1827
Genus Phidiana Gray, 1850 1074. Williamia krebsii (Mörch, 1877)
References: Mörch (1877), Parker & Curray (1956), Rice & Kornicker
1070. Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867 (1965), Mello & Perrier (1986), Odé (1990), NMNH 800842, CY0822.
References: Marcus & Marcus (1976), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
848864. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Range: 28°N to 25.05°S; 82.58°W to 42.02°W Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 2 m. Depth Range: 0 to 101 m.
Size: 25 mm. Size: 5 mm.
Synonyms: Phidiana selencae Bergh, 1879; Phidiana brevicauda Engel, Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
1925. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.
Costa Rica, Jamaica, United States, Virgin Islands.

Order EUPULMONATA
Genus Dondice Marcus, 1958
Superfamily TRIMUSCULOIDEA J.Q. Burch, 1945
1071. Dondice occidentalis (Engel, 1925) Family TRIMUSCULIDAE J.Q. Burch, 1945
References: Abbott (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 575622.
Genus Trimusculus Schmidt, 1818
Range: 34.7°N to 25°S; 82.58°W to 47.83°W
Depth Range: 0.5 to 26 m. 1075. Trimusculus goesi (Hubendick, 1946)
Size: 30 mm. References:  Hubendick (1946), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Vokes &
Synonyms: Facelina bostoniensis auct. non Couthouy, 1838; Caloria Vokes (1983), Jong & Coomans (1988), CY0823.
occidentalis Engel, 1925. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: TAY. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Genus Pauleo Millen & Hamann, 1992 Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
1072. Pauleo jubatus Millen & Hamann, 1992 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bermuda, Colombia, Puerto Rico,
References: Millen & Hamann (1992), Hess & Abbott (1994). Mexico.

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Superfamily ELLOBIOIDEA L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.


Family ELLOBIIDAE L. Pfeiffer, 1854 Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica,
Genus Melampus Montfort, 1810 Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States,
Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
1076. Melampus cf bullaoides (Montagu, 1808)
References: Princz (1987), Martins (1996), CY0824.
Collected: Puerto Colombia.
Genus Tralia Gray, 1840
Coordenates: N10°59,082”; W74°58,412” 1080. Tralia ovula (Bruguière, 1789)
Depth Collected: 0 m. References: Pfeiffer (1840), Faber (2004), NMNH 770806, CY0827.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Size: 10 mm. Coordenates: N11°04,218”; W74°50,502”
Synonyms: Auricula multivolvis Jeffreys, 1833; Auricula cingulata Depth Collected: 0 m.
Pfeiffer, 1840; Auricula oliva d’Orbigny, 1841; Melampus poeyi Pfeiffer,
1853; Auricula stenostoma Pfeiffer, 1856; Melampus oblongus Pfeiffer,
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
1857; Detracia roquesana J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG. Synonyms: Voluta pusilla Gmelin, 1791; Voluta triplicata Donovan,
1803; Auricula nitens Lamarck, 1822; Tralia vetula Woodring, 1928; Tralia
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands,
sculpta Usticke, 1959; Tralia venezuelana J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982.
Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Surinam, United States, Venezuela. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda,
Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti,
1077. Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758) Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago,
References:  Maury (1922), Marcus & Marcus (1965), Sykes & Hall United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
(1970), García-Cubas (1982), Cosel (1986), Mello & Perrier (1986),
García-Cubas et al. (1990), Martins (1996), Fernández Milera (1998),
Macsotay & Campos (2001), NMNH 770776, CY0825. Family ONCHIDIIDAE Gray, 1824
Collected: Cienaga de Mallorquin. Genus Onchidella Gray, 1850
Coordenates: N11°03,238”; W74°51,035”
Depth Collected: 0 m. 1081. Onchidella floridana (Dall, 1885)
Depth Range: -0.3 to 0.3 m. References:  Clench (1937), Clench & Aguayo (1939), Díaz & Puyana
(1994).
Size: 25 mm. Range: 32.3°N to 11.3°N; 82.46°W to 64.7°W
Synonyms: Bulla coffea Linnaeus, 1758; Bulimus coniformis Bruguière,
1789; Ellobium barbadense Röding, 1798; Auricula biplicata Deshayes, Depth: 0.6 to 0 m (live -0.6 to 0 m).
1830; Auricula olivula Küster, 1844; Melampus microspira Pilsbry, 1891. Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Synonyms: Onchidium transatlanticum Heilprin, 1888.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Local Distribution: TAY.
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela,Virgin Islands.

1078. Melampus monile (Bruguière, 1789) Class Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758


References: Cosel (1982), Vokes & Vokes (1983), Cosel (1986), Princz
(1987), Martins (1996). Subclass PROTOBRANCHIA Pelsencer, 1889
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 96.5°W to 0°W Order NUCULOIDA Dall, 1889
Depth Range: 0.3 to 0 m. Superfamily NUCULOIDEA J. E Gray, 1824
Size: 16 mm. Family NUCULIDAE J. E Gray, 1824
Synonyms: Melampus flavus auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Melampus
coronatus C. B. Adams, 1849; Melampus fuscus Mörch, 1852; Melampus Genus Adrana H. & A. Adams, 1858
torosa Mörch, 1852; Auricula zonata Sowerby II, 1878; Melampus albus C.
A. Davis, 1904; Melampus purpureus C. A. Davis, 1904. 1082. Adrana gloriosa (A. Adams, 1855)
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Altena (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0828.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Collected: Santa Veronica.
Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, United States, Venezuela. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Genus Pedipes Bruguière, 1792 Depth Range: 22 to 37 m.
Size: 40 mm.
1079. Pedipes mirabilis (Mühlfeld, 1816) Synonyms: Adrana notabilis Rehder, 1939.
References: Clench (1938), Waller (1973), Rosewater (1975), Andrews Local Distribution: MAG.
(1977), Martins (1996), NMNH 892172, CY0826.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,486”; W74°03,451”
Depth Collected: 0 m. 1083. Adrana tellinoides (Sowerby I, 1823)
Size: 6 mm. References:  Rehder (1939), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 148219,
CY0829.
Synonyms: Pedipes afer auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Turbo canaliculatus
Say, 1822; Pedipes quadridens Pfeiffer, 1839; Pedipes globulosus C. B. Collected: Taganga.
Adams, 1845. Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”

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Depth Collected: 50 m. Collected: Taganga.


Depth Range: 3 to 106 m. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Size: 45 mm. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Synonyms: Leda newcombi Angas, 1878; Yoldia perprotracta Dall, 1912. Depth Range: 33 to 103 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Size: 5 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Synonyms: Nucula crenulata auct. non A. Adams, 1856; Nucula
surinamensis Altena, 1968.

1084. Adrana cf patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1846) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
References: Altena (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Rios (1985), FLMNH Global Distribution: Colombia, Panamá, Surinam.
148234, CY0830.
Collected: Santa Veronica. 1090. Nucula calcicola Moore, 1977
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” References: Moore (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 264322.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Range: 32.3°N to 16.8°N; 87.78°W to 64.61°W
Depth Range: 40 to 110 m. Depth Range: 1 to 11 m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 1.9 mm.
Synonyms: Nucula lanceolata auct. non Lamarck, 1819; Leda planulata Synonyms: Nucula aegeensis auct. non Forbes, 1844.
Sowerby II, 1871; Nuculana janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915; Adrana Local Distribution: ARCO.
schuberti Lange de Morretes, 1940. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United
Local Ditribution: MOR, MAG. States.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Colombia.
1091. Nucula dalmasi Dautzenberg, 1900
1085. Adrana ludmillae (Petuch, 1987) References: Altena (1971), Moore (1977), CY0834.
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Petuch (1987). Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Range: 20 to 30 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”; W72°12,362”
Size: 40 mm. Depth Collecetd: 35 m.
Global Distribution: MAG. Depth Range: 0 to 67 m.
Global Distribuion: Colombia. Size: 4 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1086. Adrana scaphoides Rehder, 1939 Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela.
References:  Rehder (1939), Altena (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
CY0831. 1092. Nucula semiornata Sowerby I, 1833
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. References: Scarabino (2003), d’Orbigny (1846), Rios (1975), Bernard
Coordenates: N11°10,202”; W074°55,061” (1983), CY0835.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Size: 40 mm. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Depth Range: 0 to 52 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam. Size: 6 mm.
Synonyms: Nucula pisum Sowerby I, 1833.
1087. Adrana sp 1 Local Distribution: MAG.
References: CY0832. Global Distribution: Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Genus Yoldia Moeller, 1842
Depth Collected: 55 m.
Size: 12 mm. 1093. Yoldia crosbyana (Guppy, 1882)
Local Distribution: MAG. References: Altena (1971), Mikkelsen (2005), CY0836.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Genus Condilonucula Moore, 1977 Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range:20 to 85 m.
1088. Condilonucula cynthiae Moore 1977 Size: 12 mm.
References: Moore (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 1 to 8 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 0.6 mm.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Order SOLEMYOIDA Dall, 1889
Global Distribution: Colombia. Superfamily SOLEMYOIDEA J. E. Gray, 1840
Family SOLEMYIDAE J. E. Gray, 1824
Genus Nucula Lamarck, 1799
Genus Acharax Dall, 1908
1089. Nucula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964
References:  Altena (1971), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Weisbord (1964), 1094. Acharax caribbaea H. E. Vokes, 1970
CY0833. References: Vokes (1970), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 679377.

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Depth Range: 402 to 402 m. Depth Range: 45 to 88 m.


Size: 95 mm. Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela.

Genus Solemya Lamarck, 1818 1100. Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824)


1095. Solemya occidentalis Deshayes, 1858 References:  Lyons et al. (1971), Emerson & Jacobson (1976), Cooley
(1978), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 14101, CY0840.
References: Vokes (1970), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 855024.
Collected: Taganga.
Range: 27.7°N to 22°S; 87.5°W to 44°W
Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
Depth Range: 7 to 10 m.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Size: 25 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Size: 11 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Synonyms: Nucula eborea Conrad, 1846.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Superfamilia MANZANELLOIDEA Global Distribution: Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, United States.
Familia MANZANELLIDAE Chronic, 1952
Genus Nucinella Wood, 1851 1101. Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890)
1096. Nucinella woodii (Dall, 1898) References: Rios (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0841.
References: Redfern (2001), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2008), CY0837. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Collected: Taganga. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Range: 106 to 106 m.
Size: 4 mm. Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

Order NUCULANOIDA Carter, Campbell & Campbell, 2000 1102. Nuculana vitrea (d’Orbigny, 1853)
Superfamily NUCULANOIDEA H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 References:  Dall (1881), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 14096,
CY0842.
Family NUCULANIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
Coolected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Nuculana Link, 1807 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
1097. Nuculana acuta (Conrad, 1832) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sykes Depth Range: 182 to 987 m.
& Hall (1970), Emerson & Jacobson (1976), FLMNH 14110, CY0838. Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Synonyms: Leda cerata Dall, 1881.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150” Local Distribuion: MOR, TAY.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica.
Depth Range: 0 to 1170 m.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Leda jamaicensis d’Orbigny, 1853; Leda unca Gould, 1862. 1103. Nuculana sp 1
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: CY0843.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
1098. Nuculana carpenteri (Dall, 1881) Size: 6 mm.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana Local Distribution: TAY.
(1994), FLMNH 14103.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Range: 34°N to 18°N; 92.45°W to 80°W
Depth Range: 18 to 525 m.
Size: 11 mm. Family TINDARIIDAE Verrill & Bush, 1897
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Genus Tindaria Bellardi, 1875
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
1104. Tindaria amabilis (Dall, 1889)
1099. Nuculana cestrota (Dall, 1890) References: Maury (1920).
References: Cosel (1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0839. Range: 29°N to 11°N; 83°W to 60°W
Collected: Taganga. Depth Range: 309 to 1718 m.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214” Local Distribution: DAR, MOR.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

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Subclass AUTOLAMELLIBRANCHIATA Grobben, 1894 Depth Collected: 50 m.


Order ARCOIDA Stoliczka, 1871. Depth Range: 0 to 42 m.
Size: 45 mm.
Superfamily ARCOIDEA Lamarck, 1809. Synonyms: Arca fusca Lightfoot, 1786; Arca umbonata Lamarck, 1819;
Family ARCIDAE Lamarck, 1809 Byssoarca velata auct. non Sowerby I, 1833; Arca americana d’Orbigny,
Genus Anadara Gray, 1847 1846; Arca patagonica Ihering, 1897.

1105. Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) 1110. Arca ovalis Bruguière, 1789


References:  Lyons (1989), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 888501, References: Zinn (1984), Long Island Shell Club (1988), Lyons (1989),
CY0844. Mikkelsen (2005), NMNH 770964, CY0849.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 55 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m. Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Size: 40 mm. Size: 35 mm.
Synonyms: Arca inaequivalvis auct. non Bruguière, 1789; Arca Synonyms: Arca campechiensis Gmelin, 1791; Arca indica auct. non
incongrua Say, 1822; Arca cardiiformis Sowerby I, 1833. Gmelin, 1791; Arca declivis Dillwyn, 1817; Arca cayenensis Lamarck, 1819;
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Arca pexata Say, 1822; Arca americana Wood, 1828; Arca holmesii Kurtz,
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. 1860.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
1106. Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951
References:  Springer & Bullis (1956), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
803528, CY0845. 1111. Arca zebra (Swainson, 1833)
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons (1989), NMNH 770958,
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” CY0850.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Collected: Salgar.
Depth Range: 15 to 150 m. Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117”
Size: 30 mm. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Anadara springeri Rehder & Abbott, 1951. Depth Range: 0 to 140 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Size: 60 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Synonyms: Arca noae auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Arca occidentalis
Philippi, 1847; Arca barbadensis d’Orbigny, 1853.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
1107. Anadara chemnitzi (Philippi, 1851) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
References: Altena (1971), Cosel (1986), FLMNH 130635, CY0846. States.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 30 m. Genus Arcopsis von Koenen, 1885
Size: 20 mm. 1112. Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. References:  Reed& Mikkelsen (1987), Oliver & Järnegren (2004),
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay. NMNH 757608, CY0851.
Collected: Taganga.
1108. Anadara notabilis (Röding, 1798) Coordenates: N11°17,320”; W074°12,427”
References: Haas (1941), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 801138, Depth Collected: 70 m.
CY0847. Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Collected: Salgar. Size: 12 mm.
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117” Synonyms: Arca lactea auct. non Linnaeus, 1758.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 75 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico,
Size: 68 mm. United States.
Synonyms: Scapharca auriculata auct. non Lamarck, 1819; Arca deshayesii
Hanley, 1843.
Genus Barbatia Gray, 1847
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. 1113. Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819)
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sykes
& Hall (1970), Simone & Chichvarkhin (2004), NMNH 757651, CY0852.
Genus Arca Linnaeus, 1758
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1109. Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
References: Britton (1975), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), NMNH 759084, Depth Collected: 25 m.
CY0848. Depth Range: 0 to 85 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 55 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Synonyms: Arca fusca auct. non Bruguière, 1789; Arca cancellaria

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Lamarck, 1819; Arca listeri Philippi, 1849. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.


Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Coordenates: N9°81,616”; W76°27,416”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United Depth Collected: 80 m.
States. Depth Range: 146 to 146 m.
Size: 6 mm.
1114. Barbatia domingensis Lamarck, 1819 Local Distribution: MOR.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Rios et al. (1975), Lyons (1989), Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Simone & Chichvarkhin (2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH
846060, CY0853.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Genus Noetia Gray, 1857
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157” 1119. Noetia bisulcata (Lamarck, 1819)
Depth Collected: 25 m. References: Dall (1898), Mikkelsen (2005), CY0857.
Depth Range: 0 to 140 m. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Size: 20 mm. Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058”
Synonyms: Arca nodulosa auct. non Müller, 1776; Arca reticulata auct. Depth Collected: 30 m.
non Gmelin, 1791; Arca plicata auct. non Dillwyn, 1817; Arca gradata
auct. non Broderip & Sowerby, 1829; Arca donaciformis Reeve, 1844.
Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United
Global Distribution: Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago.
States.
Family GLYCYMERIDIDAE Dall, 1908
1115. Barbatia tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845) Genus Glycymeris Dan Costa, 1778
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), Simone
& Chichvarkhin (2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 803999, 1120. Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)
CY0854. References:  Britton (1975), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 846066,
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. CY0858.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 45 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°06,270”
Depth Range: 0 to 30 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 35 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Synonyms: Arca balesi Pilsbry & McLean, 1939. Size: 60 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819; Pectunculus spadiceus
Reeve, 1843.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, United States.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, United States, Venezuela.
1116. Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1799)
References:  Simone & Chichvarkhin (2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler
(2004), FLMNH 53, CY0855. 1121. Glycymeris pectinata (Gmelin, 1791)
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. References: Sykes & Hall (1970), Britton (1975), Lyons (1989), NMNH
770975, CY0859.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111”
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Depth Range: 0 to 120 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 70 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m.
Synonyms: Arca helblingii Bruguière, 1789; Arca jamaicensis Gmelin,
1791; Arca nivea Röding, 1798. Size: 35 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Pectunculus auratus Conrad, 1841; Pectunculus charlestonensis
Holmes, 1860; Glycymeris carinata Dall, 1886.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United States.
Genus Bathyarca Kobell, 1891
1117. Bathyarca glomerula (Dall, 1881) 1122. Glycymeris subtilis Nicol, 1956
References: Oliver & Allen (1980), FLMNH 128257. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2008), FLMNH 250191, CY0860.
Range: 35°N to 18°N; 0°W Colected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 110 to 800 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Size: 8 mm. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Local Distribution: MAG. Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Genus Bentharca Verrill & Bush, 1898
1118. Bentharca sagrinata (Dall, 1886) 1123. Glycymeris undata (Linnaeus, 1758)
References:  Dall (1886), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 377006, References:  Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), Linnaeus (1758), NMNH
CY0856. 822424, CY0861.

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Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 847924, CY0865.


Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142” Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Coordenates: N11°18,192”; W074°12,214”
Depth Range: 2 to 55 m. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Size: 25 mm. Depth Range: 70 to 430 m.
Synonyms: Pectunculus lineatus Reeve, 1843. Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States, Venezuela. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

1124. Glycymeris sp 1 Genus Botula Mörch, 1853


References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY0862.
Collected: Bahía Portete. 1129. Botula fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References:  Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004), FLMNH 14956,
CY0866.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Size: 10 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Local Distribution: GUA.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Range: 1 to 90 m.
Size: 25 mm.
Superfamily LIMOPSOIDEA Dall, 1895 Synonyms: Modiolus cinnamomea auct. non Link, 1807; Botula cylista
Family LIMOPSIDAE Dall, 1895 Berry, 1959.
Genus Limopsis Sassi, 1827 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
1125. Limopsis cristata cristata Jeffreys, 1876
References: NMHN 810918, CY0863. Genus Brachidontes Swainson, 1840
Colected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” 1130. Brachidontes modiolus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Depth Collected: 55 m. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1962),
Depth Range: 0 to 243m. Ekdale (1974), Vegas Torres (2004), FLMNH 38140, CY0867.
Size: 5 mm. Collected: Salgar.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°01,009”; W74°56,117”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 45 m.
Depth Range: 5.5 to 11 m.
Genus Cratis Size: 40 mm.
Synonyms: Mytilus citrinus Röding, 1798; Mytilus cubitus Say, 1822;
1126. Cratis antillensis (Dall, 1881) Modiola paeteliana Clessin, 1889; Brachidontes pseudorecurvus Usticke,
References: Abbott (1958), Moore (1975), NMNH 62745. 1969.
Range: 26°N to 2°N; 82°W to 50°W Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Depth Range: 146 to 1249 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States.
Size: 7 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. 1131. Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus, 1767)
References:  d’Orbigny (1853), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et
al. (1971), Cooley (1978), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 777836, CY0868.
Order MYTILOIDA Férrusac, 1822
Collected: Salgar.
Superfamily MYTILOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 Coordenates: N11°01,009”; W74°56,117”
Family MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Depth Collected: 2 m.
Genus Amygdalum Muhlfeld, 1811 Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Size: 18 mm.
1127. Amygdalum politum (Verrill & Smith, 1880) Synonyms: Mytilus bidens Linnaeus, 1767; Modiola sulcata Lamarck,
References: Springer & Bullis (1956), NMNH 810919, CY0864. 1819; Mytilus muelleri Dunker, 1875.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, United
Depth Collected: 55 m. States.
Depth Range: 203 to 1827 m.
Size: 45 mm. 1132. Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Synonyms: Modiola lutea P. Fischer, 1882; Modiolus pallidulus Dall, References: Usticke (1971), Cosel (1986), NMNH 803367, CY0869.
1916.
Collected: Cartagena
Local Distribution: DAR, MAR, GUA. Coordenates: N 10°26, 316”; W 75°33,32.8”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Size: 16 mm.
1128. Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1934) Synonyms: Mytilus lavalleanus d’Orbigny, 1853; Brachidontes rosaceus
References:  Springer & Bullis (1956), Rios et al. (1975), NMNH Usticke, 1969.

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Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
Genus Lioberus Dall, 1898
Genus Crenella Brown, 1827
1138. Lioberus castanea (Say, 1822)
1133. Crenella abbotti Altena, 1968 References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Reed &
References: Altena (1971), Princz (1986). Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), NMNH 833820.
Range: 11°N to 6°N; 64.1°W to 55°W Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 6 to 69 m. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Size: 2.5 mm. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Venezuela. Depth Range: 2 to 42 m.
Size: 20 mm.
Synonyms: Modiola lignea Reeve, 1858.
1134. Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
References: Procter (1933), Coan et al. (2000), NMNH 847934, CY0870. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”; W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 50 m. Genus Lithophaga Röding, 1798
Depth Range: 0 to 274 m.
Size: 3.6 mm.
1139. Lithophaga bisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1853)
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Reed
Synonyms: Crenella elliptica T. Brown, 1827; Modiola cicercula Möller, & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004),
1842; Crenella inflata Carpenter, 1864; Crenella yokoyamai Nomura, 1932;
NMNH 743201, CY0873.
Crenella ecuadoriana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941; Crenella laticostata Scarlato,
1960. Collected: Bahía Concha.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,579”; W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Size: 25 mm.
Genus Dacrydium Torell, 1859 Synonyms: Modiola appendiculata Philippi, 1846; Lithodomus biexcavata
Reeve, 1857.
1135. Dacrydium leucoguttatum van der Linden & Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Moolenbeek, 2004 Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
References:  Miscellanea Malacologica 1(2):17-20, Colin Redfern Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, United States.
(1998), CY0871.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”; W74°25,111” 1140. Lithophaga aristata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Depth Collected: 50 m. References:  Turner & Boss (1962), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987),
Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004), NMNH 803285, CY0874.
Depth Range: 50 to 53m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 3 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”; W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MAG.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 1 to 165 m.
Size: 30 mm.
Genus Gregariella Monterosato, 1884 Synonyms: Mytilus curviroster Schroter, 1787; Mytilus striatus J. Sowerby,
1807; Modiola caudigera Lamarck, 1819; Mytilus ropan Deshayes, 1836;
1136. Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) Lithophagus gracilior Carpenter, 1856; Lithophagus tumidior Carpenter,
References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), NMNH 743202, CY0872. 1856; Lithophagus calyculatus Carpenter, 1857; Dactylus carpenteri Mörch,
1861; Lithodomus forficata Ravenel, 1861; Modiola excavata Folin, 1867;
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Lithodomus bipenniferus Guppy, 1877.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”; W72°07,058” Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Depth Range: 2 to 80 m.
Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Modiola semen Lamarck, 1819; Modiola opifex Say, 1825; 1141. Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Modiola divaricata Philippi, 1847; Modiolarca denticulata Dall, 1871. References:  Turner & Boss (1962), Hopkins et al. (1977), Valentich-
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Scott & Dinesen (2004), NMNH 775305, CY0875.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”; W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 6 m.
Genus Idasola Iredale, 1939 Depth Range: 1 to 23 m.
Size: 40 mm.
1137. Idasola genteus Jeffreys, 1876 Synonyms: Modiola corrugata Philippi, 1846; Lithodomus straminea
Reeve, 1857.
References: Warén (1993), MHNMC- MOL-2081. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Range: 42°N to 38°N; 0°W Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Guadeloupe,
Depth Range: 612 to 612 m. Martinique, United States.

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Genus Modiolus Lamarck, 1819 Locard, 1889; Mytilus trigonus Locard, 1889; Mytilus desolationis Lamy,
1936; Mytilus kerguelensis Fletcher, 1938.
1142. Modiolus americanus Leach, 1815 Local Distribution: MAG.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Lyons et al. (1971), Lyons Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States, Uruguay.
(1989), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 771209, CY0876.
Collected: Bahía Portete.
1146. Mytilus sp 1.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437” References: CY0880.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Collected: Cartagena.
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m. Coordenates: N10°18,413”; W75°30,687”
Size: 90 mm. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Synonyms: Modiola tulipa Lamarck, 1819; Modiola nigra Calkins,
1878; Modiolus pseudotulipus Olsson, 1961. Size: 40 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Global Distribution: Colombia.
United States.
1147. Mytilus sp 2.
1143. Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) References: CY0881.
References: Abbott, 1974, Fleming, 1828, Linnaeus, 1758, CY0877. Collected: Cartagena.
Collected: Cartagena Coordenates: N10°18,413”; W75°30,687”
Coordenates: N 10°26, 316”; W 75°33,32.8” Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 146 m (live 0 to 20 m) Size: 38 mm.
Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: MAG.
Synonyms: Mytilus curtus Pennant, 1777; Mytilus umbilicatus Pennant, Global Distribution: Colombia.
1777; Mytilus curvirostratus da Costa, 1778; Modiola papuana Lamarck,
1801; Modiola gibbsii Leach, 1815; Modiola vulgaris Fleming, 1828;
Modiola grandis Philippi, 1844; Mytilus ovatus Jeffreys, 1864; Volsella Genus Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955
difficilis Kuroda & Habe, 1950; Modiolus kurilensis F. R. Bernard, 1983.
1148. Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)
Local Distribution: MAG. References: Rios, 2009, CY0882.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Collected: Cartagena.
Coordenates: N10°18,413”; W75°30,687”
Genus Musculus Röding, 1798 Depth Collected: 0 m
1144. Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822) Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
References: Procter (1933), Stimpson (1851), NMNH 800033, CY0878. Size: 30 mm
Collected: Salgar. Synonyms: Mytilus bicolor Lamarck, 1819; Modiolus brasilensis Gray,
1825; Modiola semifusca Sowerby I, 1825; Modiola sinuosa King &
Coordenates: N11°01,099”; W74°56,117” Broderip, 1832; Modiola mutabilis Carpenter, 1857; Modiola subfuscata
Depth Collected: 15 m. auct. non Clessin, 1889.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 80 m. Local Distribution: MAG
Size: 10 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Synonyms: Modiola elliptica H. C. Lea, 1842; Crenella translucida Gabb,
1881.
Genus Perna Retzius, 1788
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Trindade Island, 1149. Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
United States. References: Bernard (1983), Mikkelsen (2005), CY0883.
Collected: Cartagena.
Genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 Coordenates: N10°26,316”; W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 20 m.
1145. Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 Size: 140 mm.
References:  d’Orbigny, 1842, De Kay, J. E., 1843, Linnaeus, 1758, Synonyms: Mytilus pictus Born, 1778; Mytilus auratus Molina, 1782;
Mighels, J. W., 1844, Rochebrune, A.-T. & J. Mabille, 1889, CY0879. Perna magellanica Retzius, 1788; Mytilus afer Gmelin, 1791; Mytilus
Collected: Cartagena. versicolor Gmelin, 1791; Mytilus variegatus Röding, 1798; Mytilus
Coordenates: N10°18,413”; W75°30,687” africanus G. Fischer, 1807; Mytilus elongatus G. Fischer, 1807; Mytilus
Depth Collected: 3 m. achatinus auct. non Lamarck, 1819; Mytilus irisans Jousseaume, 1888;
Mytilus mauretanicus Pallary, 1900.
Depth Range: 0 to 50 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Local Distribution: MAG.
Size: 35 mm.
Synonyms: Mytilus ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758; Mytilus pellucidus
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Pennant, 1777; Mytilus vulgaris da Costa, 1778; Mytilus fulgidus Molina,
1782; Mytilus variabilis G. Fischer, 1807; Mytilus abbreviatus Lamarck, Order PTERIOIDA Newell, 1965
1819; Mytilus retusus Lamarck, 1819; Mytilus subsaxatilis Williamson,
1834; Mytilus eduliformis d’Orbigny, 1842; Mytilus patagonicus auct. non Superfamily PTERIOIDEA Gray, 1847
d’Orbigny, 1842; Mytilus platensis d’Orbigny, 1842; Mytilus notatus De Family PTERIIDAE (Gray, 1847)
Kay, 1843; Mytilus minganensis Mighels, 1844; Mytilus chilensis Hupe,
1854; Mytilus obesus Reeve, 1858; Mytilus fischerianus Tapparone-Canefri, Genus Pinctada Röding, 1798
1874; Mytilus similis Clessin, 1882; Mytilus petasunculinus Locard, 1886;
Mytilus acrocyrta Locard, 1889; Mytilus hupeanus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1150. Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798
1889; Mytilus infumatus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889; Mytilus spathulinus References:  Hopkins et al. (1977), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH

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771176, CY0884. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.


Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 30 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142” Synonyms: Perna ephippium auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Perna obliqua
Depth Collected: 30 m. Lamarck, 1819.
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Size: 56 mm. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United
Synonyms: Avicula radiata Leach, 1814; Margaritaphora radiata (Leach, States.
1814); Avicula squamulosa Lamarck, 1819; Margarita crocata Swainson,
1831; Avicula tamsiana Dunker, 1852; Avicula guadaloupensis d’Orbigny,
1853; Avicula alaperdicis Reeve, 1857; Avicula placunoides Reeve, 1857; 1155. Isognomon radiatus (Anton, 1838)
Avicula horrida Dunker, 1872. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. 770971, CY0888.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N12°12,425”;W71°57,437”
1151. Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) Depth Collected: 20 m.
References: Mikkelsen et al. (2004). Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Range: 32.3°N to 18.5°N; 97°W to 65°W Size: 60 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 18 m (live 1 to 4 m). Synonyms: Perna vulsella Lamarck, 1819; Perna listeri Hanley,
Size: 39.3 mm. 1843; Perna lamarckeana d’Orbigny, 1853.
Synonyms: Pteria colymbus auct. non Röding, 1798; Pinctada radiata Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
auct. non Leach, 1814; Pteria viridizona Dall, 1916; Pteria xanthia Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
Schwengel, 1942. States.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia,
Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
Islands. Family MALLEIDAE (Lamarck, 1819)
Genus Malleus Lamarck, 1799
Genus Pteria Scopoli, 1777
1156. Malleus candeanus (d'Orbigny, 1853)
1152. Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) References: d’Orbigny (1853), Boss & Moore (1967), NMNH 847920,
References:  Springer & Bullis (1956), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH CY0889.
800005, CY0885. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;72°07,058” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Depth Range: 1 to 548 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 91 m. Size: 30 mm.
Size: 65 mm. Synonyms: Malleus aquatilis Reeve, 1858; Malleus rufipunctatus Reeve,
Synonyms: Perna chanon Adanson, 1757; Avicula atlantica Lamarck, 1858; Malleus vesiculatus Reeve, 1858; Malleus panamensis Mörch, 1861;
1819; Avicula eximia Reeve, 1857. Malleus obvolutus Folin, 1867.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, United States. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, United
States.

Family ISOGNOMONIDAE (Woodring, 1925)


Genus Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786 Superfamily OSTREOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815.
Family OSTREIDAE (Rafinesqie, 1815)
1153. Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845)
References:  Clench& Turner (1950), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987),
Genus Crassostrea Sacco, 1897
NMNH 757643, CY0886.
Collected: Salgar. 1157. Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828)
Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117” References:  Ekdale (1974), Harry (1985), Ignacio et al. (2000),
CY0890.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanaca.
Depth Range: 0 to 23 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Size: 25 mm.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Synonyms: Perna ephippium auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Concha semiaurita
auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Perna chemnitziana d’Orbigny, 1853. Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 130 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Jamaica, United States. Synonyms: Ostrea parasitica auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Ostrea arborea
Dillwyn, 1817; Ostrea praia Ihering, 1907; Crassostrea paraibaensis
Singarajah, 1980.
1154. Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791) Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References:  Vegas Torres (2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
771180, CY0887.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” 1158. Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Depth Collected: 0.2 m. References:  Mikkelsen & Bieler, 2008, Röding, P. F. 1798. CY0891.

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Collected: Cartagena Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.


Coordenates: N10°18,413”; W75°30,687” Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564”
Depth Collected: 0 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 79 m (live 0.3 to 9 m) Depth Range: 0 to 120 m.
Size: 98 mm. Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Ostrea elongata Lightfoot, 1786; Ostrea borealis Lamarck, Synonyms: Plicatula penicillata auct. non Carpenter; Ostrea spondyloidea
1819; Ostrea canadensis Lamarck, 1819; Ostrea semicylindrica Say, 1822; Meuschen, 1781; Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819; Plicatula mantilla
Ostrea triangularis Holmes, 1856; Ostrea procyon Holmes, 1858; Ostrea auct. non Lea, 1833; Plicatula imbricata auct. non Menke, 1843;
floridensis Sowerby II, 1871. Plicatula barbadensis d’Orbigny, 1846; Plicatula cristata Gabb, 1873;
Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874; Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925;
Local Distribution: MAG. Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964; Plicatula venezuelensis Weisbord,
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States. 1964.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Bermuda, Mexico, United States.
Genus Hyotissa Stenzel, 1971
1159. Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) Superfamily PINNOIDEA Leach, 1819
References: Bieler et al. (2004), NMNH 747215, CY0892.
Collected: Taganga. Family PINNIDAE Leach, 1819
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Genus Atrina Gray, 1847
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 30 to 30 m. 1163. Atrina seminuda (Lamarck, 1819)
Size: 50 mm. References: d’Orbigny (1846), Bernard (1983), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
NMNH 770994, CY0896.
Synonyms: Ostrea jacobaea Rochebrune, 1895; Ostrea fischeri Dall,
1914. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY. Coordenates: N12°14,189”;W72°07,058”
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 2 m.
Size: 180 mm.
Genus Ostrea Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms: Pinna alta Sowerby I, 1835; Pinna listeri d’Orbigny, 1842;
Pinna patagonica d’Orbigny, 1842; Pinna dorbignyi Reeve, 1858; Pinna
1160. Ostrea equestris Say, 1834 ramulosa Reeve, 1858; Pinna subviridis Reeve, 1858.
References:  Sykes & Hall (1970), Harry (1985), Reed & Mikkelsen Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
(1987), Lyons (1989), Kirkendale et al. (2004), NMNH 800914, CY0893. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 3 m. 1164. Atrina serrata (Sowerby I, 1825)
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m. References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
Size: 35 mm. 801132, CY0897.
Synonyms: Ostrea cristata auct. non Born, 1778; Ostrea spreta Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
d’Orbigny, 1846; Ostrea fundata Holmes, 1858; Teskyostrea weberi auct. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Non Olsson, 1951. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Size: 210 mm.
Synonyms: Pinna muricata auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Pinna
squamosissima Philippi, 1848.
1161. Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)  Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Springer & Bullis (1956), Sykes Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
& Hall (1970), Cooley (1978), Harry (1985), CY0894.
Collected: Cartagena.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328” Genus Pinna Linnaeus, 1758
Depth Collected: 3 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 104 m. 1165. Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791
Size: 50 mm. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH
Synonyms: Ostrea erucella Lamarck, 1819; Ostrea limacella Lamarck, 804284, CY0898.
1819; Ostrea rubella Lamarck, 1819. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Local Distribution: MAG. Coordenates: N12°12,425”;W71°57,437”
Global Distribution: Bermuda Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United Depth Collected: 15 m.
States.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 5 m.
Size: 260 mm.
Genus Plicatula Lamarck, 1801 Synonyms: Pinna pernula Röding, 1798; Pinna degenera Link, 1807;
Pinna flabellum Lamarck, 1819.
1162. Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 Local Distribucion: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons Global Distribucion: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United
(1989), NMNH 806807, CY0895. States.

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Order LIMOIDA Waller, 1978 Depth Range: 0.3 to 141 m.


Superfamily LIMOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815 Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Lima squamosa auct. non Lamarck, 1801; Lima caribaea
Family LIMIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815) d’Orbigny, 1853.
Subgenus Acesta H. & A. Adams, 1858 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
1166. Acesta colombiana (H. E. Vokes 1970)
References: Abbott & Dance (1982), Vokes (1970), Díaz & Puyana
(1994), NMNH 679378, MHNMC- MOL-2082 1171. Lima locklini McGinty, 1955
Depth Range: 300 m. References:  McGinty (1955), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. 804174, CY0903.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 55 m.
Genus Divarilima Powell, 1958 Depth Range: 37 to 64 m.
1167. Divarilima albicoma (Dall, 1886) Size: 10 mm.
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
784699, CY0899. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Genus Limatula Wood, 1839
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 100 to 221 m. 1172. Limatula hendersoni Olsson & McGinty, 1958
Size: 10 mm. References:  Olsson & McGinty (1958), Abbott (1974), FLMNH
Local Distribution: TAY. 160489, CY0904.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, United States. Colected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Genus Lima Bruguière, 1797
Size: 10 mm.
1168. Lima pellucida C. B. Adams, 1846 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Lyons Global Distribution: Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Panama,
(1989), NMNH 803353, CY0900. United States.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579;W74°03,157” Order PECTINOIDA H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Superfamily PECTINOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Depth Range: 0.3 to 100 m.
Size: 18 mm. Family PECTINIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Synonyms: Lima hians auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Lima inflata auct. non Genus Aequipecten P. Fischer, 1886
Lamarck, 1819.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. 1173. Aequipecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842)
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United References: Waller (1991), Mikkelsen (2005), NMNH 743732.
States. Range: 26°N to 21°N; 87°W to 80°W
Depth Range: 1.5 to 1.5 m.
1169. Lima scabra (Born, 1778) Size: 32 mm.
References: Springer & Bullis (1956), Rice & Kornicker (1962), Vegas Synonyms: Pecten tamsi Bavay, 1905; Pecten acanthodes Dall, 1925.
Torres (2004), NMNH 770992, CY0901. Local Distribution: MAG.
Collected: Taganga. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Genus Amusium Röding, 1798
Depth Range: 0 to 227 m.
Size: 70 mm. 1174. Amusium fasciculatum (Hinds, 1845)
Synonyms: Lima aspera Chemnitz, 1784; Ostrea glacialis Gmelin, References : Hinds (1845), CY0905.
1791; Ostrea sagrinata Humphrey, 1797; Lima asperula Lamarck, 1807. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Size: 35 mm.
United States. Synonyms: Pecten (Pallium) miser Dall, 1908.
Local Distribution: MOR.
1170. Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)  Global Distribution: Cost Pacific and Atlantic Colombian, Panama.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987),
Mikkelsen & Bieler (2003), FLMNH 104, CY0902. 1175. Amusium laurenti (Gmelin, 1791)
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References:  Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979), NMNH 771198,
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” CY0906.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Collected: Santa Veronica.

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Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Depth Range: 0 to 26 m.


Depth Collected: 20 m. Size: 44 mm.
Depth Range: 9 to 9 m. Synonyms: Ostrea conspersa Gmelin, 179; Ostrea florida Gmelin, 1791;
Size: 72 mm. Ostrea guttata Gmelin, 1791; Ostrea turgida Gmelin, 1791.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

1176. Amusium papyraceum Gabb, 1873 Genus Chlamys Röding, 1798


References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 62276, CY0907.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. 1181. Chlamys imbricata (Gmelin, 1791)
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” References:  Sunderland & Cahill (1990), Waller (1993), NMNH
457146, CY0912.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Cartagena.
Size: 82 mm.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
Depth Range: 0.9 to 20 m.
Size: 36 mm.
Genus Argopecten Monterosato, 1889 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, ARCO.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia,
1177. Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956), Islands.
Lyons (1989), NMNH 903635, CY0908.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”;W75°48,513” 1182. Chlamys leucophaeus (Reeve, 1852)
Depth Collected: 30 m. References: Altena (1971), Cosel (1986), Abbott & Dance (1982), Díaz
Depth Range: 0 to 366 m. & Puyana (1994).
Size: 50 mm. Depth Range: 2 to 2 m.
Synonyms: Pecten rubicundus Chemnitz, 1784; Pecten dislocatus Say, Size: 30 mm.
1822; Pecten sowerbyi Guilding, 1826; Pecten liocymatus Dall, 1925; Pecten Synonyms: Chlamys linki (Dall, 1826).
carolinensis Grau, 1952; Pecten portusregii Grau, 1952. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Local Distribution: MOR. Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Suriman.
Global Ditribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.

1183. Chlamys muscosa (Wood, 1828)


1178. Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say, 1822) References: Abbott (1974), Rios (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
References:  Lyons et al. (1971), Cooley (1978), NMNH 27155,
CY0909.
Depth Range: 15 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Size: 32 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Local Distribution: MOR, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 9 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia.
Size: 51 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR. 1184. Chlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819)
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. References: Waller (1993), NMNH 903581, CY0913.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1179. Argopecten lineolaris (Lamarck, 1819) Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956), Depth Collected: 20 m.
Lyons (1989), NMNH 161849, CY0910. Depth Range. 0.3 to 180 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 35 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Belice,
Depth Range: 12 to 91 m. Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Size: 46 mm.
Synonyms: Pecten mayaguezensis Dall & Simpson, 1901.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. 1185. Chlamys sentis (Reeve, 1853)
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. References: Waller (1993), Rios (1985), NMNH 97294, CY0914.
Colleted: Santa Veronica.
1180. Argopecten nucleus (Born, 1778) Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
References:  Dall (1898), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 173165, Depth Collected: 40 m.
CY0911. Depth Range: 0 to 85 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 35 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama,

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United States. Genus Leptopecten Verrill, 1897


1191. Leptopecten bavayi (Dautzemberg, 1900)
Genus Euvola Dall, 1898 References: Sunderland & Cahill (1990), NMNH 251498, CY0918.
1186. Euvola chazaliei (Dautzemberg, 1900) Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
References:  Sunderland & Cahill (1990), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
FLMNH 15280, CY0915. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Range: 6 to 55 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Size: 13 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 12 to 137 m. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Size: 32 mm.
Synonyms: Pecten tereinus Dall, 1925. Genus Lyropecten Conrad, 1862
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States. 1192. Lyropecten antillarum (Récluz, 1853) 
References:  Rice& Kornicker (1962), Sunderland & Cahill (1990),
NMNH 771056, CY0919.
1187. Euvola marensis (Weisbord, 1964) Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979), Waller (1991). Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°09,142”
Range: 12°N to 1°N; 71.5°W to 50°W Depth Collected: 35 m.
Size: 66.9 mm. Depth Range: 8 to 37 m.
Synonyms: Amusium papyraceum auct. non Gabb, 1873. Size: 20 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Synonyms: Pecten eulyratus F. M. Bayer, 1943.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
1188. Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Mexico, United States.
References: E. A. Smith (1915), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 877221,
CY0916. 1193. Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Collected: Santa Veronica. References: Lyons (1989), NMNH 800888, CY0920.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Range: 0 to 75 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 69 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 150 m.
Synonyms: Pecten turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890; Pecten caboblancoensis Size: 160 mm.
Druckerman, 1964. Synonyms: Pecten corallinus Chemnitz, 1784; Pecten decemradiatus
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Gmelin, 1791.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United States. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United
States.
Genus Hinnites Defrance, 1821
1189. Hinnites adamsi Dall, 1886 Genus Spathochlamys Waller, 1993
References: Dall (1886), Dijkstra (1989).
Range: 17.69°N to 13°N; 64.92°W to 61.2°W 1194. Spathochlamys benedicti (Verrill & Bush, 1897)
Depth Range: 550 to 1048 m. References:  Verrill & Bush (1897), Springer & Bullis (1956), Cooley
(1978), Johnson (1989), Sunderland & Cahill (1990, Waller (1993),
Size: 30 mm. FLMNH 28749, CY0921.
Local Distribution: ARCO. Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands. Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°06,270”
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Genus Laevichlamys Waller, 1993 Depth Range: 2 to 800 m.
Size: 15 mm.
1190. Laevichlamys multisquamata (Dunker, 1864) Synonyms: Pecten muscosus auct. non Wood, 1828; Chlamys munda
References: Boone (1978), Sunderland & Cahill (1990), Waller (1993), (Reeve, 1853); Pecten mundus Reeve, 1853; Chlamys sentis auct. non
CY0917. Reeve, 1853; Chlamys verrilli Dollfus, 1898; Pecten nympha Bavay, 1906.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United
Depth Collecetd: 30 m. States.
Depth Range: 1.5 to 232 m.
Size: 12 mm. Family PROPEAMUSSIIDAE Abbott, 1954
Synonyms: Pecten effluens Dall, 1886. Genus Cyclopecten Verrill, 1897
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, 1195. Cyclopecten nanus Verrill & Bush, 1897
Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States. References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978),

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NMNH 323130, CY0922. Collected: Bahía Portete.


Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Coordenates: N12°12,425”;W71°57,437”
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Size: 60 mm.
Depth Range: 35 to 550 m. Synonyms: Spondylus gaederopus auct. non Linnaeus, 1759; Spondylus
Size: 6 mm. croceus auct. non Lamarck, 1819; Spondylus spathuliferus auct. non
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Lamarck, 1819; Spondylus gussonii auct. non O. G. Costa, 1829;
Spondylus digitatus Sowerby II, 1847; Spondylus ramosus Reeve, 1856;
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Spondylus ustulatus Reeve, 1856 ; Spondylus vexillum Reeve, 1856.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Genus Parvamussium Sacco, 1897. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
1196. Parvamussium sayanum (Dall, 1886).
References: Dall, 1889, NMNH 429486. Superfamily ANOMIOIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Depth Range: 270 to 720 m. Family ANOMIIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR.
Genus Anomia (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Global Distribution: Colombia. 1201. Anomia simplex d'Orbigny, 1853
References:  Procter (1933), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et
Genus Propeamussium De Gregorio, 1884 al. (1971), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), NMNH 801028,
CY0927.
1197. Propeamussium dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885) Collected: Taganga.
References:  Springer & Bullis (1956), Sunderland & Cahill (1990), Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214”
NMNH 42946, CY0923.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Depth Collected: 110 m.
Size: 30 mm.
Depth Range: 402 to 1472 m.
Synonyms: Anomia electrica auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Anomia
Size: 32 mm. ephippium auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Anomia glabra A. E. Verrill, 1872;
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA. Anomia minor Verkrüzen, 1881; Anomia huttoni Suter, 1913; Anomia
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. mareana Weisbord, 1964.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
1198. Propeamussium pourtalesianum (Dall, 1886) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico,
United States.
References: Springer & Bullis (1956), NMNH 824073, CY0924.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N9°34,397”;W75°48,513” Genus Pododesmus Philippi, 1837
Depth Collected: 100 m.
Depth Range: 24 to 1470 m. 1202. Pododesmus rudis (Broderip, 1834)
Size: 9 mm. References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), NMNH 806823, CY00928.
Synonyms: Amusium holmesii Dall, 1886; Amusium striatulum Dall, Collected: Santa Veronica.
1886. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Local Distribution: MOR. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 0 to 80 m.
Size: 65 mm.
Family SPONDYLIDAE (Gray, 1826) Synonyms: Pododesmus decipiens Philippi, 1837; Placunanomia
abnormalis Gray, 1850; Placunanomia alope Gray, 1850; Placunanomia
Genus Spondylus (Linnaeus, 1758)  cepio Gray, 1850.
1199. Spondylus americanus Hermann,1781 Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956), Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Britton (1975), NMNH 804280, CY0925.
Collected: Taganga.
Superfamily DIMYOIDEA P. Fischer, 1886
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Family DIMYIDAE P. Fischer, 1887
Depth Range: 0 to 140 m. Genus Dimya Rouault, 1850
Size: 112 mm.
Synonyms: Ostrea echinata Martyn, 1784; Spondylus armatus
1203. Dimya tigrina F. M. Bayer, 1971
Humphrey, 1797; Spondylus dominicensis Röding, 1798; Spondylus References: Bayer (1971), Moore (1978), NMNH 701220, CY0929.
arachnoides Lamarck, 1819; Spondylus avicularis Lamarck, 1819; Spondylus Collected: Santa Veronica.
longispina Lamarck, 1819. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Depth Collected: 55m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United States. Depth Range: 71 to 107 m.
Size: 9 mm.
1200. Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1858 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), NMNH 833735, CY0926. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

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Subclass HETERODONTA Neumayr, 1883 Family CONDYLOCARDIIDAE F. Bernard, 1897


Order CARDITOIDA Dall, 1889 Genus Carditopsis E.A. Smith, 1881
Superfamily CRASSATELLOIDEA Ferussac, 1822 1208. Carditopsis smithii (Dall, 1896)
Family CRASSATELLIDAE Ferrussac, 1822 References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), FLMNH 17816, CY0934.
Genus Crassinella Guppy, 1874 Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°06,270”
1204. Crassinella lunulata (Conrad, 1834) Depth Collected: 20 m.
References:  Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons (1989), NMNH 800013, Depth Range: 2 to 6 m.
CY0930.
Size: 3 mm.
Colleted: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Synonyms: Condylocardia floridensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1946.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°06,270” Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 0 to 110 m.
Size: 6 mm.
Synonyms: Astarte mactracea Linsley, 1845; Thetis parva C. B. Order ANOMALODESMATA Dall, 1889
Adams, 1845; Astarte pfeifferi Philippi, 1849; Crassatella guadalupensis Family PHOLADOMYIDAE King, 1844
d’Orbigny, 1853; Gouldia fastigiata Gould, 1862; Eriphyla galvestonensis
Harris, 1895. Genus Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1209. Pholadomya candida Sowerby I, 1823
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
References:  J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1981), Díaz & Borrero (1995),
FLMNH 393804.
Range: 18°N to 10.5°N; 74°W to 68°W
1205. Crassinella martinicensis (d'Orbigny, 1853) Depth Range: 1 to 25 m.
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 855018, CY0931.
Size: 120 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.
Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 15 m.
Size: 5 mm. Family PANDORIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815)
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Genus Pandora Brugiere, 1797
Global Distribution: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, United
States. 1210. Pandora bushiana Dall, 1886
References: Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons (1989), NMNH 61029, CY0935.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Genus Eucrassatella Iredale, 1924 Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 25 m.
1206. Eucrassatella speciosa (A. Adams, 1854) Depth Range: 6 to 100 m.
References: Springer & Bullis (1956), NMNH 821441, CY0932. Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W75º40,124” Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 18 to 79 m.
Size: 74 mm. Family LYONSIIDAE (Fischer, 1887)
Synonyms: Crassatella gibbesii Tuomey & Holmes, 1856; Crassatella Genus Entodesma Philippi, 1845
floridana Dall, 1886.
Local Distribution: TAY. 1211. Entodesma beana (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), Prezant
(1981), Lyons (1989), NMNH 810594, CY0936.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Family CARDITIDAE J. Fleming, 1828 Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Genus Carditamera Conrad, 1838 Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 5.5 to 90 m.
1207. Carditamera gracilis (Schuttleworth, 1856) Size: 20 mm.
References:  Shuttleworth (1856), Maury (1920), Ekdale (1974), Synonyms: Osteodesma braziliense Gould, 1850.
FLMNH 130633, CY0933. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” States.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 44 mm. Genus Lyonsia Turton, 1822
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United 1212. Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831)
States. References: Procter (1933), Prezant (1981), NMNH 861924, CY0937.

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Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”


Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 5 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 62 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 20 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, United States. Genus Cyathodonta Conrad, 1849

Family PERIPLOMATIDAE (Dall, 1895) 1218. Cyathodonta rugosa (Lamarck, 1818)


References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979), Macsotay & Campos
Genus Periploma Schumacher, 1817 (2001), FLMNH 127721, CY0942.

1213. Periploma coquettae Altena, 1968 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.


References: Altena (1968 - 1971). Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Range: 6°N to 40.6°S; 62.2°W to 55°W Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 27 to 27 m. Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Size: 30 mm. Size: 60 mm.
Synonyms: Periploma compressum d’Orbigny, 1846. Synonyms: Thracia magnifica Jonas, 1850; Thracia dissimilis Guppy,
1875; Thracia dalli Mansfield, 1929; Cyathodonta rectangulata Macsotay,
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. 1968.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Colombia. Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela.
1214. Periploma coseli Ardila & Díaz, 1998
References: Ardila & Díaz 1998, CY0938. Genus Thracia Blainville, 1824
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Coordenates: N11°10,202”;W074°54,061” 1219. Thracia sp 1
Depth Collected: 80 m. References: CY0943.
Depth Range: 6 to 59 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 14 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MAG. Depth Collected: 32 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Size: 10 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
1215. Periploma margaritaceum (Lamarck, 1801)
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
861955, CY0939. Subclass SEPTIBRANCHIA Pelseneer, 1888
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Family VERTICORDIIDAE (Stoliczka, 1871)
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Genus Euciroa Dall, 1886
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. 1220. Euciroa elegantissima (Dall, 1881)
Size: 33 mm. References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 824137, CY0944.
Synonyms: Periploma inaequivalve auct. non Schumacher, 1817; Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Thracia inequalis C. B. Adams, 1842; Periploma anguliferum Philippi, 1847.
Coordenates: N09°34,397”;W75°48,513”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Depth Collected: 100 m.
Global Distribution: United States. Depth Range: 534 to 1382 m.
Size: 10 mm.
1216. Periploma sanctamarthaensis Ardila & Díaz, 1998 Local Distribution: MOR.
References: Ardila & Díaz 1998, CY0940. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” 1221. Euciroa grandis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
Depth Collected: 80 m. References: Rios1994.
Depth Range: 7 to 7 m. Depth Range: 280 to 303 m.
Size: 40 mm. Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: DAR, PAL.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

Family THRACIIDAE (E. A. Smith, 1885) Genus Haliris Dall, 1886


Genus Asthenothaerus Carpenter, 1864
1222. Haliris fischeriana (Dall, 1881)
1217. Asthenothaerus sp 1 References:  Dall (1881), Rios et al. (1975), Knudsen (1982), Poutiers
References: CY0941. & Bernard (1995).
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Range: 35°N to 32.33°S; 89.27°W to 50°W

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Depth Range: 80 to 510 m. Family CUSPIDARIIDAE (Dall, 1886)


Size: 9 mm. Genus Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Mexico, United States,
Venezuela. 1228. Cardiomya alternata (d'Orbigny, 1853)
References: d’Orbigny (1853), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), CY0948.
Genus Verticordia Sowerby, 1844 Collected: Cartagena.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
1223. Verticordia ornata (d'Orbigny, 1853) Depth Collected: 50 m.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Rios et al. (1975), Poutiers & Depth Range: 154 to 278 m.
Bernard (1995), NMNH 800037, CY0945. Size: 4 mm.
Collected: Taganga. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214” Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 9 to 366 m.
Size: 5 mm. 1229. Cardiomya ornatissima (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Synonyms: Verticordia caelata A. E. Verrill, 1882. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004),
FLMNH 45163, CY0949.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica,
United States. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 4 to 227 m.
1224. Verticordia acuticostata Philippi, 1884 Size: 10 mm.
References: Poutiers & Bernard (1995), NMNH 810889.
Synonyms: Neaera costata Bush, 1885; Cardiomya glypta Bush, 1898.
Range: 25°N to 34°S; 80°W to 35°W
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 120 to 1097 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States, Virgin Islands.
Size: 11 mm.
Synonyms: Verticordia deshayesiana auct. non Fischer, 1862.
Local Distribution: DAR. 1230. Cardiomya striata (Jeffreys, 1876)
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 168460.
Range: 68°N to 23°S; 82°W to 43°W
Depth Range: 106 to 2651 m.
Family POROMYIDAE Dall, 1886
Size: 19 mm.
Genus Poromya Forbes, 1844 Synonyms: Neaera multicostata Verrill & Smith, 1880.
Local Distribution: CAO.
1225. Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839) Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
References: Odé (1984), FLMNH 129562, CY0946.
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Coordenates: N11°10,202”;W074°54,061” Genus Cuspidaria Nardo, 1840
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Range: 85 to 682 m. 1231. Cuspidaria fraterna Verrill and Bush, 1898
Size: 4 mm. References: Verrill & Bush, 1893, NMNH 48962.
Synonyms: Poromya anatinoides Forbes, 1843; Poromya rotundata
Range: 40.03°N to 37.38°N; 73.88°W to 68.82°W
Jeffreys, 1876; Poromya triangularis Dall, 1881. Depth Range: 552 to 1799 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Global Distribution: Colombia.

1226. Poromya rostrata Rehder, 1943 1232. Cuspidaria glacialis (G. O. Sars, 1878)
References: Rehder (1943), Abbott (1974), FLMNH 128274, CY0947. References: (G. O. Sars 1878), NMNH 824116, CY0950.
Collected: Taganga. Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Coordenates: N09°34,397”;W75°48,513”
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Collected: 100 m.
Depth Range: 110 to 183 m. Depth Range: 117 to 2559 m.
Size: 8 mm. Size: 50 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribucion: MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Global Distribucion: Colombia.

1227. Poromya margarita Dall, 1886 1233. Cuspidaria jeffreysi (Dall, 1881)
References:  Abbott (1974), NMNH 64036. References: Abbott (1974), FLMNH 28264, CY0951.
Depth Range: 174 to 1830 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 7,3 mm. Coordenates:N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: MOR. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia. Depth Range: 183 to 2022 m.

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Size: 12 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.


Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. 1238. Codakia costata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
References:  Jackson (1973), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH
Genus Myonera Dall, 1886 15790, CY0955.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
1234. Myonera paucistriata Dall, 1886 Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
References:  Rios et al. (1975), Allen & Morgan (1981), Mikkelsen & Depth Collected: 25 m.
Bieler (2004), NMNH 63197.
Depth Range: 0.1 to 90 m.
Range: 35°N to 34.42°S; 80°W to 4.25°W Size: 9 mm.
Depth Range: 166 to 1609 m. Synonyms: Lucina antillarum Reeve, 1850; Lucina ornata C. B. Adams,
Size: 10 mm. 1852.
Synonyms: Myonera bicarinata E. A. Smith, 1896; Cuspidaria dispar Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica,
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands.

Genus Plectodon Carpenter, 1864 1239. Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)


References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Jackson (1973), Britton (1975),
1235. Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881) Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 864402, CY0956.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), FLMNH 121621, CY0952. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Depth Range: 58 to 216 m. Size: 65 mm.
Size: 5 mm. Synonyms: Lucina tigerina auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Semele warburtoni
Synonyms: Leiomya velvetina Dall, 1886. Tenison Woods, 1877.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States.
Order VENEROIDA H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856
Superfamily LUCINOIDEA Fleming, 1828 Genus Ctena Mörch, 1860
Family LUCINIDAE Fleming, 1828 1240. Ctena orbiculata (Montagu, 1808)
Genus Anodontia Link, 1807 References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Jackson (1973).
Range: 35°N to 22°S; 92.25°W to 66.5°W
1236. Anodontia alba Link, 1807 Depth Range: 0 to 182 m (live 0.1 to 1 m).
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956), Rice
& Kornicker (1965), Jackson (1973), Vegas Torres (2004), Taylor & Glover Size: 23 mm.
(2005), NMNH 770986, CY0953. Synonyms: Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791; Lucina squamosa auct. non
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Lamarck, 1806; Lucina pecten Lamarck, 1818; Lucina imbricatula C. B.
Adams, 1845; Lucina pectinata C. B. Adams, 1852; Jagonia jagon Récluz,
Coordenates:N12°13,427”;W72°12,362” 1869; Codakia filiata Dall, 1901; Codakia recurvata Dall, 1901.
Depth Collected: 55 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica,
Depth Range: 0 to 60 m. Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, United States.
Size: 68 mm.
Synonyms: Lucina edentula auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Lucina chrysostoma
Philippi, 1845; Lucina anatellinoides Reeve, 1850; Lucina malum Reeve, Genus Divaricella von Martens, 1880
1850; Lucina pila Reeve, 1850.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. 1241. Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Dekker & Goud (1995), NMNH
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican 771722, CY0957.
Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United
States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 25 m.
Genus Codakia Scopoli, 1777 Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
1237. Codakia (Ctena) pectinella (C. B. Adams, 1852) Size: 20 mm.
References:  Clench & Turner (1950), Warmke & Abbott (1961), Díaz Synonyms: Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851; Lucina americana C. B.
& Puyana (1994), FLMNH 160501, CY0954. Adams, 1852; Lucina pilula C. B. Adams, 1852.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico,
United States.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 3m to 40 m.
Size: 12 mm. 1242. Divaricella weberi Olsson & McGynty, 1958
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), Dekker & Goud (1995), FLMNH

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160476, CY0958. Collected: Taganga.


Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214”
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058” Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 5 mm.
Size: 6 mm. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
1248. Lucina pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Lucina Bruguière, 1797 References: Vegas Torres (2004), Taylor et al. (2004), NMNH 263903,
CY0964.
1243. Lucina leucocyma Dall, 1886 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Mikkelsen (2005), NMNH 83140 CY0959. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;72°07,058”
Collected: Taganga. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Depth Collected: 35 m. Size: 40 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 49 m. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Size: 7 mm. Global Distribution: Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, United
Local Distribution: TAY. States.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States.
Genus Myrtea Turton, 1822
1244. Lucina (Callucina) keenae Chavan, 1971
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 1249. Myrtea pristiphora Dall & Simpson, 1901
264316, CY0960. References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), CY0965.
Collected: Taganga. Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214”
Depth Collected: 60 m. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Depth Range: 5 to 155 m. Depth Range: 55 to 82 m.
Size: 14 mm. Size: 5 mm.
Synonyms: Lucina radians Conrad, 1841. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Genus Parvilucina Dall, 1901
1245. Lucina muricata (Spengler, 1798)  1250. Parvilucina blanda (Dall, 1901)
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Turgeon et al. (1998), NMNH References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 801039, CY0966.
792421, CY0961.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Salgar.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Range: 7 to 100 m.
Depth Range: 60 to 100 m.
Size: 8 mm.
Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.

1251. Parvilucina clenchi (Altena, 1968)


1246. Lucina pectinata C. B. Adams, 1852 References: Altena (1971), CY0967.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Jackson (1973), NMNH 846273,
CY0962.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362” Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Depth Range: 20 to 37 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 182 m. Size: 3 mm.
Size: 68 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Synonyms: Venus eburnea Gmelin, 1791; Lucina squamosa auct. non Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam.
Lamarck, 1806; Venus orbiculata Montagu, 1808; Lucina pecten Lamarck,
1818; Lucina imbricatula C. B. Adams, 1845; Jagonia jagon Récluz, 1869; 1252. Parvilucina nassula (Conrad, 1846)
Codakia filiata Dall, 1901; Codakia recurvata Dall, 1901.
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Morris (1975), Díaz & Puyana
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. (1994).
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 20 m.
Size: 14 mm.
1247. Lucina cf phenax Dall & Simpson, 1901 Local Distribution: TAY.
References:  Dall (1901), Taylor & Glover (2005), NMNH 108951, Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Mexico, United
CY0963. States.

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1253. Parvilucina amianta (Dall, 1901) Size: 14 mm.


References: Britton (1972), Rios (1985). Synonyms: Loripes elevatus Conrad, 1845; Cytherea sphaerica H. C. Lea,
Depth Range: 20 to 100 m. 1845; Mysia carolinensis Conrad, 1875.
Size: 8 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
1259. Diplodonta punctata (Say, 1822)
1254. Parvilucina crenella (Dall, 1901) References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), NMNH
800049, CY0972.
References: Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons (1989), Petit (2001).
Collected: Salgar.
Range: 35°N to 26°S; 91°W to 48.5°W
Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117”
Depth Range: 0 to 219 m (live 7 to 8 m)
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Size: 10  mm.
Depth Range: 0.9 to 537 m.
Synonyms: Phacoides crenella Dall, 1901.
Size: 11 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Synonyms: Lucina guaraniana d’Orbigny, 1842; Diplodonta orbella
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. auct. non Gould, 1851; Diplodonta venezuelensis Dunker, 1849; Diplodonta
brasiliensis Mittré, 1850; Lucina janeirensis Reeve, 1850; Lucina subglobosa
C. B. Adams, 1852; Mysia pellucida Heilprin, 1889.
Family UNGULINIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Genus Diplodonta Bronn, 1831 Global Distribution: Bermuda Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States,
Venezuela.
1255. Diplodonta semiaspera Philippi, 1836
References: Jackson (1973), NMNH 804667, CY0968.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1260. Diplodonta sp 1
References: CY0973.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collecetd: 25 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Range: 0 to 104 m.
Depth Collected: 70 m.
Size: 11 mm.
Size: 5 mm.
Synonyms: Lucina granulosa C. B. Adams, 1845; Lucina caelata Reeve,
1850. Local Distribution: TAY.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, United
States. 1261. Diplodonta sp 2
References: CY0974.
1256. Diplodonta soror (C. B. Adams, 1852) Collected: Taganga.
References:  C. B. Adams (1852), Ekdale (1974), NMNH 800050, Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
CY0969. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 10 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Size: 17 mm.
Synonyms: Diplodonta mareana Weisbord, 1964. Genus Timothynus Harris & Palmer, 1946
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Venezuela. 1262. Timothynus rehderi (Altena, 1968)
References:  Altena (1971), Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979),
CY0975.
1257. Diplodonta notata Dall & Simpson, 1901 Collected: Taganga.
References: Dall & Simpson (1901), NMNH 108966, CY0970. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Depth Collected: 70 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Depth Range: 53 to 200 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Size: 10 mm.
Depth Range: 4 to 7 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Size: 8 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
Family THYASIRIDAE Dall, 1900
Genus Thyasira Lamarck, 1818
1258. Diplodonta nucleiformis (Wagner, 1840)
References: Dall (1900), FLMNH 163720, CY0971. 1263. Thyasira bicsecta (Conrad, 1849)
Collected: Taganga. References: Odé (1977), Boss (1967), CY0976.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Depth Range: 25 to 95 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.

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Depth Range: 201 to 421 m. Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), Campbell et al. (2004), NMNH
Size: 65 mm. 742400.
Synonyms: Conchocele disjuncta Gabb, 1866. Depth Range: 0 to 525 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Size: 90  mm
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Synonyms: Chama lazarus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Chama citrea
Gmelin, 1791; Chama imbricata Lamarck, 1801; Chama purpurascens
Poulsen, 1878; Chama sulphurea Poulsen, 1878.
1264. Thyasira trisinuata (d’Orbigny, 1853) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References: d’Orbigny (1853), NMNH 801046, CY0977. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico,
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. United States.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 55 m. 1269. Chama sarda Reeve, 1847
Depth Range: 25 to 351 m. References: Britton (1975), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Waller (1973),
Size: 9 mm. Campbell et al. (2004), NMNH 890492, CY0980.
Synonyms: Axinus polygonus Jeffreys, 1863; Cryptodon obesus A. E. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Verrill, 1872. Coordenates: N11°19,320”;W74°04,564”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Depth Collected: 45 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 0 to 27 m.
Size: 29 mm.
Superfamily CHAMOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Synonyms: Chama lutea Lamy, 1928.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Family CHAMIDAE Lamarck, 1809 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Genus Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
1265. Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus, 1767) 1270. Chama sinuosa Broderip, 1836
References: Nicol (1952), Nicol (1953), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH References: Campbell et al. (2004), NMNH 890541, CY0981.
834929, CY0978. Collected: Taganga.
Collected: Taganga. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Coordentaes: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214” Depth Collected: 55 m.
Depth Collected: 80 m. Depth Range: 0 to 90 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 73 m. Size: 50 mm.
Size: 65 mm. Synonyms: Chama cistula Reeve, 1847; Chama tumulosa Reeve, 1847;
Synonyms: Chama satiata Linnaeus, 1767; Arcinella spinosa Schumacher, Chama bermudensis Heilprin, 1889; Chama lamarckiana Clessin, 1889;
1817. Chama firma Pilsbry & McGinty, 1938.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.

Genus Pseudochama Odhner, 1917


Genus Chama Linnaeus, 1758
1271. Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819)
1266. Chama congregata Conrad, 1833 References: Britton (1975), Campbell et al. (2004), NMNH 804287.
References:  NMNH 804572, Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989). Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Range: 35°N to 28°S; 89°W to 38°W Depth Range: 0 to 77 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 80 m (live 11 to 11 m). Size: 65 mm.
Size: 35 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Synonyms: Chama foliacea auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Chama congregatoides Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
Maury, 1917. States.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
States.
Superfamily GALEOMMATOIDEA J. E. Gray, 1840
1267. Chama florida Lamarck, 1819 Family LASAEIDAE J. E. Gray, 1840
References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), FLMNH 15815, CY0979. Genus Erycina Lamarck, 1805
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
1272. Erycina periscopiana Dall, 1899
References: Ekdale (1974), C. Redfern (2001), NMNH 807528.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 0.6 to 80 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,320”;W74°04,564”
Size: 15 mm.
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, GUA.
Depth Range: 4.5 to 40 m
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Size: 4 mm
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
1268. Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956), States.

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Genus Lasaea Brown, 1827 Depth Collected: 50 m.


Size: 4 mm.
1273. Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791) Local Distribution: TAY.
References:  Pastorino (1995), Coan et al. (2000), NMNH 803370, Global Distribution: Colombia.
CY0982.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214”
1278. Galeommatid sp 2
References: CY0986.
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Size: 5 mm.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Synonyms: Lasea rubra (Montagu, 1803); Cardium rubrum Montagu,
1803; Amphidesma nucleolum Lamarck, 1818; Bornia seminula Philippi, Size: 3 mm.
1836; Erycina violacea Scacchi, 1836; Poronea petitiana Récluz, 1843; Local Distribution: MAG.
Kellia miliaris Philippi, 1845; Lasaea pallida Jeffreys, 1864; Kellia danili Global Distribution: Colombia.
Brusina, 1865; Kellia consanguinea E. A. Smith, 1879; Lasaea bermudensis
Bush, 1899; Lasaea subviridis Dall, 1899; Erycina catalinae Dall, 1916;
Lasaea cistula Keen, 1938. 1279. Galeommatid sp 3
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. References: CY0987.
Global Distribution: Argentina, Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
Depth Collected: 40m.
Family Montacutidae Clark, 1855
Size: 2 mm.
Genus Mysella Angas, 1877 Local Distribution: GUA.
1274. Mysella planulata (Stimpson, 1857) Global Distribution: Colombia.
References:  Taylor et al. (1970), Stimpson (1851), NMNH 800009,
CY0983. 1280. Galeommatid sp 4
Collected: Taganga. References: CY0988.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Collected: Taganga.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Range: 0 to 88 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 2 mm. Size: 3 mm.
Synonyms: Kellia rubra auct. non Montagu, 1803; Montacuta fragilis Local Distribution: TAY.
Verrill & Bush, 1898; Montacuta tenuis Verrill & Bush, 1898. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
1281. Galeommatid sp 5
References: CY0989.
Genus Pythinella Dall, 1899 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
1275. Pythinella cuneata (Verrill & Bush, 1898) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References: Hampson (1964). Size: 4 mm.
Range: 41.5°N to 28°N; 0°W Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 3 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

Family LEPTONIDAE (Gray, 1847)


Family GALEOMMATIDAE J. E. Gray, 1840
Genus Lepton Turton, 1822
Genus Cymatioa Berry, 1964
1282. Lepton lepidum (Say, 1826)
1276. Cymatioa bibsae (Usticke, 1969) References: Say (1826), NMNH 878356, CY0990.
References: C. Redfern (2001), CY0984.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Collected: Bahía Cinto,Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°13,427” W72°12,362”
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 4 mm.
Size: 8 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Virgin Islands.

Superfamily GASTROCHAENOIDEA J. E. Gray, 1840


Genus Galeommatid
Family GASTROCHAENACEA Gray, 1840
1277. Galeommatid sp 1 Genus Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783
References: CY0985.
Collected: Taganga. 1283. Gastrochaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” References:  Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Zaffaroni (1991), Valentich-

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Scott & Dinesen (2004), NMNH 800820. Size: 114 mm.


Range: 35°N to 35.25°S; 91°W to 38°W Local Distribution: DAR.
Depth Range: 1 to 80 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Size: 16 mm.
Synonyms: Gastrochaena cuneiformis auct. non Spengler, 1783.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
1288. Calyptogena modioliforma (Boss, 1968)
References: Boss (1968), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Distribution Global: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay,
United States. Depth Range: 460 m.
Size: 97 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, CAO.
1284. Gastrochaena ovata Sowerby I, 1834 Global Distribution: Colombia.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987),
NMNH 742402, CY0991.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Genus Vesicomya Dall, 1886
Coordenates: N12°4,089”;W72°03,157”
Depth Collected: 55 m. 1289. Vesicomya pilula (Dall, 1881)
Depth Range: 6 to 80 m. References: Dall (18886) , Abbott (1974).
Size: 20 mm. Range: 31°N to 18°N; 0°W to 67°W
Synonyms: Gastrochaena brevis Sowerby I, 1834; Gastrochaena hyalina Depth Range: 537 to 537 m.
Sowerby I, 1834; Gastrochaena ovata Sowerby I, 1834; Gastrochaena Size: 2.5 mm.
mowbrayi C. A. Davis, 1904. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
Local Distribution: GUA. Global Distribution: Colombia United States.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
1290.Vesicomya cordata Boss, 1968
Genus Spengleria Tryon, 1862 References: Boss (1968).
Range: 9.95°N to 9.48°N; 76.44°W to 76.18°W
1285. Spengleria rostrata (Spengler, 1783) Depth Range: 439 to 421 m.
References: d’Orbigny (1853), NMNH 847899, CY0992. Size: 63 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, CAO.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Global Distribution: Colombia.
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 10 to 57 m.
Size: 20 mm. 1291. Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967
Synonyms: Gastrochaena chemnitziana d’Orbigny, 1853. References: Boss (1968).
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Depth Range: 350 to 476 m.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Size: 96 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Superfamily ARCTICOIDEA R. B. Newton, 1891
Family TRAPEZIIDAE Lamy, 1920 Superfamily CYAMIOIDEA G.O. Sars, 1878
Genus Coralliophaga Blainville, 1824 Family SPORTELLIDAE Dall, 1899
1286. Coralliophaga coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) Genus Basterotia Hoernes, 1859
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Hopkins et al. (1977), NMNH
743202, CY0993. 1292. Basterotia elliptica (Recluz, 1850)
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salmanca. References: Odé (1984), C. B. Adams (1852), FLMNH 147947, CY0994.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;72°07,058”
Depth Range: 2 to 23 m. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Size: 36 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Synonyms: Cypricardia hornbeckiana d’Orbigny, 1853. Size: 7 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. Synonyms: Corbula newtoniana C. B. Adams, 1852; Mya simplex Holmes,
1858.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Superfamily GLOSSOIDEA J. E. Gray, 1847
Family VESICOMYIDAE Dall & Simpson, 1901 1293. Basterotia quadrata (Hanley, 1843)
Genus Calyptogena Dall, 1891 References:  Odé (1984), Coan (1997), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004),
FLMNH 15601, CY0995.
1287. Calyptogena ponderosa Boss, 1968 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Boss (1968) Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 674574. Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
Range: 29.12°N to 9.48°N; 87.9°W to 76.44°W Depth Collected: 55 m.
Depth Range: 641 to 1417 m. Depth Range: 9 to 1170 m.

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Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.


Synonyms: Poromya granatina Dall, 1881. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Bermuda, Colombia, Haiti, United 1298. Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
States, Texas, Virgin Islands.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Springer & Bullis (1956),
Britton (1975), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978), NMNH 771030, CY1000.
Genus Planktomya Simroth, 1896 Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
1294. Planktomya henseni Simroth, 1896 Depth Collected: 45 m.
References: Moore (1983), NMNH 800836, CY0996. Depth Range: 0 to 75 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 55 mm.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142” Synonyms: Cardium serratum auct. non Linne ; Cardium citrinum W.
Depth Collected: 50 m. Wood, 1815; Cardium oviputamen Reeve, 1844; Cardium vitellinum Reeve,
Depth Range: 0 to 29 m. 1844; Cardium lamarckii d’Orbigny, 1846; Cardium glabratum Römer,
Size: 4.5 mm. 1869; Cardium multilineatum Dall & Simpson, 1901.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Belize, Colombia. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
States.

Superfamily SPHAERIOIDEA Deshayes, 1854 1299. Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861)


Family CORBICULIDAE J. E. Gray, 1847 References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978),
Genus Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1828 NMNH 800019, CY1001.
Collected: Taganga.
1295. Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1854) Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,362”
References:  Cosel (1978, 1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH Depth Collected: 70 m.
137914, CY0997. Depth Range: 6 to 155 m.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Size: 14 mm.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 1.5 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Depth Range: 05. to 6 m.
Size: 55 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA. Genus Microcardium Thiele, 1934
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. 1300. Microcardium tinctum (Dall, 1881) 
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), FLMNH 250995, CY1002.
Superfamily CARDIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Collected: Taganga.
Family CARDIIDAE Lamarck, 1809 Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Genus Americardia Stewart, 1930 Depth Range: 13 to 450 m.
Size: 15 mm.
1296. Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Fischer-Piette (1973), Britton
(1975), NMNH 811887, CY0998. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142” Genus Nemocardium Meek, 1876
Depth Collected: 60 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 140 m. 1301. Nemocardium peramabile (Dall, 1881)
Size: 37 mm. References: Springer & Bullis (1956), NMNH 810152.
Synonyms: Cardium venustum Dunker, 1861; Hemicardium columba Range: 41°N to 2°N; 96.43°W to 66.5°W
Heilprin, 1887. Depth Range: 33 to 640 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 18 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
States. Global Distribution: Colombia.

Genus Laevicardium Swainson, 1840 Genus Papyridea Swainson, 1840


1297. Laevicardium sybariticum (Dall, 1886) 1302. Papyridea semisulcata (Gray, 1825)
References: Abbott, (1974), Cosel (1986), NMNH 855700, CY0999. References: d’Orbigny (1853), NMNH 833756, CY1003.
Collected: Cartagena. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328” Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,427”
Depth Collected: 25 m. Depth Collected: 55 m.
Depth Range: 6 to 347 m. Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 16 mm.

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Synonyms: Cardium ringiculum Sowerby II, 1841; Cardium petitianum Depth Collected: 50 m.
d’Orbigny, 1853. Depth Range: 5 to 333 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Size: 9 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Synonyms: Cardium ceramidum Dall, 1886.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1303. Papyridea soleniformis (Bruguière, 1789) Global Distribution: Cuba, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique.
References: Lyons (1989), NMNH 810148, CY1004.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Superfamily VENEROIDEA Rafinesque, 1815
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Family VENERIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 20 m.
Genus Anomalocardia Schumacher, 1817
Size: 43 mm. 1308. Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmeiln, 1791)
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. References:  d’Orbigny (1846), Palmer (1927), Castellanos (1970),
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 879527, CY1009.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Genus Trachycardium Mörch, 1853
Depth Collected: 40 m.
1304. Trachycardium isocardia (Linnaeus, 1758) Depth Range: 0.3 to 5 m.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), NMNH 801862, CY1005. Size: 9 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Synonyms: Venus flexuosa auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Venus lunularis
Lamarck, 1818 ; Venus macrodon Lamarck, 1818.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 15 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m. Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.
Size: 65 mm.
Synonyms: Cardium eburniferum Guppy, 1869. Genus Callista Poli, 1791
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG,TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico. 1309. Callista eucymata (Dall, 1890)
References:  Abbott, (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 843153,
CY1010.
1305. Trachycardium magnum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Collected: Taganga.
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 801867, CY1006. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Collected: Santa Veronica. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Depth Range: 30 to 214 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Size: 32 mm.
Depth Range: 6 to 150 m. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY.
Size: 51 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Synonyms: Cardium leucostomum Born, 1778; Cardium marmoreum
Lamarck, 1819; Cardium subelongatum Sowerby I, 1841.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
1310. Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
References:  Tabb & Manning (1961), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United 890631, CY1011.
States.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564”
1306. Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus, 1758)  Depth Collected: 60 m.
References:  Lyons (1989), Vegas Torres (2004), NMNH 810192, Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
CY1007. Size: 70 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Global Distribution: Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United
Depth Collected: 50 m. States.
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Size: 42 mm.
Genus Chione Muhlfeld, 1811
Synonyms: Cardium campechiense Röding, 1798; Cardium gossei
Deshayes, 1855.
1311. Chione mazyckii Dall, 1902
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. References:  Dall (1902), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 16226,
Global Distribution: United States, Mexico, Cuba. CY1012.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Trigoniocardia Dall, 1900 Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
1307. Trigoniocardia antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1853) Depth Range: 27 to 232 m.
References: d’Orbigny (1853), NMNH 857540, CY1008. Size: 22 mm.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

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1312. Chione intapurpurea (Conrad, 1949) Genus Cyclinella Dall, 1902


References: Lyons (1989), Roopnarine (1996), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
NMNH 800027, CY1013. 1317. Cyclinella tenuis (Récluz, 1852)
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanaca. References: Sykes & Hall (1970), NMNH 848566, CY1018.
Coordeantes: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Nartural Tayrona.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°06,270”
Depth Range: 0.3 to 86 m. Depth Collected:15 m.
Size: 30 mm. Depth Range: 1 to 66 m.
Synonyms: Chione laciniosa Weisbord, 1964. Size: 39 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

1313. Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) Genus Dosinia Scopoli, 1777


References:  Roopnarine & Vermeij (2000), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
NMNH 801093, CY1014.
1318. Dosinia concentrica (Born, 1778)
Collected: Salgar. References: Ekdale (1974), FLMNH 121658, CY1019.
Coordenates: N11°1,099”;W74°56,117” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Size: 26 mm. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Synonyms: Venus cingenda Dillwyn, 1817; Venus beaui Récluz, 1852; Depth Range: 0 to 60 m.
Chione primigenia Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917; Chione santodomingensis Size: 39 mm.
Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917; Chione quebradillensis Maury, 1920. Synonyms: Cytherea patagonica Philippi, 1844; Venus philippii d’Orbigny,
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, ARCO. 1846; Artemis nitens Reeve, 1850; Artemis distans Sowerby II, 1852; Dosinia
affinis Deshayes, 1853; Dosinia floridana Conrad, 1866; Dosinia brasiliensis
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Colombia, Cuba Dominican
White, 1887; Dosinia prosapia Weisbord, 1964.
Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela,
Virgin Islands. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico Venezuela.
1314. Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767) 
References:  d’Orbigny (1846), Roopnarine (1996), NMNH 833705, Genus Gemma Deshayes, 1853
CY1015.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
1319. Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
References:  Totten (1834), Perkins (1869), Bousfield (1964), Lyons
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142” (1989), FLMNH 16845, CY1020.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Collected: Cartagena.
Depth Range: 0.9 to 101 m. Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
Size: 39 mm. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Synonyms: Anus rugosa Chemnitz, 1782. Depth Range: 0 to 11 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 5 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba. Synonyms: Cyrena purpurea Lea, 1842; Venus manhattensis Prime,
1862; Gemma fretensis Rehder, 1939.
1315. Chione subrostrata (Lamarck, 1818) Local Distribution: MOR, MAG.
References: d’Orbigny (1846), NMNH 890642, CY1016. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, United States.
Collected: Salgar.
Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117” Genus Gouldia C. B. Adams, 1847
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. 1320. Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Size: 22 mm. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1965),
Lyons (1989), NMNH 800028, CY1021.
Synonyms: Venus portesiana d’Orbigny, 1842. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 8 to 174 m.
Genus Circomphalus Mörch, 1853 Size: 4 mm.
Synonyms: Circe bermudensis E. A. Smith, 1886; Gouldia venezuelana
1316. Circomphalus strigillinus (Dall, 1902) Weisbord, 1964; Gouldia foresti Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967; Gouldia
References: Dall (1902), FLMNH 143179, CY1017. altenai Fischer-Piette, Kemp & Testud, 1970.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United
Depth Collected: 25 m. States.
Depth Range: 37 to 183 m.
Size: 14 mm. 1321. Gouldia insularis (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Dall & Simpson (1901), Rice & Kornicker (1965), FLMNH
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. 143431.

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Range: 21°N to 18.2°N; 92.3°W to 66°W 1326. Pitar arestus (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
Depth Range: 55 to 55 m. References: Dall & Simpson (1901), Ekdale (1974), FLMNH 128392.
Size: 7 mm. Range: 21.4°N to 10°S; 86.8°W to 35°W
Local Distribution: MAG. Depth Range: 6 to 55 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico. Size: 51 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR,MAG, TAY, GUA.
Genus Macrocallista Meek, 1876 Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico.

1322. Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) 1327. Pitar sp 1


References:  Clench (1942), Tabb & Manning (1961), Sykes & Hall
(1970), Cooley (1978), NMNH 818247, CY1022.
References: CY1026.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Coordenates: N12°12,425”; W71°57,437”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Depth Collected: 35 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0.3 m. Size: 60 mm.
Size: 55 mm. Local Distribution: MOR.
Synonyms: Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791; Paphia alaavis Röding, 1798; Global Distribution: Colombia.
Venus multiradiata Menke, 1830.
Local Distribution: MAG. 1328. Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758)
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. References: Abbott (1974), FLMNH 16841, CY1027.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Genus Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914 Coordenates: N11º01,219”,W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 40 m.
1323. Periglypta listeri (Gray, 1838) Depth Range: 0 to 8 m.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Jackson (1973), Bieler, Kappner Size: 40 mm.
& Mikkelsen (2004), NMNH 804648, CY1023. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 84 m. 1329. Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
Size: 73 mm. References:  Menke (1828), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall
(1970), Lyons (1989), NMNH 801111, CY1028.
Synonyms: Venus puerpera auct. non Linnaeus, 1771; Venus crispata
auct. non Deshayes, 1853. Collected: Bahía Portete.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA, ARCO. Coordenates: N12°12,425”;W71°57,437”
Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Depth Collected: 15 m.
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Size: 44 mm.
Islands. Synonyms: Cytherea hebraea Lamarck, 1818; Cytherea varians Hanley,
1844; Cytherea rubiginosa Philippi, 1845; Cytherea penistoni Heilprin,
1889.
Genus Pitar Romer, 1857 Local Distribution: TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
1324. Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791)
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Rios (1985), Díaz & Puyana
(1994), FLMNH 16536, CY1024.
Genus Protothaca Dall, 1902
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordeanates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” 1330. Protothaca granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Depth Range: 60 m. References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), FLMNH 2073, CY1029.
Depth Range: 0 to 110 m. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salmanca.
Size: 30 mm. Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Depth Collected: 4 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
1325. Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778)
References: Morris (1975), Rios (1985), FLMNH 143258, CY1025.
Collected: Santa Veronica. 1331. Protothaca pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” References: d’Orbigny (1846), FLMNH 148947, CY1030.
Depth Collected: 4 m. Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salmanca.
Depth Range: 0 to 6 m. Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Size: 30 mm. Depth Collected: 3 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 32 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Synonyms: Venus cardioides Lamarck, 1818; Venus elegans Wood, 1828.

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Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA. Genus Ventricolaria Keen, 1954


Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
1337. Ventricolaria listeroides Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967
References: Abbott (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY1036.
Genus Tivela Link, 1807 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
1332. Tivela geijskesi Altena, 1968 Depth Collected: 35 m.
References: Altena (1971), CY1031.
Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Depth Collected: 1 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 15 mm. 1338. Ventricolaria rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Turgeon et al. (1998), NMNH
856526, CY1037.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°18,192”;W074°12,214”
1333. Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) Depth Collected: 80 m.
References: Dall (1902), Mikkelsen (2005), NMNH 771027, CY1032. Depth Range: 0.3 to 100 m.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Size: 72 mm.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Synonyms: Venus rugosa auct. non Linnaeus, 1771.
Depth Collected: 3 m. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 2 to 2 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Size: 25 mm.
Synonyms: Trigona bicolor Gray, 1838; Tivela brasiliana Dall, 1902; Family PETRICOLIDAE (Deshayes, 1831)
Tivela nasuta Dall, 1902.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA.
Genus Cooperella Carpenter, 1864
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico. 1339. Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943
References:  NMNH 517058.
Genus Transennella Dall, 1883 Range: 26°N to 34°S; 80°W to 41°W
Depth Range: 3 to 3 m.
1334. Transennella culebrana (Dall & Simpson, 1901) Size: 16 mm.
References: Dall & Simpson (1901), CY1033. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Genus Petricola Lamarck, 1801
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Size: 7 mm. 1339. Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
Local Distribution: MAG. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1962),
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico. Castellanos (1970), Valentich-Scott (2004), NMNH 847968, CY1038.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordinates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
1335. Transenella cubaniana (d'Orbigny, 1853) Depth Collected: 10 m.
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), FLMNH 381970, CY1034. Depth Range: 0.3 to 6 m.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 30 mm.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Synonyms: Venus divergens Gmelin, 1791; Petricola costata Lamarck,
Depth Collected: 15 m. 1801; Petricola divaricata d’Orbigny, 1853; Pleiorytis venezuelensis
Depth Range: 13 to 13 m. Weisbord, 1964.
Size: 10 mm. Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Local Distribution: TAY. Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, United States.
1341. Petricola pholadiformis gracilis Deshayes, 1835
References: Sykes & Hall (1970), Coan (1996), CY1039.
1336. Transennella stimpsoni Dall, 1902 Collected: Cartagena.
References: Dall (1902), NMNH 54100, CY1035. Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Depth Range: 0 to 0.3 m.
Depth Collected: 15 m. Size: 54 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 6 m. Synonyms: Petricola flagellata Say, 1822; Petricola fornicata Say, 1822;
Size: 7 mm. Petricola carolinensis Conrad, 1863; Gastranella tumida A. E. Verrill, 1872;
Synonyms: Meretrix conradina auct. non Dall, 1884. Petricolaria lata Dall, 1925; Petricola rogersi MacGavock, 1944.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States. Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, United States.

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Genus Rupellaria Fleuriau, 1802 1347. Macoma limula Dall, 1895


References: NMNH 95619, CY1044.
1342. Rupellaria typica (Jonas, 1844) Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Coan (1996), NMMNH 833957, CY1040. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Taganga. Depth Range: 20 to 40 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Size: 20 mm.
Depth Collected: 10 m. Local Distribution: TAY.
Depth Range: 0.6 to 6 m. Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Size: 29 mm.
Synonyms: Petricola sinuosa Conrad, 1849; Petricola bulbosa Gould,
1851; Petricola anchoreta Folin, 1867; Petricola venusta Folin, 1867; 1348. Macoma pseudomera Dall & Simpson, 1901
Petricola buwaldi Clark, 1915; Petricola riocanensis Maury, 1917. References: Dall & Simpson (1901), NMNH 159992, CY1045.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 2 to 55 m.
Superfamily TELLINOIDEA Blainville, 1814 Size: 20 mm.
Family TELLINIDAE Blainville, 1814 Local Distribution: TAY.
Genus Cymatoica Dall, 1889 Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.

1343. Cymatoica orientalis (Dall, 1890)


References: Rehder (1939), NMNH 64334, CY1041. 1349. Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. References: Ekdale (1974), NMNH 6086, CY1046.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362”
Depth Range: 46 to 75 m. Depth Collected: 50 m.
Size: 9 mm. Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Local Distribution: MAG,TAY. Size: 34 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico.

Genus Macoma Leach, 1819


1350. Macoma tenta (Say, 1834)
1344. Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) References:  Perkins (1869), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Lyons (1989),
NMNH 800826, CY1047.
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), NMNH 822812, CY1042.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Depth Collected: 15 m. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Size: 52 mm. Depth Range: 2 to 84 m.
Synonyms: Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck, 1818; Tellina lateralis Say, Size: 14 mm.
1826. Synonyms: Tellina souleyetiana Récluz, 1852.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States.

1345. Macoma brasiliana (Dall, 1921) Genus Psammotreta Dall, 1900


References: Altena (1971), Cosel (1986). 1351. Psammotreta intastriata (Say, 1826)
Depth Reported: 20 m. References: Abbott (1974), CY1048.
Size: 35 mm. Collected: Taganga.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Depth Collected: 80 m.
Size: 48 mm.
1346. Macoma cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846) Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
References: d’Orbigny, 1846, CY1043. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States.
Collected: Taganga.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427” Genus Strigilla Turton, 1822
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. 1352. Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Size: 26 mm. References: NMNH 890734, Linnaeus, 1758.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Range: 26°N to 35°S; 87.5°W to 35°W
Global Distribucion: Brazil, Colombia. Depth Range: 2 to 2 m.

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Size: 28 mm. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.


Synonyms: Tellina areolata Menke, 1847; Strigilla rombergii Mörch, 1853. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Size: 14 mm.
1353. Strigilla gabbi Olsson & McGinty, 1958 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958), CY1049. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” 1359. Tellina magna Spengler, 1798
Depth Collected: 30 m. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), CY1055.
Size: 30 mm. Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, United States. Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 9 m.
1354. Strigilla mirabilis (Philippi, 1841) Size: 88 mm.
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), NMNH 801067, CY1050. Synonyms: Tellina acuta W. Wood, 1815; Tellina elliptica Lamarck,
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza. 1818; Tellina sol Hanley, 1844; Tellina vitraea d’Orbigny, 1853.
Coordenates: N11°10,202”;W074°54,061” Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 0 to 57 m.
Size: 17 mm. 1360. Tellina (Merisca) martinicensis (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Synonyms: Tellina flexuosa Say, 1822; Strigilla carolinensis Conrad, 1862. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004),
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY. CY1056.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Cooordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
1355. Strigilla pisiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Depth Collected: 45 m.
References: Ekdale (1974), NMNH 807481, CY1051. Depth Range: 2 to 40 m.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Size: 9 m.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°04,564” Synonyms: Tellina versluysi Dautzenberg, 1900.
Depth Collected: 70 m. Distribution Local: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Range: 5 to 180 m. Distribution Global: Colombia, United States.
Size: 10 mm.
Synonyms: Cardium discors Montagu, 1803; Lucina pulchella C. B. 1361. Tellina (Tellinella) listeri (Röding, 1798)
Adams, 1845; Strigilla pilsbryi Olsson & McGinty, 1958.
References:  Britton (1975), Vegas Torres (2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. (2004), NMNH 846351, CY1057.
Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
1356. Strigilla producta Tryon, 1870 Depth Collected: 30 m.
References:  Boss (1969), Cosel (1986), CY1052. Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Collected: Santa Veronica. Size: 71 mm.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Synonyms: Tellina interrupta W. Wood, 1815; Tellina maculosa Lamarck,
Depth Collected: 40 m. 1818; Tellina mexicana Petit, 1841; Tellina antonii Philippi, 1844.
Size: 7 mm. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico,
United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia.

1357. Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969 1362. Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens (C. B. Adams, 1845)
References:  Abbott (1954); Warmke & Abbott (1961), CY1053. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 127951, CY1058.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058” Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 35 m. Depth Collected: 22 m.
Size: 15 mm. Depth Range: 1 to 120 m.
Synonyms: Strigilla rombergii auct. non Mörch, 1853. Size: 20 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Tellina carolinensis Dall, 1889; Tellina georgiana Dall, 1900.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Pacifico Ecuatorial, Panama, United Local Distribution: TAY.
States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States.

Genus Tellina Linnaeus, 1758 1363. Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata Say, 1824
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1965), Ekdale (1974), Britton (1975),
1358. Tellina (Angulus) probinus (Boss, 1964) Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 800022, CY1059.
References: Boss (1968), NMNH 848828, CY1054. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.

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Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362” 1368. Tellina (Euritellina) punicea (Born, 1778)


Depth Collected: 55 m. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 43925, CY1064.
Depth Range: 0 to 93 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Size: 16 mm. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Synonyms: Tellina lintea Conrad, 1837; Tellina guadalupensis d’Orbigny, Depth Collected: 15 m.
1853; Tellina tumida Sowerby II, 1867. Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA. Size: 25 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United States. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY,GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
1364. Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962), Britton (1975), NMNH 890593, 1369. Tellina (Euritellina) trinitatis (Tomlin, 1929)
CY1060.
References: Mikkelsen (2005), CY1065.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 80 m.
Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Depth Range: 22 to 40 m.
Size: 75 mm.
Size: 34 mm.
Synonyms: Tellina brasiliana Spengler, 1798; Tellina semizonalis Lamarck,
1818; Tellina unimaculata Lamarck, 1818. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, United
States. 1370. Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 891366, CY1066.
1365. Tellina (Angulus) sybaritica Dall, 1881 Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
References: Lyons (1989), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 333660, Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
CY1061. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Range: 0 to 10 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” Size: 50 mm.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Synonyms: Tellina punicea auct. non Born, 1778; Tellina striata Spengler,
Depth Range: 2 to 110 m. 1798; Donax martinicensis Lamarck, 1818; Tellinides rosaceus King &
Size: 17 mm. Broderip, 1832.
Synonyms: Tellina flagellum Dall, 1900; Tellina rubricata L. Perry, 1940. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY,GUA.
Local Distrbution: TAY. Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

1366. Tellina (Arcopagia) fausta Pulteney, 1799 1371. Tellina (Merisca) juttingae (Altena, 1965)
References:  Rice & Kornicker (1962), Britton (1975), Vegas Torres
References:  Boss (1966), Rios (1985), CY1067.
(2004), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH 16930, CY1062.
Collected: Santa Veronica.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Coordenates: N12°4,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 50 m.
Depth Collected: 25 m.
Size: 36 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 27 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA.
Size: 80 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago.
Synonyms: Tellina laevis W. Wood, 1815; Tellina elliptica Sowerby II,
1868.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG,TAY,GUA,ARCO. 1372. Tellina (Scissula) consobrina d'Orbigny, 1842
Global Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 1048167 CY1068.
United States.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
1367. Tellina (Euritellina) lineata Turton, 1819 Depth Collected: 25 m.
References:  Lyons et al. (1971), Cooley (1978), Mikkelsen & Bieler Depth Range: 4 to 128 m.
(2004), NMNH 889619, CY1063.
Size: 22 mm.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: TAY.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Global Distribution: Colombia, Bermuda, United States.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 18 m.
Size: 28 mm. 1373. Tellina (Scissula) sandix (Boss, 1968)
Synonyms: Tellina brasiliana Lamarck, 1818; Tellina decussatula C. B. References: Mikkelsen (2005), CY1069.
Adams, 1845; Tellina albida Simpson, 1889. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Depth Collected: 20 m.

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Depth Range: 0 to 40 m. Deth Collected: 30 m.


Size: 25 mm. Depth Range: 20 to 420 m.
Synonyms: Tellina exilis Lamarck, 1818. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Venzuela.

1374. Tellina cristallina Splengler, 1798 1380. Tellina versicolor De Kay, 1843
References: Ekdale (1974), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 150121, References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons et
CY1070. al. (1971), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 800798, CY1074.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N11°01219”;W74°25,111” Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Depth Collected: 40 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 22 mm. Depth Range: 2 to 90 m.
Synonyms: Tellina schrammi Récluz, 1853. Size: 12 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG. Synonyms: Tellina pauperata d’Orbigny, 1853.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico. Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
1375. Tellina diantha Boss, 1964
References: Mikkelsen (2005). 1381. Tellina vespuciana d'Orbigny, 1853
Range: 13°N to 22°S; 59.5°W to 44°W References: Mikkelsen (2005), Boss (1966), Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Depth Range: 1 to 27 m. Range: 26°N to 11°N; 97°W to 66.5°W
Size: 26 mm. Size: 7.5 mm
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Surinam. Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States.

1376. Tellina exerythra Boss, 1964 Family DONACIDAE J. Fleming, 1828


References: Mikkelsen (2005). Genus Donax Linnaeus, 1758
Range: 18°N to 2°N; 0°W
Size: 18.5 mm. 1382. Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, PAL, GUA. References: Morrison (1971) NMNH 821489, CY1075.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba. Collected: Cienaga de Mallorquin.
Coordenates: N11°03,238”;W74°51,035”.
Depth Collected: 0 m.
1377. Tellina laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 818246, CY1071. Size: 25 mm.
Collected: San Andres Islas. Synonyms: Cuneus truncatus da Costa, 1778; Donax crenulatus
Depth Range: 0 to 15 m. Donovan, 1800; Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818; Donax sexradiatus
Size: 73 mm. Wood, 1828; Donax stephaniae Petuch, 1992.
Synonyms: Tellina marginalis Lightfoot, 1786; Tellina concinna Philippi, Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
1844; Tellina bayleana Bertin, 1876; Tellina stella C. A. Davis, 1904. Global Distribution: ABC Islands, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia,
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Venezuela.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
1383. Donax striatus Linnaeus, 1767
1378. Tellina mera Say, 1834 References: Morrison (1971), NMNH 869546, CY1076.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Jackson Collected: Cienaga de Marrorquin.
(1973), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 861956, CY1072. Coordenates: N11°03,238”;W74°51,035”.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
Depth Collected: 30 m. Size: 25 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 18 m. Synonyms: Donax denticulatus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 ; Donax
rugosus auct. non Linnaeus, 1758; Donax flexuosus Gould, 1853; Donax
Size: 9 mm.
lamarckii Reeve, 1854; Donax cacuminatus Sowerby III, 1915; Donax
Synonyms: Tellina obtusa Sowerby II, 1868; Tellina promera Dall, 1900. mediamericanus Pilsbry, 1920.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Panama,
Puerto Rico, Surinam Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela.

1379. Tellina perisca Dall & Simpson, 1801


References: Boss (1966), Rios (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY1073. 1384. Donax vagus Weisbord, 1984
Collected: Bahía Neguaje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Weisbord (1964), Cosel (1968), CY1077.
Coordenates: N11°9,246”;W74°12,427” Collected: Salgar.

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Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117” Genus Asaphis Modeer, 1793


Depth Collected: 0 m.
Depth Range: 0.3 to 0 m. 1389. Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
References: Vegas Torres (2004), Domaneschi & Shea (2004), NMNH
Size: 14 mm. 771031, CY1082.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY. Collected: Taganga.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela. Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W074°12,427”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
1385. Donax vellicatus Reeve, 1855 Depth Range: 0 to 2 m.
References: Morrison (1971), CY1078. Size: 60 mm.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca. Synonyms: Asaphis dichotoma auct. non Anton, 1838; Tellina antillarum
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” d’Orbigny, 1853; Asaphis coccinea Mörch, 1853.
Depth Collected: 0 m. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY,GUA.
Size: 14 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba,
Mexico, United States.
Synonyms: Donax pulchellus auct. non Hanley, 1843; Donax higuerotensis
Weisbord, 1964; Donax intermedius Usticke, 1969.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA. Genus Sanguinolaria Lamarck 1799
Global Distribution: Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Trinidad & 1390. Sanguinolaria cruenta (Lightfoot, 1786)
Tobago.
References:  Abbott (1974), Cosel (1986), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
CY1083.
Genus Heterodonax Mörch, 1853 Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
1386. Heterodonax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Depth Collected: 40 m.
References:  d’Orbigny (1853), Narchi & Domaneschi (1993), FLMNH Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
1787, CY1079.
Size: 82 mm.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA, ARCO.
Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Size: 12 mm. 1391. Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Vegas Torres (2004), FLMNH 17164, Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Synonyms: Psammobia affinis C. B. Adams, 1845; Psammobia biradiata
C. B. Adams, 1845; Psammobia purpureomaculata C. B. Adams, 1845; Range: 26°N to 28°S; 94°W to 35°W
Macoma eborea Heilprin, 1889. Depth Range: 0 to 1 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 54 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, United States. Synonyms: Sanguinolaria cruenta auct. non Lightfoot, 1786.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
Genus Iphigenia Schumacher, 1817
1387. Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) Family SEMELIDAE Stoliczka, 1870
References: d’Orbigny (1846), NMNH 845512, CY1080. Genus Abra Lamarck, 1818
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°4,089”;W72°07,058” 1392. Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)
References:  Bush (1893), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall
Depth Collected: 15 m. (1970), Lyons (1989), FLMNH 81, CY1084.
Depth Range: 6 to 6 m. Collected: Santa Veronica.
Size: 72 mm. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Synonyms: Iphigenia media Shuttleworth, 1856. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA. Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Size: 9 mm.
Synonyms: Abra nuculiformis Conrad, 1867.
Family PSAMMOBIIDAE J. Fleming, 1828 Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Genus Gari Schumacher, 1817
1388. Gari circe (Mörch, 1876) 1393. Abra lioica (Dall, 1881)
References:  Mörch (1876), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), Cooley
281291, CY1081. (1978), FLMNH 17211, CY1085.
Collected: Taganga. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°17,320”;W74°12,427” Coordenates: N11°09,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 70 m. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Size: 50 mm. Depth Range: 2 to 366 m.
Synonyms: Macoma anomala auct. non Deshayes, 1855. Size: 5 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.

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1394. Abra longicallis (Sacchi, 1837) 1399. Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799)
References: Abbott (1974), FLMNH 247260, CY1086. References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Pastorino
Colected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. (1995), FLMNH 1724, CY1090.
Depth Collected: 100 m. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 91 to 2682 m. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Size: 19 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Synonyms: Abra Americana Verrill & Bush, 1898. Depth Range: 0 to 75 m.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR. Size: 29 mm.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Synonyms: Semele reticulata auct. non Linnaeus, 1767; Amphidesma
radiatum Say, 1826; Amphidesma jayanum C. B. Adams, 1845; Semele
mediamericana Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932.
Genus Cumingia Sowerby I, 1833 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
1395. Cumingia coarctata Sowerby I, 1833 Global Distribution: Argentina, Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras,
Mexico, United States.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), FLMNH
17176, CY1087
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. 1400. Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), FLMNH
65, CY1091.
Depth Collected: 25 m. Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Depth Range: 2 to 60 m. Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564”
Size: 10 mm. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Synonyms: Cumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850; Lavignon petitiana
d’Orbigny, 1853.
Depth Range: 1 to 15 m.
Local Distribution: TAY. Size: 29 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Synonyms: Tellina obliqua W. Wood, 1815; Amphidesma variegatum
Lamarck, 1818; Amphidesma laetum Reeve, 1853.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Genus Ervilia Turton, 1822 Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
1396. Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808)
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001), FLMNH 17300. Family SOLECURTIDAE (d'Orbigny, 1849)
Range: 28°N to 24°S; 89°W to 0°W Genus Solecurtus Blanville, 1824
Depth Range: 33 to 50 m.
Size: 10 mm. 1401. Solecurtus sanctaemarthae d'Orbigny, 1853
Synonyms: Ervilia venezuelana Weisbord, 1964. References: Dall (1899), NMNH 747184, CY1092.
Local Distribution: CAO. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 55 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 50 m.
Genus Semele Schumacher, 1817 Size: 28 mm.
1397. Semele (Semelina) nuculoides (Conrad, 1841) Local Distribution: GUA.
References: Lyons (1989), FLMNH 16860, CY1088. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058” 1402. Solecurtus cumingianus (Dunker, 1861)
Depth Collected: 15 m. References:  Dall (1899), Rice & Kornicker (1965), FLMNH 17579,
Depth Range: 7 to 100 m. CY1093.
Size: 3 mm. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Synonyms: Semele lirulata Dall, 1900. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia,United States. Depth Range: 8 to 203 m.
Size: 49 mm.
1398. Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837) Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Rice & Kornicker (1965), Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.
Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons (1989), FLMNH 1678, CY1089.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Genus Tagelus Gray, 1847
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 20 m. 1403. Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1874)
Depth Range: 3.5 to 90 m. References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. (1971), NMNH
807455, CY1094.
Size: 12 mm.
Synonyms: Venus antillarum d’Orbigny, 1853; Amphidesma cancellatum Collected: Santa Veronica.
d’Orbigny, 1853; Semele lata auct. non A. Adams, 1855; Semele nexilis Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Gould, 1862; Semele donovani McGinty, 1955. Depth Collected: 20 m.
Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO. Depth Range: 0.5 to 10 m.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Size: 38 mm.

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Synonyms: Solen bidentatus Spengler, 1794; Solen fragilis Pulteney, Depth Collected: 50 m.
1799; Solen centralis Say, 1822; Solen bidens Hanley, 1842. Depth Range: 6 to 50 m.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Size: 65 mm.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, Mexico, United States. Synonyms: Anatina pellucida Schumacher, 1817; Lutraria lineata Say,
1822; Mactra recurva W. Wood, 1828.
1404. Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) Distribution Local: DAR, MAG.
References: B. B. Baker (1951), NMNH 820215, CY1095. Distribution Global: Colombia, United States.
Collected: Salgar.
Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117” Genus Mactra Linnaeus, 1767
Depth Collected: 1 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 10 m. 1409. Mactra (Mactrellana) alata Splenger, 1802
Size: 46 mm. References: Abbott (1974), NMNH 807683, CY1100.
Synonyms: Solen gibbus Spengler, 1794; Solen caribaeus Lamarck, 1818; Collected: Santa Veronica.
Solecurtus platensis d’Orbigny, 1846; Tagelus entrerianus Ihering, 1907. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Local Distribution: MAG, GUA, ARCO. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 2 to 20 m.
Size: 98 mm.
Superfamilia SOLENOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Synonyms: Mactra subalata Mörch, 1860.
Familia SOLENIDAE Lamarck, 1809 Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia.
Genus Solen Linnaeus, 1758
1405. Solen obliquus Spengler, 1794 1410. Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Rios (1985), FLMNH 43631,
CY1096. References: Rios (1985), CY1101.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157” Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Depth Collected: 20 m. Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 9 m. Depth Range: 0 to 100 m.
Size: 110 mm. Size: 42 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Mactra brasiliana Lamarck, 1818.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Local Distribution: MOR,TAY, GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
1406. Solen rosewateri Altena, 1971
References: Altena (1971), CY1097. 1411. Mactra iheringi (Dall, 1887)
Collected: Santa Veronica. References: Cosel (1986), Weisbord (1964).
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Depth Range: 30 m.
Depth Collected: 0.7 m. Size: 35 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 20 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA.
Size: 64 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, Surinam.
1412. Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846
References: d’Orbigny (1846), Altena (1971), CY1102.
1407. Solen tairona Cosel, 1985
Collected: Cartagena.
References: Cosel (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), CY1098.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
Collected: Bocas de Ceniza.
Depth Collected: 35 m.
Coordenates: N11°10202”;W074°54,061”
Depth Range: 0 to 55 m.
Depth Collected: 2 m.
Size: 44 mm.
Depth Range: 0 to 3 m.
Synonyms: Mactra symmetrica Deshayes in Reeve, 1854; Mactra
Size: 42 mm. richmondi Dall, 1894.
Local Distribution: MAG. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG.
Distribution Global: Colombia. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Surinam.

Superfamily MACTROIDEA Lamarck, 1809


Family MACTRIDAE Lamarck, 1809 1413. Mactra surinamensis Altena, 1968
References: E. A. Smith (1915).
Genus Anatina Schumecher, 1817 Range: 6.38°N to 41°S; 56.3°W to 41.57°W
1408. Anatina anatina (Splenger, 1802) Depth Range: 0 to 75 m.
References:  Perry
& Schwengel (1955), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), Size: 31 mm.
NMNH 852821, CY1099. Synonyms: Mactra janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915.
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG.
Coordenates: N11°19,246”;W74°04,564” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

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Genus Mulinia Gray, 1837 Synonyms: Sphenia luticola auct. non Valenciennes, 1846; Tyleria
fragilis H. & A. Adams, 1854; Sphenia pacificensis Folin, 1867; Corbula
1414. Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846) iheringiana Pilsbry, 1897; Sphenia trunculus Dall, 1916.
References: Shuttleworth (1856), FLMNH 130688, CY1103. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Collected: Cartagena. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico,
Surinam, United States.
Coordenates: N10°26,316”;W75°33,328”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 5 m. Family CORBULIDAE Lamarck, 1818
Size: 26 mm. Genus Corbula Bruguière, 1797
Synonyms: Mactra guadelupensis Récluz, 1852; Mulinea portoricensis
Shuttleworth, 1856; Mulinia branneri Dall, 1901. 1418. Corbula cymella Dall, 1881
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, GUA. References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 64089, CY1107.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12°14,089”;W72°07,058”
Genus Raeta Gray, 1853 Depth Collected: 25 m.
Depth Range: 36 to 125 m.
1415. Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) Size: 12 mm.
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), Lyons Local Distribution: GUA.
(1989), NMNH 803991, CY1104. Global Distribution: Colombia, Unied States.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo.
Depth Collected: 18 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 11 m. 1419. Corbula (Variocorbula) operculata Philippi, 1848
Size: 55 mm. References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978),
Lyons (1989), CY1108.
Synonyms: Lutraria canaliculata Say, 1822; Mactra campechensis Gray, Collected: Santa Veronica.
1825; Lavignon papyracea d’Orbigny, 1846; Raeta perspicua Hutton, 1873.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, GUA. Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
Global Distribution: Argentina, Colombia, United States. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Depth Range: 7 to 250 m.
Size: 6 mm.
Superfamily DREISSENOIDEA J. E. Gray, 1840 Synonyms: Corbula disparilis auct. non d’Orbigny.
Family DREISSENIDAE J. E. Gray, 1840 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1858 Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States.

1416. Mytilopsis sallei Recluz, 1849 1420. Corbula (Juliacorbula) aequivalvis (Philippi, 1936)
References: Marelli & Gray (1983), NMNH 734724, CY1105.
References:  Philippi (1836), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), FLMNH
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. 148148.
Coordenates: N12°13,427”;W72°12,362” Range: 26.5°N to 24°S; 82.5°W to 51°W
Depth Collected: 25 m. Depth Range: 2 to 183 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 2.4 m. Size: 12.7 mm.
Size: 20 mm. Synonyms: Corbula knoxiana C. B. Adams, 1852; Corbula cubaniana
Synonyms: Dreissena africana Beneden, 1835; Dreissena domingensis d’Orbigny, 1853.
Récluz, 1852; Tichogonia pfeifferi Dunker, 1853; Tichogonia riisei Dunker, Local Distribution: MOR, GUA.
1853; Tichogonia rossmaessleri Dunker, 1853; Dreissenia gundlachii
Dunker, 1855; Dreissenia moerchiana Dunker, 1855. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG,TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 1421. Corbula caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853
Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United References:  d’Orbigny (1853), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Mikkelsen
States, Venezuela. & Bieler (2004), CY1109.
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca.
Order MYOIDA Stoliczka, 1870 Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 15 m.
Superfamily MYOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Depth Range: 0.9 to 823 m.
Family MYIDAE Lamarck, 1808 Size: 25 mm.
Genus Sphenia Turton, 1822 Synonyms: Corbula barrattiana C. B. Adams, 1852; Corbula swiftiana C.
B. Adams, 1852; Corbula lavalleana d’Orbigny, 1853; Corbula uruguayensis
1417. Sphenia antillensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 Marshall, 1928.
References: Hanks & Packer (1985), Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
(1989), Coan (1999), NMNH 160495, CY1106. Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, United
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanca, States.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111”
Depth Collected: 20 m. 1422. Corbula chittyana C. B. Adams, 1852
Depth Range: 6 to 11 m. References:  C. B. Adams (1852), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH
Size: 7 mm. 847892, CY1110.

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Collected: Salgar. Coordenates: N11°17,579”;W74°09,142”


Coordenates: N11°01,099”;W74°56,117” Depth Collected: 5 m.
Depth Collected: 20 m. Depth Range: 7 to 9 m.
Depth Range: 7 to 9 m. Size: 24 mm.
Size: 10 m. Synonyms: Pholas caribaea d’Orbigny, 1847; Pholas krebsi Krebs, 1864;
Synonyms: Corbula nasuta auct. non Sowerby, 1833. Pholas falcata Sowerby II, 1872.
Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. Local Distribution: TAY.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, United States. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

1423. Corbula contracta Say, 1822 1428. Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1890
References:  Conrad (1866), Perry & Schwengel (1955), Lyons et al. References: Turner (1955), NMNH 857552.
(1971), Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 801158, CY1111. Range: 37°N to 35°S; 0°W to 47°W
Collected: Vía Parque Isla Salamanaca. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Coordenates: N11°01,219”;W74°25,111” Size: 12 mm.
Depth Collected: 8 m. Synonyms: Pholadidea minuscula Dall, 1908; Martesia bahamensis
Depth Range: 2 to 9 m. Bartsch & Rehder, 1945; Martesia exquisita Bartsch & Rehder, 1945.
Size: 7 mm. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Synonyms: Corbula kjoeriana C. B. Adams, 1852.
Distribution Local: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA. 1429. Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution Global: Colombia, United States. References:  Tryon (1962), Turner (1954), Cooley (1978), FLMNH
1667, CY1115.
1424. Corbula dietziana C. B. Adams, 1852 Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004), NMNH 801261, CY1112. Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°03,157”
Collected: Cienaga de Mallorquìn. Depth Collected: 1 m.
Coordenates: N11°03,238”;W74°51,035” Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Depth Collected: 0 m. Size: 20 mm.
Depth Range: 1 to 120 m. Synonyms: Pholas pusilla Linnaeus, 1758; Pholas conoides Parsons,
1765; Pholas nanus Pulteney, 1799; Pholas clavata Lamarck, 1818; Pholas
Size: 16 mm. tenuistriata Blainville, 1826; Pholas atomus Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827;
Synonyms: Corbula blandiana C. B. Adams, 1852. Pholas decussata Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827; Pholas ovum W. Wood,
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. 1828; Martesia curta auct. non Sowerby, 1834; Pholas falcata S. V. Wood,
Global Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, United States. 1842; Penitella xilophaga Valenciennes, 1846; Pholas hornbeckii d’Orbigny,
1847; Pholas corticaria Sowerby II, 1849; Pholas teredinaeformis Sowerby
II, 1849; Pholas rosea C. B. Adams, 1850; Pholas beauiana Récluz, 1853;
Superfamily PHOLADOIDEA Lamarck, 1809 Martesia intercalata auct. non Carpenter, 1857; Penitella incisa Lamy,
1921; Penitella larvata Lamy, 1921; Penitella lignivora Lamy, 1921; Penitella
Family PHOLADIDAE Lamarck, 1809 phaseolina Lamy, 1921; Penitella pisum Lamy, 1921; Penitella silicula Lamy,
Genus Barnea Risso, 1826 1921; Penitella stillata Lamy, 1921; Pholas cupula Yokoyama, 1924;
Martesia tokyoensis Yokoyama, 1927; Martesia pulchella Yokoyama, 1932;
1425. Barnea truncata (Say, 1822) Hiata infelix Zetek & McLean, 1936; Martesia hawaiiensis Dall, Bartsch
& Rehder, 1938; Martesia americana Bartsch & Rehder, 1945; Martesia
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955), NMNH 800784, CY1113.
funisicola Bartsch & Rehder, 1945; Mesopholas intusgranosa Taki & Habe,
Collected: Santa Veronica. 1945; Mesopholas nucicola Taki & Habe, 1945.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150” Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Depth Collected: 0 m. Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States.
Depth Range: 0 to 0m.
Size: 29 mm.
Genus Pholas Linnaeus, 1758
Local Distribution: MAG.
Global Distribution: Canada, Colombia, United States. 1430. Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
References: Turner (1954), NMNH 17787, CY1116.
Genus Diplothyra Tryon, 1862 Collected: Santa Veronica.
Coordenates: N10°55,478”;W075°08,150”
1426. Diplothyra smithii Tryon, 1862 Depth Collected: 0 m.
References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987), Lyons (1989), FLMNH 285885.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Range: 42°N to 28°N; 94°W to 0°W
Size: 95 mm.
Depth Range: 6 to 11 m.
Synonyms: Pholas oblongata Say, 1822; Pholas candeana d’Orbigny, 1847.
Size: 6.3 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.

Genus Martesia Sowerby, 1824


Genus Xylophaga Turton, 1822
1427. Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822)
References:  Perry & Schwengel (1955), Sykes & Hall (1970), FLMNH 1431. Xylophaga atlantica Richards, 1942
1665, CY1114. References: Merrill, Bullock & Franz (1978), NMNH 1035020.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Range: 49°N to 35.8°N; 75°W to 65°W

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Depth Range: 18 to 1828 m. Coordenates: N11º19,531”;W74º03,157”


Size: 12 mm. Depth Collected: 30 m.
Synonyms: Xylophaga dorsalis auct. non Turton. Depth Range: 5.5 to 100 m.
Global Distribution: Canada Colombia, United States. Size: 34 mm.
Synonyms: Dentalium texasianum Philippi, 1849; Dentalium picteti
Family TEREDINIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897; Dentalium cestum Henderson, 1920; Dentalium
rebeccaense Henderson, 1920; Dentalium rioense Henderson, 1920.
Genus Bankia Gray, 1842 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
1432. Bankia fimbriatula Moll & Roch, 1931 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.
References: Cosel (1986).
Range: 26°N to 22°S; 0°W to 39°W 1439. Dentalium gouldii Dall, 1889
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m. References: Rios (1985), Caetano, Scarabino & Absalao (2006),
Synonyms: Bankia canalis Bartsch, 1944. NMNH 82997.
Local Distribution: MAG. TAY. Range: 34°N to 4°N; 75°W to 51°W
Global Distribucion: Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 22 to 1000 m.
Size: 40 mm.
1433. Bankia campanellata Moll & Roch, 1931 Synonyms: Dentalium sexangulare Hilgard & Hopkins, 1878; Dentalium
References: Abbott (1974). colonense Henderson, 1920; Dentalium portoricense Henderson, 1920.
Range: 18°N to 22°S; 0°W to 39°W Local Distribution: DAR, GUA.
Synonyms: Bankia katherinae Clench & Turner, 1946; Bankia bengalensis Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
Nair, 1954.
Local Distribution: TAY. 1440. Dentalium laqueatum A. E. Verrill, 1885
Global Distribution: Colombia, Surinam. References: Rice & Kornicker (1965), Rios (1975), Rios (1985), NMNH
44671, CY1118.
1434. Bankia carinata (Gray, 1827) Collected: Bahía Portete.
References: Abbott (1974), FLMNH 364465. Coordenates: N12°12,425”;W71°57,437”
Range: 11°N to 22°S; 0°W to 39°W Depth Collected: 25 m.
Synonyms: Teredo stutchburyi Blainville, 1828; Teredo bipalmata Delle Depth Range: 7 to 366 m.
Chiaje, 1829; Xylotrya philippii Gray, 1851; Nausitora kamiyai Roch, 1929; Size: 40 mm.
Nausitoria orientalis Roch, 1929; Bankia caribbea Clench & Turner, 1946;
Bankia edmondsoni Nair, 1956; Bankia indica Nair, 1956. Synonyms: Dentalium regulare Henderson, 1920.
Local Distribution: TAY. Local Ditribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Indopacifico. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, United States.

1435. Bankia cieba Clench & Turner, 1946 Genus Antalis H. & A. Adams, 1854
References: Abbott (1974).
Range: 18°N to 10°S; 0°W
1441. Antalis ceratum Dall, 1881
References:  Warmke & Abbott (1961), Rios (1975), Rios (1985),
Local Distribution: TAY. NMNH 314391, CY1119.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Pacifico ecuatorial Panama. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Cooordenates: N12º14,089”;W72º07,058”
1436. Bankia destructa Clench & Turner, 1946 Depth Collected: 30 m.
References: Abbott (1974). Depth Range: 0 to 1472 m.
Range: 18°N to 8°N; 0°W Size: 19 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Synonyms: Dentalium flavum Henderson, 1920; Dentalium tenax
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Pacifico ecuatorial. Henderson, 1920.
Local Ditribution: GUA.
1437. Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908) Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Uruguay,
References: Cooley (1978), FLMNH 17778. United States.
Range: 40°N to 35°S; 87°W to 39°W
Synonyms: Bankia mexicana Bartsch, 1921; Bankia schrencki Moll, 1935. 1442. Antalis disparile (d’Orbigny, 1847) 
Local Distribution: TAY. References: Díaz (1988), CY1120.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N12º14,089”;W72º07,058”
Class SCAPHOPODA Bronn, 1862 Depth Collected: 30 m.
Order DENTALIIDA da Costa, 1776 Depth Range: 5 to 80 m.
Size: 20 mm.
Family DENTALIIDAE Children, 1834
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Genus Dentalium Linnaeus, 1758 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico.
1438. Dentalium americanum Chenu, 1843
References: Rios (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1974) NMNH 827554, CY1117. 1443. Antalis antillarum (d’Orbigny, 1847)
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. References: Díaz (1988), CY1121.

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Collected: Bahía Gairaca, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Coordenates: N11º19,246”;W74º06,270” Coordenates: N11º19,531”;W74º03,157”
Depth Colected: 33 m. Depth Collected: 40 m.
Depth Range: 0 to 45 m. Depth Range: 0 to 860 m.
Size: 15 mm. Size: 10 mm.
Local Ditribution: TAY, GUA. Synonyms: Dentalium johnsoni Emerson, 1952.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Rico, United States. Global Distribution: Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico.
Genus Graptacme Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
1444. Graptacme eborea (Conrad, 1846) 1449. Episiphon sowerbyi (Guilding, 1834)
References: Díaz (1988), Rios (1985), CY1122. References: Rios (1985)
Collected: Bahía Neguanje, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Range: 34°N to 1°N; 94°W to 50°W
Coordenates: N11º19,246”;W74º04,564” Depth Range: 31 to 329 m
Depth Collected: 60 m. Size: 15 mm
Synonyms: Dentalium filum Sowerby II, 1860; Dentalium pelliceri
Depth Range: 5 to 75 m. Henderson, 1920.
Size: 10 mm. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil.
Synonyms: Dentalium leptum Bush, 1885; Dentalium matara Dall,
1889; Dentalium amaliense Henderson, 1920.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. Order GADILIDA
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Family GADILIDAE (Stoliczka, 1868)
United States.
Genus Gadila Gray, 1847
1445. Graptacme semistriata (Turton, 1819) 1450. Gadila watsoni (Dall, 1881)
References: Abbott (1974), Henderson (1920), CY1123. References:  Steiner & Kabat (2004).
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Range: 23°N ; 0°W
Coordenates: N12º14,089”;W72º07,058” Depth Range: 699 to 755 m.
Depth Collected: 40 m. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba.
Depth Range: 2 to 1170 m.
Size: 25 mm. 1451. Gadila acus (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms: Dentalium sericatum Dall, 1881.
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961), Rios (1985), CY1126. 
Local Distribution: GUA, ARCO.
Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico,
United States. Coordenates: N11º17,579”;W74º09,142”
Depth Collectd: 70 m.
Depth Range: 20 to 538 m.
Family LAEVIDENTALIIDAE (Palmer, 1974)
Size: 10 mm.
Genus Laevidentalium Cossman, 1888 Local Distribution: MOR, MAG, TAY.
1446. Laevidentalium callipeplum (Dall, 1889)  Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States.
References: Abbott, (1974).
Range: 29°N to 18°N; 88°W to 67°W 1452. Gadila agassizii (Dall, 1881)
Depth Range: 46 to 3795 m. References: Steiner & Kabat (2004).
Size: 70 mm. Range: 41°N to 30°N; 82°W to 0°W
Local Distribution: CAO. Depth Range: 31 to 536 m
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Size: 11 mm
Synonyms: Cadulus hatterasensis Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898.
1447. Laevidentalium liodon (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) Global Distribution: Colombia,United States.
References : Rios (1988), Díaz (1988), CY1124.
Collected: Taganga. 1453. Gadila aequalis (Dall, 1881)
Coordenates: N11º17,320”;W074º12,427” References: Steiner & Kabat (2004).
Depth Collected: 80 m. Range: 26°N to 25°N; 83°W to 80°W
Depth Range: 0 to 150 m. Depth Range: 620 to 620 m.
Size: 11 mm. Global Distribution: Colombia,United States.
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
1454. Gadila atlantica (Henderson, 1920)
References: Henderson 1920.
Family GADILINIDAE (Chistikov, 1975) Range: 41°N to 36°N; 0°W
Genus Episiphon Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897 Depth Range: 783 to 1836 m.
Synonyms: Cadulus gracilis auct. non Jeffreys, 1877; Cadulus atlanticus
1448. Episiphon didymus (Watson, 1879) Henderson, 1920.
References: Rios (1988), Díaz (1988), CY1125. Global Distribution: Colombia,United States.

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1455. Gadila simpsoni (Henderson, 1920) Collected: Bahía Concha, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
References: Steiner & Kabat (2004), Caetano, Scarabino & Absalao Coordenates: N11º17,579”;W74º09,142”
(2006). Depth Collected: 70 m.
Range: 18°N ; 67°W Depth Range: 46 to 85 m.
Depth Range: 46 to 46 m. Size: 5 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Puerto Rico, United States. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico.
1456. Gadila dominguensis (d'Orbigny, 1847)
References: Arango (1880), Rios (1975), Rios (1985). 1463. Polyschides tetraschistus (Watson, 1879)
Range: 23.15°N to 3°S; 82.3°W to 42°W References: Rios (1985), Díaz (1988).
Depth Range: 45 to 110 m. Range: 34°N to 36°S; 89.7°W to 32.4°W
Size: 8 mm. Depth Range: 5.5 to 120 m.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic. Size: 10.2 mm.
Synonyms: Cadulus quadridentatus Dall, 1881; Cadulus incisus Bush,
1457. Gadila amianta (Dall, 1889) 1885; Cadulus acompsus Henderson, 1920.
References: Abbott (1974), Steiner & Kabat (2004). Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY.
Range: 25°N to 23°N; 83°W Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Depth Range: 402 to 567 m.
Size: 5 mm. 1464. Polyschides tetrodon (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898)
Distribution Global: Colombia, Cuba, United States.
References: Henderson (1920), CY1129.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona.
Genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844 Coordenates: N11º19,531”;W74º03,157”
1458. Cadulus obesus Watson, 1879 Depth Collected: 20 m.
References: Díaz (1988). Depth Range: 2 to 183 m.
Range: 30.98°N to 23°N; 80°W to 67°W Size: 4 mm.
Depth Range: 366 to 713 m. Local Distribution: GUA.
Size: 2 mm. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia, United States.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States. Family PULSELLIDAE (Boss, 1982)
Genus Compressidens Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
1459. Cadulus tersus Henderson, 1920
References: Henderson (1920). 1465. Compressidens pressus (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
Depth Range: 200 m. References: Henderson (1920), Rios, (1975).
Size: 4 mm. Range: 26°N to 8°S; 82°W to 35°W
Local Distribution: TAY. Depth Range: 200 to 775 m.
Global Distribution: Antillas, Colombia. Size: 15 mm.
Local Distribution: MAG, PAL, GUA.
1460. Cadulus verrilli Henderson, 1920 Global Distribucion: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico.
References: Henderson (1920), Díaz (1988).
Range: 41°N ; 71°W Family ENTALINIDAE (Chistikov, 1979)
Depth Range: 210 to 329 m.
Genus Entalina Monterosato, 1872
Size: 2 mm.
Synonyms: Cadulus propinquus A. E. Verrill, 1880. 1466. Entalina platamodes (Watson, 1879)
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY, GUA. References: Henderson (1920), Rios, (1975).
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Range: 30.98°N to 9°S; 79°W to 36°W
Depth Range: 200 to 775 m.
1461. Cadulus parvus Henderson, 1920 Size: 10 mm.
References: Henderson (1920), Díaz (1988), CY1127. Synonyms: Entalina quadrata Henderson, 1920.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Local Distribution: DAR, PAL, GUA, ARCO.
Coordenates: N11º19,531”;W74º03,157” Distribucion Global: Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United
Depth Collected: 25 m. States.
Depth Range: 60 to 1832 m.
Size: 5 mm. Genus Entalinopsis Habe, 1957
Local Distribution: MAG, TAY.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. 1467. Entalinopsis callithrix Dall, 1889
References: Henderson (1920), Rios, (1975), MHNMC- MOL-2795.
Coordenates: N10°53,5”;W75°65,138”
Genus Polyschides Pisbry & Sharp, 1898
Depth Range: 396 to 3798 m.
1462. Polyschides portoricensis (Henderson, 1920) Local Distribution: DAR, TAY, PAL, ARCO.
References: Henderson (1920), Díaz (1988), CY1128. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico.

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Class POLYPLACOPHORA Gray, 1821 Depth Collected: 15 m.


Oder NEOLORICATA Bergenhayn, 1955 Size: 22 mm.
Synonyms: Chiton purpurascens C. B. Adams, 1845.
Family ISCHNOCHITONIDAE (Dall, 1889) Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Genus Ischnochiton Gray, 1847 Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico.
1468. Ischnochiton pectinatus (Sowerby II, 1840)
References: Gotting (1973), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 890048, 1475. Stenoplax floridana (Pilsbry, 1892)
CY1130. References: Pilsbry (1892).
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W
Coordenates: N12º13,427”;W72º12,362” Size: 41 mm.
Deph Collected: 10 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Size: 36 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Family CHAETOPLEURIDAE Plate, 1899
Genus Chaetopleura Shuttleworth, 1853
1469. Ischnochiton erythronotus (C. B. Adams, 1845) 1476. Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1830)
References: Kass (1972), Ferreira (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), References: Kass (1972), Díaz & Puyana (1944), NMNH 801232.
NMNH 878177.
Range: 42°N to 16.5°N; 82°W to 61.5°W
Depth Range: 0 to10 m. Depth Range: 5 to 391m.
Size: 20 mm. Size: 25 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY. Synonyms: Chiton  pectinatus Gould, 1841; Chiton jayi De Kay, 1843;
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, United States. Chiton candisatus Shuttleworth, 1856.
Local Distribution: TAY.
1470. Ischnochiton pseudovirgatus Kaas, 1972 Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
References: Kass (1972), Ferreira (1985) Díaz & Puyana (1994).
Depth Range: 2 to 40 m. 1477. Chaetopleura asperrima (Gould, 1852)
Size: 6 mm. References: Rios (1994).
Local Distribution: TAY. Synonyms: Chaetopleura carrua Righi, 1970.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.

1471. Ischnochiton striolatus (Gray, 1828) 1478. Chaetopleura angulata (Spengler, 1797)
References: Gotting (1973), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 679365, References: d'Orbigny, 1841, Pilsbry, 1892.
CY1131.
Range: 34.95°S to 40.5°S; 62.5°W to 54.97°W
Collected: Bahía Portete.
Depth Range: 10 to 10 m (live 10 to 10 m).
Coordenates: N12°14,108”;W72°08,351”
Size: 27 mm.
Depth Collected: 20 m.
Synonyms: Chiton ferrugineus Spengler, 1797; Chiton lusitanicus Tilesius,
Size: 16 mm. 1802; Chiton fulvus W. Wood, 1815; Chiton velatus Sowerby II, 1840;
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. Chiton tehuelchus d'Orbigny, 1841; Chaetopleura armillata Carpenter, 1892;
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, United States. Typhlochiton felipponei Dall, 1921; Stereochiton felipponei Dall, 1927.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Brazil.
1472. Ischnochiton stramineus (Sowerby I, 1832)
References: Pelseneer (1903), Sirenko (2006). Family TONICELLIDAE Simroth, 1894
Range: 52°S to 54.5°S;74°W to 61°W Genus Lepidochitona Gray, 1821
Depth Range: 0 to 25 m.
Size: 19 mm. 1479. Lepidochitona rosea Kaas, 1972
Synonyms: Chiton imitator E. A. Smith, 1881. References: Rios (1985).
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Chile. Range: 10°N to 19°S; 61°W to 40°W
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 4.7 mm.
1473. Ischnochiton niveus Ferreira, 1987 Synonyms: Lepidochitona montoucheti Righi, 1973.
References: Ferreira 1987.
Local Distribution: CAO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago.

Genus Stenoplax Dall, 1879 1480. Lepidochitona liozonis (Dall & Simpson, 1901)
1474. Stenoplax limaciformis (Sowerby I, 1832) References: Garcia (1968), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 878178.
References: Ferreira (1985) Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 848895. Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
CY1132. Size: 10 mm.
Collected: Taganga. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N11°18°192”;W074°12,214” Global Distribution: Barbados, Colombia, Trinidad.

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Genus Leptochiton Gray, 1847 Genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829


1481. Leptochiton binghami Boone, 1928 1487. Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Kass & Van Belle (1973). References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Kass (1972), Gotting (1973),
Coordenates: N11°25,5”;W74°63,85” FLMNH 2311, CY1136.
Depth Range: 300 to 912 m. Collected: Taganga.
Size: 15 mm. Coordenates: N11°16,195”;W74°12,200”
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG, TAY, PAL, ARCO. Depth Collected: 0 m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Honduras. Depth Range: 0 to 0 m.
Size: 50 mm.
Synonyms: Chiton blauneri Shuttleworth, 1856.
1482. Leptochiton pergranatus Dall, 1889 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO.
References: Dall 1889, MHNMC. Global Distribution: Colombia, United States.
Range: 25°N to 15.29°N; 82°W to 61.41°W
Depth Range: 208 to 2160 m (live 208 to 2160 m)
Size: 12 mm.
Family ACANTHOCHITONIDAE (Pilsbry, 1893)
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico. Genus Acanthochitona Gray, 1831
1488. Acanthochitona rhodeus (Pilsbry, 1893)
Family CHITONIDAE (Rafinesque, 1815) References: Gotting (1973), Ferreira (1985), FLMNH 149175.
Genus Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Size: 30 mm.
1483. Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms: Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbrys 1893).
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Kaas (1972), NMNH 851447, CY1133. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Collected: Bahía Cinto, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona. Global Distriobution: Brazil, Colombia, Pacific eastern, United
Coordenates: N11°19,531”;W74°09,142” States.
Depth Collected: 40 m.
Size: 79 mm. 1489. Acanthochitona spiculosa (Reeve, 1847)
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO. References: Garcia (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 890236.
Global Distribution: Bermuda, Colombia, United States. Depth Range: 0 to 40 m.
Size: 18 mm.
Synonyms: Acanthochitona elongate Kass,1972; Chiton strigatus
1484. Chiton squamosus Linnaeus, 1764 Sowerby, 1840; Acanthochitona interfissa Kass, 1972; Acanthochitona
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Kass (1972), FLMNH 28922, CY1134. andersoni Watters, 1981.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Local Distribution: TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N12°14,108”;W72°08,351” Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
Depth Collected: 0.2 m.
Size: 64 mm. 1490. Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893)
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. References: NMNH 848897, CY1137.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico. Collected: Cabo de la Vela.
Coordenates: N 12°14,108”;W72°08,351”
Depth Collected: 22 m.
1485. Chiton marmoratus Gmelin, 1791 Size: 8.5 mm.
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Kass (1972), Gotting (1973), FLMNH Local Distribution: GUA.
37502, CY1135.
Collected: Cabo de la Vela. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico Puerto
Rico, Venezuela.
Coordenates: N12°14,108”;W72°08,351”
Depth Collected: 0.5 m.
Size: 29 mm.
Genus Choneplax Dall, 1882
Synonyms: Chiton variegatus Röding, 1798; Chiton scarabaeus Reeve, 1491. Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1830)
1847.
References: Ferreira (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 878192.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA, ARCO. Depth Range: 1 to 3m.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, United States. Size: 15 mm.
Synonyms: Acanthochitona elongate Kass,1972;Chiton strigatus
Sowerby, 1840; Acanthochitona interfissa Kass, 1972; Acanthochitona
1486. Chiton viridis Spengler, 1797 andersoni Watters, 1981.
References: Kaas & Van Belle (1980). Local Distribution: TAY, ARCO.
Depth Range: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m) Global Distribution: Bahamas, Colombia.
Size: 18 mm.
Synonyms: Chiton tessellatus W. Wood, 1815; Chiton excavatus
Sowerby II, 1840; Lophyrus excavatus (Sowerby II, 1840); Chiton foveolatus Family CALLISTOPLACIDAE (Pilsbry, 1893)
Sowerby II, 1840; Chiton costatus C. B. Adams, 1845; Chiton gemmulatus Genus Ceratozona Dall, 1882
Shuttleworth, 1853; Chiton reesi Salisbury, 1953; Chiton rubrocarinatus
Usticke, 1959. 1492. Ceratozona squalida (C. B. Adams, 1845)
Global Distribution: Colombia, United States. References: Ferreira (1985), Díaz & Puyana (1994), FLMNH 308, CY1138.

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Depth Range: 1 to 20 m. Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.


Size: 30 m. Global Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia.
Synonyms: Ceratozona rugosa Sowerby, 1840; Ceratozona angusta
Thiele, 1909.
1499. Loligo roperi Cohen, 1976
Local Distribution: TAY.
References: Cohen 1976.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Pacific eastern, Salvador.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Class CEPHALOPODA Cuvier, 1797 Genus Sepioteuthis Blainville, 1824


Subclass COLEOIDEA Bather, 1888
1500. Sepioteuthis sepioidea (Blainville, 1823)
Order SEPIOIDEA Naef, 1916 References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 9549.
Family SPIRULIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Depth Range: 0 to 30 m.
Genus Spirula Lamarck, 1801 Size: 200 mm.
Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, ARCO.
1493. Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic.
References: Abbott (1974), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 726946,
CY1139.
Collected: Golfo de Morrosquillo. Genus Lolliguncula Steenstrup, 1881
Coordenates: N9°34,397”;W75°48,513” 1501. Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823)
Depth Collected: 80 m. References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 575563.
Size: 31 mm. Coordenates: N12°47,611”;W71°70,333”
Local Distribution: MOR, ARCO. Depth Range: 0 to 20 m.
Global Distribution: World wide. Size: 120 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG, TAY, GUA.
Family SEPIOLIDAE Leach, 1817 Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Western Atlantic.
Genus Semirossia Steenstrup, 1881
1494. Semirossia tenera (Verrill, 1880) Genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953
References: NMNH 34672, Abbott (1974). 1502. Pickfordiateuthis pulchella Voss, 1953
Depth Range: 420 m. References: NMNH 574846.
Size: 72 to 96 mm. Size: 40 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic. Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Western Atlantic.

1495. Semirossia equalis (Voss, 1950) Family ENOPLOTEUTHIDAE Pfeffer, 1900


References: Abbott, (1974). Genus Abralia Gray, 1849
Size: 90 mm.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic. 1503. Abralia veranyi (Rüppell, 1844)
References: Abbott, (1974).
Genus Heteroteuthis Gray, 1849 Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic.

1496. Heteroteuthis dispar (Rüppell, 1844) Family ONYCHOTEUTHIDAE Gray, 1847


References: NMNH, 726997, MHNMC.
Depth Range: 220 to 1600 m.
Genus Onychoteuthis Lichtenstein, 1818
Size: 25 mm. 1504. Onychoteuthis banksii (Leanch, 1871)
Local Distribution: DAR, MAG. References: Abbott (1974).
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Atlantic Mediterranean. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic.

Order TEUTHOIDA Family PHOLIDOTEUTHIDAE Adam, 1950


Family LOLIGINIDAE Lesueur, 1821 Genus Pholidoteuthis Adams, 1950
Genus Loligo Schneider, 1784
1505. Pholidoteuthis adami Voss, 1956
1497. Loligo pealeii LeSueur, 1821 References: NMNH 814650.
References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 576786. Depth Range: 457m.
Depth Range: 0 to 400 m. Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic.
Size: 400 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR, MOR, MAG. Family OMMASTREPHIDAE Steenstrup, 1857
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico. Genus Illex Steenstrup, 1880
1498. Loligo pleii Blainville, 1823 1506. Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)
References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 575108. References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), MHNMC-
Depth Range: 100 to 350 m. MOL-2803.
Size: 350 mm. Size: 250m.

Taxonomic Classification 201 |


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Local Distribution: MOR, GUA. 1514. Octopus filosus Howell, 1867


Global Distribution: Colombia, Mexico, Western Atlantic. References: NMNH 730956.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Western Atlantic.
Genus Ornithoteuthis Okada, 1927
1507. Ornithoteuthis antillarum Adam, 1957 1515. Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936
References: Roper et al. (1984), Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 575527. NMNH 815231.
Depth Range: 1000 m. Depth Range: 10 to 200 m.
Size: 180 mm. Size: 70 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR. Local Distribution: MOR, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic. Global Distribution: Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Western
Atlantic.
Genus Ommastrephes Orbigny, 1835
1516. Octopus joubini Robson, 1929
1508. Ommastrephes bartramii (Lesueur, 1821) References: Voss (1969), Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
References: NMNH 575088. NMNH 575871.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Western Atlantic. Depth Range: 6 to 200 m.
Size: 70 mm.
1509. Ommastrephes pteropus Steenstrup, 1855 Local Distribution: MOR.
References: NMNH 730080. Global Distribution: Western Atlantic.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.
1517. Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
Family THYSANOTEUTHIDAE Keferstein, 1866 References: Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 574262.
Genus Thysanoteuthis Troschel, 1857 Depth Range: 1 to 20 m.
Size: 1.5 m.
1510. Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel, 1857 Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
References: NMNH 576995. Global Distribution: Central and Southern Indian Ocean, Western
Global Distribution: All the oceans. Atlantic.

Family OPISTHOTEUTHIDAE Verrill, 1896 1518. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797


Genus Opisthoteuthis Verrill, 1883 References: Roper et al. (1984), Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994),
NMNH 574653.
1511. Opisthoteuthis agassizi Verrill, 1883 Depth Range: 5 to 200 m.
References: Voss (1956), Guerra (1992), NMNH 729079, MHNMC- Size: 1000 mm.
MOL 1626. Local Distribution: MOR, TAY, GUA.
Coordenates: N11°11,533”;W75°13,750” Global Distribution: All Oceans.
Depth Range: 120 to 2200 m.
Size: 800 mm. 1519. Octopus burryi Voss, 1950
Local Distribution DAR, MAG, PAL. References: NMNH 575572.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Western Atlantic. Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Order OCTOPODA Leach, 1818. 1520. Octopus zonatus Voss, 1968


Family OCTOPODIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 References: Voss (1969), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 576513.
Genus Octopus Lamarck, 1798 Depth Range: 30 to 75 m.
Size: 30 mm.
1512. Octopus briareus Robson, 1929 Local Distribution: DAR, MOR.
References: Roper et al. (1984), Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994). Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.
Depth Range: 2 to 20 m.
Size: 1000 mm.
Local Distribution: TAY, GUA. 1521. Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008
Global Distribution: Colombia, Panama, Western Atlantic. References: Leite & Haimovici, 2008.
Global Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
1513. Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851
References: Roper et al. (1984), Hanlon (1988), Díaz & Puyana (1994), 1522. Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny, 1834
NMNH 730019. References: Roper & Nauen (1984), MHNMC.
Depth Range: 6 to 60 m. Depth Range: 90 m.
Size: 90 mm. Size: 200 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR. Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Indian Ocean, western and eastern Atlantic. Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

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Genus Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 Synonyms: Fusocranchia alpha Joubin, 1920; Liocranchia intermedia
Robson, 1924.
1523. Benthoctopus janurai (Hoyle, 1885) Local Distribution: GUA.
References: Voss (1969), Díaz & Puyana (1994), Roper et al. (1984). Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.
Depth Range: 400 to 750 m.
Size: 65 mm. Family TREMOCTOPODIDAE Tryon, 1879
Local Distribution: MOR.
Genus Tremoctopus Chiaie, 1830
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.
1530. Tremoctopus violaceus delle Chiaje, 1830
1524. Benthoctopus oregonae Toll, 1981 References: MHNMC, MOL 5357.
References: Bol. Inv.Mar. Cos. No 31. Size: 1010 mm.
Depth Range: 480 to 502 m. Local Distribution: MAG.
Local Distribution: MAG. Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Genus Tetracheledone Voss, 1955


1525. Tetracheledone spinicurrus Voss, 1955
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994), Roper et al. (1984).
Depth Range: 200 to 400 m.
Size: 100 mm.
Local Distribution: DAR.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Family ARGONAUTIDAE (Tryon, 1879)


Genus Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758
1526. Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
References: Roper et al. (1984), Díaz & Puyana (1994), NMNH 727342.
Size: 300 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

1527. Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786


References: NMNH 729892, CY1140.
Collected: Cabo de Vela.
Coordenates: N12°12,089”;W72°07,058”
Depth Collected: 30 m.
Size: 54 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA, ARCO.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Genus Euaxoctopus Voss, 1971


1528. Euaxoctopus pillsburryae Voss, 1975
References: Voss (1998), Roper & Nauen (1984), MHNMC- MOL 2581.
Coordenates: N11°88,472”;W72°61,083”
Depth Range: 20 to 60 m.
Size: 200 mm.
Local Distribution: GUA.
Global Distribution: Colombia, Western Atlantic.

Genus Liocranchia Pfeffer, I884


1529. Liocranchia reinhardti (Steenstrup, 1856)
References: Voss (1980), NMNH 574872, MHNMC – MOL 4548.
Coordenates: N12°47,611”;W71°70,166”.
Depth Range: 20 to 1000 m.

Taxonomic Classification 203 |


GASTROPODA

204 | Class GASTROPODA


Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1 Lottia albicosta (C. B. Adams, 1845)


12 mm

2 Lottia leucopleura
(Gmelin, 1791) 12 mm
3 Patelloida pustulata
(Helbling, 1779) 21 mm

4 Tectura antillarum
(Sowerby I, 1834) 11 mm

5 Pectinodonta arcuata Dall, 1882


15 mm

6 Copulabyssia colombia
Ardila & Harasewych, 2005

7 Notocrater houbricki
McLean & Harasewych, 1995 - 2.6 mm 8 Notocrater youngi McLean & Harasewych, 1995 - 3.1 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 205
GASTROPODA || 205
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

9 Cocculina emsoni McLean & Harasewych, 1995 10 Cocculina fenestrata


3.3 mm Ardila & Harasewych, 2005

11 Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995


5.5 mm

12 Cocculina rathbuni Dall, 1882 - 12 mm

13 Cocculina portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 12 mm

14 Cocculina beanii Dall, 1882 - 7.2 mm 15 Diodora mirifica Metivier, 1972 - 10 mm

206 || Class
206 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

17 Diodora meta (Ihering, 1927) 12 mm


16 Diodora dysoni (Reeve, 1850) 22 mm

18 Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822) 15 mm

19 Diodora viridula (Lamarck, 1822) 20 mm 21 Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) 20 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 207
GASTROPODA || 207
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

22 Diodora fluviana (Dall, 1889) 8 mm

23 Diodora jaumei Aguayo & Rehder, 1936


14 mm

24 Diodora listeri (d'Orbigny,1847) 30 mm

25 Diodora sayi (Dall, 1889) 20 mm 26 Diodora tanneri (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 58 mm

208 || Class
208 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

27 Emarginula phrixodes Dall, 1927


7 mm
28 Emarginula pumila A. Adams, 1851
12 mm

29 Emarginula tuberculosa
Libassi, 1859 - 8 mm
30 Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
40 mm

32 Fissurella barbadensis
(Gmelin, 1791) 8 mm

33 Fissurella nodosa
31 Fissurella angusta (Gmelin, 1791) 20 mm (Born, 1778) 30 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 209
GASTROPODA || 209
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

35 Hemitoma emarginata (Blainville, 1825)


17 mm
37 Lucapina aegis (Reeve, 1850) 24 mm

38 Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850) 19 mm

34 Fissurella rosea (Gmelin,1791)


22 mm

39 Lucapina sowerbyi
36 Hemitoma octoradiata (Gmelin, 1791) 20 mm (Sowerby, 1835) 24 mm

210 || Class
210 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

42 Puncturella trifolium Dall, 1881


14 mm

40 Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850) 24 mm

46 Rimula pycnonema Pilsbry, 1943


4.3 mm

45 Rimula aequisculpta
Dall, 1927 - 9 mm

48 Perotrochus adansonianus
(Crosse & Fischer, 1861) 75 mm

47 Haliotis pourtalesii
Dall, 1881 - 25 mm

51 Sinezona confusa
49 Bayerotrochus quoyanus (Fischer & Bernardi, 1856) 49 mm Rolán & Luque, 1994 - 1.5 mm

Class
Class GASTROPODA 211
GASTROPODA || 211
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

53 Calliotropis lissocona (Dall, 1881)


6.3 mm
54 Cataegis meroglypta McLean & Quinn, 1987
20 mm

55 Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987) 25 mm

57 Gaza fischeri Dall, 1889 - 18 mm

58 Gaza olivacea Quinn, 1991


31 mm

56 Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758) 95 mm

212 || Class
212 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

59 Gaza watsoni Dall, 1881 - 15 mm

60 Euchelus guttarosea Dall, 1889 - 5 mm

61 Synaptocochlea picta (d'Orbigny, 1847) 10 mm

62 Tegula excavata (Lamarck 1822)


13 mm

63 Tegula fasciata (Born, 1778) 15 mm

64 Tegula hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842) 8 mm

65 Tegula lividomaculata
(C. B. Adams, 1845) 14 mm

Class
Class GASTROPODA 213
GASTROPODA || 213
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

70 Calliostoma barbouri
66 Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791) Clench & Aguayo, 1946 - 11 mm
14 mm
68 Calliostoma adspersum (Philippi, 1851)
24 mm

72 Calliostoma fernandezi Princz, 1978


28.5 mm
71 Calliostoma euglyptum
(A. Adams, 1855) 26 mm

73 Calliostoma fucosum Quinn, 1992 - 12.8 mm 74 Calliostoma javanicum Lamarck, 1822 - 18 mm

214 || Class
214 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

77 Calliostoma pulchrum (C.B. Adams, 1850) 12 mm

75 Calliostoma jujubinum (Gmelin, 1791)


26 mm

78 Calliostoma purpureum Quinn, 1992


16 mm
76 Calliostoma orion Dall, 1889 - 10 mm

79 Calliostoma rosewateri
Clench & Turner, 1960 - 37 mm

80 Calliostoma sarcodum
Dall, 1927 - 8 mm

Class
Class GASTROPODA 215
GASTROPODA || 215
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

82 Calliostoma sp 1
10 mm
83 Calliostoma sp 2 - 11 mm

85 Calliostoma sp 4 - 12 mm

86 Calliostoma sp 5
21 mm
84 Calliostoma sp 3 - 11 mm

216 || Class
216 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

87 Calliostoma sp 6 - 15 mm

88 Calliostoma torrei
Clench & Aguayo, 1940
21 mm

89 Calliostoma rude
Quinn, 1992 - 8 mm

92 Solariella carvalhoi Lopes & Cardoso, 1958 - 6 mm

91 Solariella lubrica (Dall, 1881) 4 mm

95 Haplocochlias swifti Vanatta, 1913


2.5 mm

96 Parviturbo rehderi
94 Haplocochlias moolenbeeki Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945
93 Solariella sp 1 - 12 mm Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 4 mm 2 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 217
GASTROPODA || 217
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

100 Lodderena pulchella


(Olsson & McGinty, 1958) 0.84 mm

102 Astraea phoebia Röding, 1798


22 mm

101 Astraea brevispina


(Lamarck, 1822) 40 mm

107 Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791


44 mm

103 Astraea caelatum 106 Turbo cailleti


(Gmelin, 1791) 72 mm Fischer & Bernardi, 1858 - 17 mm

108 Turbo haraldi Robertson, 1957


25 mm
104 Astraea tectum (Lightfoot, 1786)
105 Astraea tuber (Linnaeus 1758) 30 mm 32 mm

218 || Class
218 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

111 Arene bitleri


Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 5 mm
110 Arene sp 1 - 4.1 mm

109 Cyclostrema tortuganum


(Dall, 1927) 4 mm

113 Arene cruentata (Muhlfeld, 1829)


9 mm
114 Arene variabilis
Dall, 1889 - 6 mm
112 Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
4 mm

116 Arene riisei Rehder, 1943


6 mm 120 Tricolia bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
117 Tricolia affine
6 mm
(C. B. Adams, 1850) 6 mm

115 Arene laguairana 118 Tricolia tessellata 119 Tricolia adamsii (Reeve, 1857)
Weisbord, 1864 - 1.5 mm Potiez & Michaud, 1858 - 5 mm 4 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 219
GASTROPODA || 219
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

121 Tricolia thalassicola 122 Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791 - 27 mm


Robertson, 1958 - 6 mm

124 Nerita tessellata Gmelin, 1791 - 20 mm


123 Nerita peloronta Linnaeus, 1758
35 mm

126 Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822


14 mm
125 Nerita versicolor Gmelin, 1791
14 mm

130. Puperita pupa


(Linnaeus, 1767) 9 mm

129 Neritina virginea (Linnaeus, 1758) 131 Smaragdia viridis


10 mm (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 mm

220 || Class
220 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

132 Phenacolepas hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857) 8 mm

135 Bittium varium


(Pfeiffer, 1840) 5 mm

133 Phenacolepas rushii 134 Batillaria minima


(Dall, 1889) 11 mm Gmelin, 1791 - 17 mm

136 Bittium sp
4 mm

137 Cerithium atratum 138 Cerithium eburneum 139 Ceritium guinaicum 140 Cerithium litteratum
(Born, 1778) 42 mm Bruguière, 1792 - 30 mm Philippi, 1849 - 27 mm (Born, 1780) 35 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 221
GASTROPODA || 221
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

146 Modulus modulus


(Linnaeus, 1758) 13 mm

143 Alaba incerta (d'Orbigny, 1841)


10 mm

141 Cerithium lutosum


Menke, 1828 - 15 mm

148 Planaxis nucleus


(Bruguière, 1789) 13 mm

145 Modulus carchedonius


(Lamarck, 1822) 10 mm

142 Varicopeza crystallina 147 Planaxis lineata


(Dall, 1881) 19 mm (da Costa , 1778) 10 mm

144 Litiopa melanostoma


Rang, 1829 - 19 mm

150 Fossarus sp 1 149 Fossarus orbignyi 151 Cerithidea pliculosa


1.5 mm P. Fischer, 1864 - 3 mm (Menke, 1829) 24 mm

222 || Class
222 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

155 Siliquaria modesta


Dall, 1881 - 10 mm

153 Finella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1840 - 5 mm

152 Finella adamsi


(Dall, 1889) 6 mm

158 Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836) 60 mm

154 Siliquaria squamata Blainville, 1827


24 mm

159 Vermicularia knorrii


(Deshayes, 1843) 80 mm

156 Turritella exoleta 157 Turritella variegata


(Linnaeus, 1758) 56 mm (Linnaeus, 1758) 80 mm

Class GASTROPODA || 223


Class GASTROPODA 223
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

160 Calyptraea centralis


(Conrad, 1841) 10 mm

162 Bostrycapulus odites


161 Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) 18 mm R. Collin, 2005 - 13 mm

165 Crepidula plana


Say, 1822 - 12 mm
164 Crepidula convexa Say, 1822
16 mm

166 Crucibulum planum


Schumacher, 1817 - 34 mm

168 Crucibulum marense


Weisbord, 1962 - 10 mm

167 Crucibulum auricula 169 Crucibulum striata 170 Capulus incurvus (Gmelin, 1791)
(Gmelin, 1791) 24 mm (Say, 1826) 7 mm 11 mm

224 || Class
224 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

172 Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus, 1758)


15 mm

174 Cypraea donmoorei (Petuch, 1979) 55 mm

174 Cypraea donmoorei f. bicornis


(Petuch, 1979) 50 mm

175 Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758) 51 mm

174 Cypraea donmoorei f. tristensis


(Petuch, 1979) 53 mm

173 Luria cinerea 177 Erosaria acicularis


(Gmelin, 1791) 28 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 30 mm 178 Propustularia surinamensis (G. Perry, 1811) 40 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 225
GASTROPODA || 225
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

179 Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)


30 mm

176 Muracypraea zebra Linnaeus, 1758 - 120 mm

183 Pseudosimnia vanhyningi


(M. Smith, 1940) 14 mm

181 Pseudocyphoma intermedium


(Sowerby, 1828) 30 mm

180 Cyphoma signatum


Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 - 45 mm

185 Simnia sp 1
11 mm
184 Cymbovula acicularis
(Lamarck, 1811) 15 mm 187 Ficus communis Röding, 1798 - 120 mm

226 || Class
226 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

189 Ficus howelli


Clench & Aguayo, 1940
60 mm

195 Littorina angustior


Mörch, 1876 - 13 mm

192 Littorina angulifera


(Lamarck, 1822) 24 mm

190 Atlanta peronii


Lesueur, 1817 - 7 mm

198 Littorina nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822)


21 mm

191 Echininus nodulosus 193 Littorina meleagris (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Clench & Abbott, 1942 - 11 mm 10 mm

194 Littorina mespillum


(Muhlfeld, 1824) 10 mm

196 Littorina flava 197 Littorina interrupta 199 Littorina ziczac


King & Broderip, 1832 - 12 mm Fischer-Piette, Gaillard & Jouin, 1961 - 17 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 18 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 227
GASTROPODA || 227
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

200 Nodilittorina tuberculata


(Menke, 1828) 12 mm

203 Natica canrena (Linnaeus, 1758) 70 mm

206 Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840


10 mm

201 Tectarius muricatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 202 Sansonia tuberculata


22 mm (Watson, 1886) 2 mm

204 Natica cayennensis


Récluz, 1850 - 10 mm

208 Natica pusilla Say, 1822


5 mm

207 Natica marochiensis


(Gmelin, 1791) 14 mm

205 Natica guesti


Harasewych & Jensen, 1984 - 10 mm

228 || Class
228 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

209 Natica tedbayeri Rehder, 1986 - 25 mm

210 Polinices hepaticus (Röding, 1798) 40 mm

211 Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) 35 mm

214 Sinum maculatum (Say, 1831) 30 mm

213 Sigatica semisulcata


(Gray, 1839) 10 mm

212 Polinices sp
15 mm

216 Stigmaulax sulcata (Born, 1778) 30 mm 215 Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) 40 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 229
GASTROPODA || 229
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

217 Alvania auberiana


(d'Orbigny ,1842) 2 mm
220 Microstelma vestale (Rehder, 1943) 8 mm

221 Rissoina bryerea


(Montagu, 1803) 5 mm

224 Rissoina striosa


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm
222 Rissoina aberrans
(C. B. Adams, 1850) 12 mm 223 Rissoina cancellata 225 Rissoina sagraiana
Philippi, 1847 - 8 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 8 mm

226 Rissoina catesbyana 227 Rissoina (Schwartziella) fischeri 228 Rissoina (Folinia) bermudezi
(d'Orbigny, 1842) 4 mm Desjardin, 1949 - 6 mm Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 - 5 mm

230 || Class
230 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

229 Rissoina decussata


(Montagu, 1803) 5 mm
230 Rissoina multicostata
(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

231 Rissoina princeps


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 11 mm

232 Rissoina striatocostata


(d'Orbigny, 1842) 7 mm

233 Rissoina sp1 - 6 mm


234 Rissoina sp 2 - 4 mm

235 Rissoina sp 3 236 Zebina browniana 238 Assiminea succinea 239 Barleeia mexicana
7 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 2 mm (Pfeiffer, 1840) 2.9 mm Rolán & Crúz-Abrego, 1998 - 2 mm

Class GASTROPODA || 231


Class GASTROPODA 231
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

240 Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851 - 5.6 mm

241 Caecum imbricatum Carpenter, 1858 - 3 mm

242 Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867 - 2.5 mm

243 Caecum cornucopiae


(Carpenter, 1858) 1.5 mm

244 Caecum nitidum (Stimpson, 1851) 3 mm

245 Caecum antillarum Carpenter, 1858 - 1.2 mm 247 Caecum clava Folin, 1867 - 2 mm

232 || Class
232 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

246 Caecum circumvolutum Folin, 1867


3.3 mm

252 Caecum ryssotitum Folin, 1867


2.3 mm

250 Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851


248 Caecum condylum Moore,1969
2.3 mm
2.5 mm

249 Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858


4 mm

251 Caecum regulare Carpenter, 1858


2.5 mm

253 Caecum sp 1 - 2.5 mm

256 Pyrgophorus parvulus 255 Elachisina floridana


(Guilding, 1828) 2 mm 259 Circulus sp 1 - 2 mm (Rehder, 1943) 6 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 233
GASTROPODA || 233
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

260 Circulus sp 2 - 2.5 mm

271 Pseudorotella parvicallum


(Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945) 2 mm

262 Cyclostremiscus jeannae


Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 - 2 mm

261 Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson, 1858


4.2 mm

263 Cyclostremiscus beauii


(P. Fischer, 1857) 4 mm

267 Episcynia inornata


(d'Orb igny, 1842) 3 mm

265 Cyclostremiscus pentagonus


(Gabb, 1873) 4 mm

264 Cyclostremiscus caraboboensis 268 Parviturboides interruptus


Weisbord, 1962 - 2 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 1.5 mm

234 || Class
234 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

277 Solariorbis infracarinatus


(Gabb, 1881) 1.5 mm

275 Solariorbis funiculus (Dall 1892)


2 mm

273 Solariorbis bartschi


(Vanatta, 1913) 2 mm
279 Teinostoma clavium
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 - 2.3 mm
269 Pleuromalaxis balesi
(Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945) 2 mm

278 Solariorbis multistriatus 279 Teinostoma biscaynense 281 Teinostoma cocolitoris


(A. E. Verrill, 1884) 4.5 mm Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 - 2 mm Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 - 2 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 235
GASTROPODA || 235
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

283 Teinostoma megastoma


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 2.5 mm

285 Teinostoma sp - 1 mm

282 Teinostoma lerema 284 Teinostoma millepunctata


Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 - 1.4 mm Usticke, 1969 - 2 mm

287 Vitrinella elegans


Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 3 mm

290 Vitrinella cupidinensis


Altena, 1966 - 1.7 mm

288 Vitrinella semisculptus 291 Vitrinella filifera 292 Vitrinella floridana


Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 2.5 mm Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 - 4 mm Pilsbry & McGinty, 1946 - 3 mm

236 | Class GASTROPODA


236 | Class GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

296 Truncatella pulchella


Pfeiffer, 1839 - 5 mm

295 Truncatella caribaeensis


Reeve, 1842 - 9 mm

300 Eustrombus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) 220 mm

297 Truncatella scalaris


(Michaud , 1830) 4 mm

299 Aliger costatus (Gmelin, 1791) 142 mm

302 Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)


86 mm

301 Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758


85 mm
298 Aliger gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) 303 Eudolium bairdii
160 mm (Verril & Smith, 1881) 70 mm

Class GASTROPODA | 237


Class GASTROPODA | 237
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

308 Cassis madagascariensis


305 Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) 220 mm Lamarck, 1822 - 100 mm

306 Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1852) 130 mm 307 Cassis flammea (Linnaeus, 1758) 140 mm

310 Cypraecassis testiculus


309 Cassis tuberosa (Linnaeus, 1758) 320 mm (Linnaeus, 1758) 70 mm

238
238 || Class
Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

311 Dalium solidum Dall, 1889 - 45 mm

312 Phalium coronadoi


(Croose, 1867) 120 mm

313 Phalium granulata (Born, 1778)


80 mm

315 Sconsia striata (Lamarck, 1816)


45 mm

316 Oocorys clericus


314 Sconsia lindae Petuch, 1887 - 55 mm Quinn, 1980 - 92 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 239
GASTROPODA || 239
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

317 Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883 - 45 mm

319 Bursa finlayi McGinty, 1962 - 60 mm

318 Bursa corrugata (G. Perry, 1811)


70 mm 320 Bursa granularis cubaniana
(d'Orbigny, 1842) 60 mm 322 Bursa thomae
(d'Orbigny, 1847) 40 mm

321 Bursa spadicea


(Montfort, 1810) 50 mm 323 Distorsio clathrata (Lamarck, 1816) 45 mm

240 || Class
240 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

324 Distorsio macginty


Emerson & Puffer, 1953 - 45 mm

326 Cymatium cingulatum


(Lamarck, 1822) 60 mm

325 Charonia variegata (Lamarck, 1816)


330 mm

329 Cymatium parthenopeum


(Von Salis, 1793) 150 mm

328 Cymatium nicobaricum


327 Cymatium muricinum (Röding, 1798) 55 mm (Röding, 1798) 80 mm

Class GASTROPODA || 241


Class GASTROPODA 241
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

330 Cymatium krebsii (Mörch, 1877)


60 mm

331 Cymatium aquatile (Reeve, 1844) 95 mm

332 Cymatium caribbaeum


Clench & Turner, 1857 - 80 mm 336 Cymatium vespaceum
(Lamarck, 1822) 35 mm

333 Cymatium femorale


(Linnaeus, 1758) 172 mm

334 Cymatium labiosum 335 Cymatium raderi 335 Cymatium raderi


(W. Wood, 1828) 32 mm D’Attilio & Myers, 1984 - 240 mm D’Attilio & Myers, 1984 - 230 mm

242 || Class
242 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

339 Macromphalina diazmerlanoi Rolán & Rubio, 1998 - 4.9 mm

341 Macromphalina sp 1 - 3 mm

337 Ranella olearius (Linnaeus, 1758)


180 mm

345 Hipponix sp 1 - 11 mm

340 Macromphalina palmalitoris


Pilsbry & McGinty, 1950 - 2.9 mm

342 Megalomphalus oxychone 344 Hipponix subrufus 343 Hipponix antiquatus


(Mörch, 1877) 4 mm (Lamarck, 1822) 15 mm (Linnaeus, 1767) 17 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 243
GASTROPODA || 243
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

346 Lamellaria perspicua


(Linnaeus, 1758) 12 mm 352 Trivia pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) 13 mm

347 Erato maugeriae


Gray, 1832 - 4 mm

350 Trivia quadripunctata (Gray, 1827) 12 mm


349 Trivia antillarum Schilder, 1922
6 mm

351 Trivia nix Schilder, 1922 - 10 mm

353 Trivia suffusa


(Gray, 1827) 8 mm

355 Serpulorbis decussatus


354 Trivia sp 1 - 10 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 70 mm

244 || Class
244 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

356 Dendropoma corrodens


(d'Orbigny, 1841) 10 mm
357 Dendropoma irregularis
(d'Orbigny, 1841) 30 mm

359 Petaloconchus cf erectus (Dall, 1888) 38 mm

358 Dendropoma annulatus (Daudin, 1800) 5 mm

362 Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780)


70 mm
360 Petaloconchus varians
(d'Orbigny, 1839) 20 mm

361 Petaloconchus sp 1 - 9 mm 363 Xenophora caribaea Petit, 1857 - 65 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 245
GASTROPODA || 245
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

364 Xenophora longleyi Bartsch, 1931 - 100 mm

365 Amaea mitchelli


(Dall, 1889) 40 mm

367 Cirsotrema dalli


Rehder, 1945 - 28 mm 370 Epitonium babylonia
(Dall, 1889) 32 mm
366 Amaea retifera
(Dall, 1889) 22 mm

368 Depressiscala nautlae


(Mörch, 1875) 22 mm

371 Epitonium matthewasae 372 Epitonium candeanum


Clench & Turner, 1952 - 14 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 22 mm
369 Depressiscala nitidella 373 Epitonium denticulatum
(Dall, 1889) 15 mm (Sowerby II, 1844) 14 mm

246 || Class
246 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

375 Epitonium echinaticosta


(d'Orbigny, 1842) 10 mm

374 Epitonium novangliae


(Couthiouy, 1838) 18 mm

376. Epitonium albidum 377 Epitonium angulatum


d'Orbigny, 1842 - 20 mm (Say, 1831) 20 mm

378 Epitonium foliaceicosta


(d'Orbigny, 1842) 9 mm 379 Epitonium krebsii (Mörch, 1875)
11 mm

385 Epitonium sp 1
10 mm

383 Epitonium unifasciatum


(Sowerby II, 1844) 12 mm
381 Epitonium rupicola 380 Epitonium lamellosum 386 Opalia burryi
(Kurtz, 1860) 25 mm (Lamarck, 1822) 22 mm Clench & Turner, 1950 - 17 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 247
GASTROPODA || 247
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

389 Opalia pumilo


387 Opalia crenata (Mörch, 1875) 16 mm
(Linnaeus, 1758) 15 mm
391 Sthenorhytis pernobilis
(Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) 47 mm
388 Opalia eolis
Clench & Turner, 1950
13 mm

398 Eulima auricincta


Abbott, 1958 - 5 mm 396 Curveulima sp 1
4 mm
392 Janthina exigua
Lamarck, 1816 - 16 mm

395 Costaclis egregia


(Dall, 1889) 4 mm

393 Janthina globosa


Swainson, 1822 - 22 mm

399 Eulima bifasciata


d'Orbigny, 1841 - 9 mm
394 Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) 32 mm 390 Opalia sp 1 - 15 mm

248 || Class
248 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

401 Melanella cf conoidea 403 Melanella cf conica


(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) 7 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 3 mm

402 Melanella cf hypsela 405 Melanella cf jamaicensis


(Verrill & Bush, 1900) 5 mm (C. B. Adams, 1845) 13 mm

406 Nanobalcis worsfoldi 407 Nanobalcis sp


408 Niso aeglees Warén, 1990 - 2.5 mm 5 mm
Bush, 1885 - 15 mm

411 Vitreobalcis nutans


(Muhlfeld, 1824) 5 mm
409 Oceanida graduata
Folin, 1870 - 5 mm 410 Sabinella sp 1
412 Vitreobalcis sp 1 - 6 mm 5 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 249
GASTROPODA || 249
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

413 Vitreolina arcuata


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4.5 mm

417 Triphora intermedia


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 6 mm

416 Triphora decorata


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 10 mm

415 Metaxia rugulosa


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 6.1 mm

418 Triphora modesta


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

422 Triphora turristhomae


(Holten, 1802) 6 mm

420 Triphora melanura


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

424 Marshallora nigrocincta 423 Triphora sp 1 421 Triphora ornata


(C. B. Adams, 1839) 6 mm 6 mm (Deshayes, 1832) 10 mm

250||Class
250 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

427 Cerithiopsis cf latum


C. B. Adams, 1850 - 2 mm

425 Cerithiopsis flava


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

428 Cerithiopsis emersonii


(C. B. Adams, 1839) 6 mm

426 Cerithiopsis bicolor


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 13 mm

430 Cerithiopsis greenii


(C. B. Adams, 1839) 4.6 mm

431 Cerithiopsis rugolosum


C. B. Adams, 1850 - 4 mm

433 Seila adamsii


(H. C. Lea, 1845) 13 mm

434 Antillophos bayeri Petuch, 1987


433 Cerithiopsis sp 1 - 4 mm 25 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 251
GASTROPODA || 251
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

438 Antillophos sp 1
435 Antillophos candei (d'Orbigny, 1842) 15 mm
20 mm 436 Antillophos chazaliei
(Dautzenberg, 1900) 13 mm

444 Colubraria lanceolata


(Menke, 1828) 22 mm

437 Antillophos elegans


(Guppy, 1866) 17 mm

439 Antillophos sp 2
32 mm

440 Bailya intricata


(Dall, 1884) 10 mm 442 Bartschia canetae (Clench & Aguayo, 1944) 85.4 mm

252 || Class
252 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

451 Metula guppyi


Olsson & Bayer, 1972
34.6 mm

446 Colubraria bayeri 447 Colubraria swifti


Petuch,1987 - 15 mm (Tryon, 1881) 12 mm

445 Colubraria obscura


(Reeve, 1844) 33 mm

448 Engina turbinella (Kiener, 1836) 9 mm

449 Engoniophos unicitus


(Say, 1825) 22 mm

450 Manaria fusiformis 454 Pisania auritulus


(Clench & Aguayo, 1941) 55 mm (Link, 1807) 40 mm

453 Pisania tinctus


(Conrad, 1846) 38 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 253
GASTROPODA || 253
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

455 Pisania karinae (Usticke, 1959) 25 mm

456 Pisania pusio (Linnaeus, 1758)


40 mm

458 Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)


5 mm

457 Aesopus obesus


(Hinds, 1844) 10 mm

460 Anachis coseli


Díaz & Mittnacht, 1989 462 Anachis lyrata
10 mm (Sowerby, 1832) 10 mm

459 Anachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) 461 Anachis hotessieriana


8 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 4 mm

254 || Class
254 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

465 Anachis sparsa


(Reeve, 1859) 7 mm

463 Anachis petrii


(Duclos, 1846) 9 mm

467 Columbella dysoni


Reeve, 1858 - 15 mm
464 Anachis sertulariarum
(d'Orbigny, 1839) 8 mm

466 Anachis varia


(Sowerby I, 1832) 8 mm

468 Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)


17 mm

469 Conella ovuloides (C. B. Adams, 1850) 14 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 255
GASTROPODA || 255
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

472 Cosmioconcha calliglypta


(Dall & Simpson, 1901) 8 mm
471 Cosmioconcha rikae
K. & D. Monsecour, 2006 - 12 mm

470 Conella ovulata


(Lamarck, 1822) 16 mm

474 Cosmioconcha nitens


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 8 mm

476 Decipifus sixaolus Olsson & McGinty, 1958


6 mm

477 Mazatlania aciculatum


(Lamarck, 1822) 11 mm

478 Mitrella dichroa 480 Mitrella nycteis


(Sowerby I, 1844) 8.5 mm 479 Mitrella lunata (Say, 1826) 4 mm (Duclos, 1846) 4.2 mm

256 || Class
256 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

483 Nassarina minus (C. B. Adams, 1845)


481 Mitrella ocellata 7 mm
(Gmelin, 1791) 10 mm

482 Nassarina columbellata


(Dall, 1889) 10 mm

484 Nassarina moniliferum (Sowerby I, 1844)


5 mm

486 Pyrene sp 1
9 mm

485 Nitidella nitida (Lamarck, 1822)


11 mm

487 Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) 488 Steironepion maculatum


12 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

Class GASTROPODA || 257


Class GASTROPODA 257
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

491 Zafrona pulchella


(Blainville, 1829) 8 mm

489 Strombina pumilio


(Reeve, 1859) 22 mm
492 Dolicholatirus pauli (McGinty, 1955)
28 mm

490 Zafrona idalina


(Duclos, 1840) 7 mm

493 Fasciolaria tephrina 494 Fasciolaria tulipa


de Souza, 2002 187 mm (Linnaeus, 1758) 240 mm

495 Fusinus ansatus


(Gmelin, 1791) 166 mm

258 || Class
258 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

497 Fusinus colombiensis


Snyder & Snyder, 1999 - 25 mm

496 Fusinus libtbourni


(Snyder, 1984) 50 mm

498 Fusinus dilectus


(A. Adams, 1856) 98 mm

499 Fusinus dowianus 502 Harasewychia harasewychi


Olsson, 1954 - 113 mm 501 Fusinus sp 1 - 240 mm Petuch, 1987 - 34 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 259
GASTROPODA || 259
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

503 Latirus cuna Petuch, 1990 - 24 mm

505 Latirus angulata (Röding, 1798) 37.2 mm

506 Latirus cariniferus (Lamarck, 1816) 61 mm

508 Latirus infundibulum


(Gmelin, 1791) 82 mm
509 Latirus (Polygona) nematus
Woodring, 1928 - 24 mm

260 || Class
260 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

510 Latirus sp 1 - 30 mm

511 Leucozonia leucozonalis


(Lamarck, 1822) 59.5 mm

512 Leucozonia nassa


(Gmelin, 1791) 58 mm

514 Teralatirus cayohuesonicus


(Sowerby III, 1879) 12 mm

513 Leucozonia ocellata 516 Nassarius antillarum 515 Nassarius albus


(Gmelin, 1791) 23 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 9 mm (Say, 1826) 12.8 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 261
GASTROPODA || 261
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

517 Nassarius hotessieri (d'Orbigny, 1842)


6 mm

519 Nassarius consensus


(Ravenel, 1861) 10 mm

518 Nassarius vibex (Say, 1822)


14 mm

521 Nassarius scissuratus


(Dall, 1889) 10 mm

523 Nassarius sp 2
522 Nassarius sp 1 - 11 mm 11 mm

525 Attiliosa aldridgei


524 Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758) 200 mm (Usticke, 1969) 18 mm

262 || Class
262 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

527 Attiliosa kevani E. H. Vokes, 1999


13 mm

528 Boreotrophon aculeatus (Watson, 1882)


45 mm

526. Attiliosa bessei


E. H. Vokes, 1999 - 13 mm

529 Chicoreus franchii


Cossignani, 2005 - 90 mm

530 Chicoreus brevifrons (Lamarck, 1822)


140 mm

531 Chicoreus mergus


E. H. Vokes, 1974 - 64 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 263
GASTROPODA || 263
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

532 Dermomurex cf abyssicola


535 Dermomurex olssoni
(Crosse, 1865) 10 mm
E. H. Vokes, 1989 - 25 mm

533 Dermomurex alabastrum


(A. Adams, 1864) 19 mm
537 Favartia alveata
(Kiener, 1842) 18 mm

538 Favartia cellulosa


(Conrad, 1846) 20 mm

534 Dermomurex kaicherae


Petuch, 1987 - 20 mm

536 Dermomurex pauperculus


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 24 mm

540 Favartia nucea


(Mörch, 1850) 20 mm
539 Favartia minirosea (Abbott, 1954) 541 Haustellum bayeri
8 mm (Petuch, 2001) 92 mm

264 || Class
264 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

544 Haustellum messorius


(Sowerby II, 1841) 74 mm

542 Haustellum cabritii


(Bernardi, 1859) 70 mm

543 Haustellum chrysostoma


(Sowerby II, 1834) 54 mm

545 Haustellum tryoni


(Hidalgo, 1880) 42 mm

546 Haustellum bellus (Reeve, 1845)


80 mm 548 Haustellum donmoorei
(Bullis, 1964) 62 mm

265 | Class GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA


Class 265
GASTROPODA || 265
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

549 Haustellum olssoni


(E. H. Vokes, 1967) 70 mm

550 Haustellum sp 1
54 mm

551 Laevityphis bullisi 552 Murexiella glypta 553 Murexiella sp 1 - 10.5 mm


(Gertman, 1969) 34 mm (M. Smith, 1938) 15 mm

558 Murexsul emipowlusi 555 Murexsul harasewychi


(Abbott, 1954) 10 mm Petuch, 1987 - 9 mm

266 || Class
266 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA | 266
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

558 Risomurex deformis


(Reeve, 1846) 10 mm
557 Muricopsis caribaeus
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) 12 mm

556 Murexsul oxytatus


(M. Smith, 1938) 26 mm

560 Risomurex roseus


(Reeve, 1846) 9 mm

563 Panamurex velero


(E. H. Vokes, 1970) 18 mm

559 Risomurex gilbertharrisi


(Weisbord, 1962) 13 mm

565 Paziella oregonia (Bullis, 1964)


561 Risomurex withrowi 38 mm
(Vokes & Houart, 1986) 10 mm

267 | Class GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA || 267


Class GASTROPODA 267
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

570 Poirieria sp 1
17 mm

566 Phyllonotus margaritensis


(Abbott, 1831) 112 mm

568 Phyllonotus pomum


(Gmelin, 1791) 120 mm

567 Phyllonotus oculatus


(Reeve, 1845) 80 mm
569 Poirieria actinophora
(Dall, 1889) 24 mm

268 || Class
268 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA | 268
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

571 Pterotyphis pinnatus


(Broderip, 1833) 34 mm
574 Purpura patula
(Linnaeus, 1758) 87 mm

575 Pygmaepterys juanitae


J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983
7 mm

576 Pygmaepterys Lourdesae


J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983 - 6 mm

572 Pterotyphis triangularis


(A. Adams, 1855) 14 mm

577 Siphonochelus longicornis


(Dall, 1888) 10 mm

580 Siratus bessei


(Houart, 2000) 40 mm
579 Siphonochelus tityrus 578 Siphonochelus riosi
(F. M. Bayer, 1971) 17 mm (Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980) 12 mm

269 | Class GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA


Class 269
GASTROPODA || 269
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

581 Siratus cailleti


582 Siratus consuela (Petit, 1856) 56 mm
(A. H. Verrill, 1950) 49 mm 584 Siratus articulatus
(Reeve, 1845) 56 mm

587 Siratus beauii


585 Siratus ciboney (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) 131 mm
(Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) 56 mm

586 Siratus thompsoni 588 Siratus hennequini 589 Talityphis expansus


(Bullis, 1964) 44 mm (Houart, 2000) 57 mm (Sowerby II, 1874) 23 mm

270 || Class
270 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

591 Thais canaliculata


(Gray, 1839) 55 mm

593 Stramonita rustica


592 Thais deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822) 50 mm
(Lamarck,1822) 41 mm

590 Thaisella trinitatensis


(Guppy, 1869) 56 mm

594 Stramonita cf haemastoma


(Linnaeus, 1767) 86 mm

596 Trachypollia nodulosa (C. B. Adams, 1845) 20 mm 595 Trachypollia didyma (Schwengel, 1943) 15 mm

271 | Class GASTROPODA Class GASTROPODA || 271


Class GASTROPODA 271
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

600 Babelomurex tectumsinense


598 Vokesimurex sp 1 - 35 mm (Deshayes, 1856) 10 mm

597 Typhis jardinreinensis


Espinosa,1985 - 11 mm

603 Coralliophila aberrans


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 23 mm

599 Babelomurex mansfieldi 606 Coralliophila scalariformis


(McGintym, 1940) 10 mm (Lamarck, 1822) 33 mm

601 Babelomurex dalli 602 Coralliophila abbreviata 604 Coralliophila caribaea


(Emerson & D´ Attilio,1963) 22 mm (Lamarck, 1816) 20 mm Abbott, 1958 - 15 mm

272 || Class
272 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

609 Vexillum cubanum


607 Coralliophila squamosa Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 - 10 mm
(Bivona, 1836) 20 mm 608 Coralliophila nivea
(A. Adams, 1853) 23 mm

611 Vexillum puella


(Reeve, 1845) 7 mm
610 Vexillum dermestinum
(Lamarck, 1811) 11 mm
612 Vexillum variatum
(Reeve, 1845) 11 mm

613 Vexillum epiphanea 614 Vexillum pulchellum 615 Vexillum (Pusia) albocinctum
(Rehder, 1943) 14 mm (Reeve, 1844) 12 mm (C. B. Adams, 1845) 5 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 273
GASTROPODA || 273
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

616 Vexillum exiguum


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 6.9 mm

617 Vexillum hendersoni (Dall, 1927) 618 Vexillum histrio


10 mm (Reeve, 1844) 10 mm

619 Vexillum laterculatum (Sowerby II, 1874)


11 mm

621. Vexillum styria (Dall, 1889) 19 mm

622 Vexillum sykesi (Melvill, 1925) 624 Cysticus sp 1 - 2 mm 625 Gibberula evadne
9 mm (Dall & Simpson, 1901) 2 mm

274 || Class
274 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

627 Gibberula agricola Faber, 2005


2 mm

626 Gibberula fluctuata (C. B. Adams, 1850) 3 mm

631 Gibberula sp 1 - 4 mm

632 Granulina hadria


(Dall, 1889) 2 mm

628 Gibberula lavalleana (d'Orbigny, 1842)


2.5 mm

633 Granulina ovuliformis (d'Orbigny, 1842) 3 mm

630 Gibberula pulcherrima (Gaskoin, 1849) 629 Gibberula yidii Cossignani, 2005
40 mm Holotype MMM - 3.1 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 275
GASTROPODA || 275
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

636 Persicula catenata (Montagu, 1803) 9 mm


634 Pachybathron cypraeoides (C. B. Adams, 1845) 9 mm

635 Pachybathron tayrona


Díaz & Velasquez, 1987
10 mm 637 Persicula multilineata (Sowerby II, 1846) 18 mm

638 Persicula calculus


(Redfield, 1870) 14 mm 639. Persicula hennequini Boyer, Neefs & Wakefield, 1998 - 14 mm

276 || Class
276 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

640 Persicula interruptolineata


(Muhlfed, 1816) 14 mm
642 Persicula obesa (Redfield, 1846) 14 mm

643 Persicula tessellata Lamarck, 1822 - 10 mm 641 Persicula muralis (Hinds, 1844) 10 mm

648 Plesiocystiscus larva


(Bavay, 1922) 2 mm

644 Plesiocystiscus abbotti


(Jong & Coomans,1988) 1.5 mm 647 Pugnus serrei (Bavay, 1911) 1 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 277
GASTROPODA || 277
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

650 Dentimargo reductus 651 Dentimargo sulcatus


(Bavay, 1922) 2.6 mm (d'Orbigny, 1842) 2.5 mm
648 Dentimargo aureocinctus 649 Dentimargo eburneolus
(Stearns, 1872) 4 mm (Conrad, 1834) 4 mm

652 Dentimargo sp 1
4 mm 655 Hyalina pallida (Linnaeus, 1758) 15 mm

653 Eratoidea hematita


(Kiener, 1834) 11 mm

654 Eratoidea margarita 656 Prunum albertoangelai


(Kiener, 1834) 7 mm Cossignani, 2005 - 9 mm 657 Prunum amabile (Redfield,1852) 20 mm

278 || Class
278 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

658 Prunum apicinum (Menke, 1828) 13 mm

659 Prunum carneum (Storer, 1837) 17 mm

661 Prunum leonardhilli Petuch, 1990 - 15 mm

660 Prunum guttatum (Dillwyn, 1817) 20 mm

663 Prunum marginatum (Born, 1778) 26 mm 664 Prunum martini (Petit, 1853) 34 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 279
GASTROPODA || 279
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

666 Prunum pruinosum (Hinds, 1844)


12 mm

665 Prunum poulosi Lipe, 1996 - 34 mm

668 Prunum pulchrum (Gray, 1839) 18 mm

667 Prunum prunum (Gmelin, 1791) 20 mm

670 Prunum sp 1
669 Prunum rostratum (Redfield, 1870) 24 mm 8 mm

280 || Class
280 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

671 Volvarina adrianadiae


Cossignani, 2006 - 5.5 mm 675 Volvarina brasiliana
Boyer, 2000 - 7 mm
672 Volvarina albolineata
(d'Orbigny, 1842) 9 mm
673 Volvarina avena
(Kiener, 1834) 12 mm

676 Volvarina frazzinii 678 Volvarina lactea


Cossignani, 2006 - 9 mm (Kiener, 1841) 7 mm
677 Volvarina hennequini
Boyer, 2001 - 14 mm

674 Volvarina bayeri Gracia & Boyer, 2004 679 Volvarina maya 680 Volvarina mexicana
13 mm Espinosa & Ortega, 1998 - 9 mm Jousseaume,1875 - 7 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 281
GASTROPODA||281
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

683 Volvarina subtriplicata


(d'Orbigny, 1842) 5 mm

682 Volvarina pauli


681 Volvarina monicae Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 5 mm
Díaz, Espinosa & Ortea, 1996 - 19 mm

685 Volvarina tripartita 684 Volvarina taeniata


686 Volvarina veraguasensis (Sowerby I, 1846) 11 mm
Cossignani, 2006 - 9 mm
Wakefield & McCleery, 2005 - 9 mm

687 Morum dennisoni (Reeve, 1842) 688 Morum lindae Petuch, 1987 689 Morum oniscus
60 mm 25 mm (Linnaeus, 1767) 25 mm

282 || Class
282 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

691 Mitra barbadensis


692 Mitra nodulosa (Gmelin, 1791) 32 mm
(Gmelin, 1791) 25 mm

690 Mitra florida


Gould, 1856 - 51 mm

695 Mitra sp1 - 10 mm

697 Fulgurofusus brayi


696 Subcancilla leonardhilli (Clench, 1959) 60 mm
Petuch, 1987 - 22 mm
693 Mitra pallida
Usticke, 1959 - 30 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 283
GASTROPODA || 283
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

698 Fulgurofusus xenismatis


Harasewych, 1983
30 mm
700 Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
100 mm

699 Turbinella angulata


(Lightfoot, 1786) 340 mm

701 Scaphella evelina


F. M. Bayer, 1971- 130 mm
702 Voluta musica Linnaeus, 1758
94 mm

704 Voluta virescens 704 Voluta virescens cf lacertina


Lightfoot, 1786 - 124 mm Petuch, 1990 - 40 mm 703 Voluta polypleura Crosse, 1876 - 98 mm

284 || Class
284 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

705 Conomitra lindae


Petuch, 1987 - 9 mm

706 Pusiolina veldhoveni


Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 8 mm
708 Ancilla tankervillii
(Swainson, 1825) 65 mm
709 Ancilla glabrata
(Linnaeus, 1758) 71 mm

707 Volutomitra erebus


F. M. Bayer, 1971 - 35.6 mm
710 Eburna lienardii (Bernardi, 1859)
55 mm

714 Oliva scripta


Lamarck, 1811 - 47 mm

712 Jaspidella jaspidea


(Gmelin, 1791) 19 mm 713 Oliva fulgurator (Röding, 1798) 45 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 285
GASTROPODA || 285
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

716 Olivella acteocina 717 Olivella myrmecoon


Olsson, 1956 - 4 mm Dall, 1912 - 4 mm

715 Olivella ankeli


Díaz & Götting, 1990 - 7 mm

718 Olivella minuta (Link, 1807)


11 mm
719 Olivella floralia
(Duclos, 1844) 11 mm
721 Olivella lactea
(Marrat, 1871) 18 mm
723 Olivella mutica (Say, 1822)
17.2 mm

726 Olivella petiolita


(Duclos, 1844) 9 mm

725 Olivella olssoni 724 Olivella nivea 727 Olivella watermani


Altena, 1971 - 5 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 16 mm McGinty, 1940 - 9 mm

286 || Class
286 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

730 Conus amphiurgus


Dall, 1889 - 40 mm

729 Olivella sp 2
9 mm

728 Olivella sp 1
11 mm

731 Conus armiger


Crosse, 1858 - 29 mm

733 Conus bayeri


Petuch, 1987 - 16 mm

734 Conus brunneobandatus


Petuch, 1992 - 34 mm 732 Conus attenuatus Reeve, 1844 - 19 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 287
GASTROPODA || 287
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

736 Conus cardinalis 736 Conus cardinalis kulkulcan


735 Conus cancellatus Hwass, 1792 - 32.2 mm Petuch, 1980 - 36 mm
Hwass, 1792 - 60 mm

738 Conus ceruttii


Cargile, 1997 - 14 mm

737 Conus centurio


Born, 1778 - 80 mm 739 Conus cingulatus
Lamarck, 1810 - 44 mm

740 Conus daucus Hwass, 1792


48 mm 741 Conus ermineus Born, 1778 - 80 mm

288 || Class
288 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

743 Conus flammeacolor 744 Conus glenni


Petuch, 1992 - 9 mm Petuch, 1993 - 20 mm
742 Conus finkli Petuch, 1987 - 25 mm

746 Conus ignotus Cargile, 1998 - 25 mm

745 Conus granulatus


Linnaeus, 1758 - 44 mm

747 Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791 748 Conus julieandreae


35 mm Cargile,1995 - 30 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 289
GASTROPODA || 289
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

750 Conus cf mappa mappa


Lightfoot, 1786 - 40 mm

749 Conus mappa granarius


Kiener, 1845 - 70 mm

752 Conus mindanus


751 Conus mazei
Hwass, 1792 - 29 mm
Deshayes, 1874 - 41 mm

753 Conus mus Hwass, 1792


35 mm

754 Conus penchaszadehi Petuch, 1986 - 25 mm

290 || Class
290 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

756 Conus pusio Hwass, 1792


13 mm
758 Conus rosalindensis
Petuch, 1998 - 24 mm

755 Conus puncticulatus


Hwass, 1792 - 30 mm

760 Conus sennottorum


757 Conus regius Rehder & Abbott, 1951 - 46 mm
Gmelin, 1791 - 50 mm

761 Conus spurius spurius


759 Conus sanderi Wils & Moolenbeek, 1979 - 39 mm Gmelin, 1791 - 70 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 291
GASTROPODA || 291
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

763 Conus alainallaryi


Bozzetti & Monnier, 2009
33.2 mm

762 Conus villepinii


76 Conus spurius lorenzianus Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 - 44 mm
Dillwyn, 1817 - 70 mm

765 Conus sp 2
22 mm

764 Conus sp 1
25 mm

766 Leptoconus mappa jesusramirezi


Cossignani, 2010 - 32 mm

767 Hastula cinerea 768 Hastula hastata 769 Hastula salleana


(Born, 1778) 68 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 32 mm (Deshayes, 1859) 25 mm

292 || Class
292 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

770 Terebra protexta


(Conrad, 1846) 32 mm 774 Terebra petiveriana
Deshayes, 1857 - 30 mm

773 Terebra nassula


Dall, 1889 - 68 mm

772 Terebra floridana


Dall, 1889 - 78 mm

778 Agladrillia scissurata


(Dall, 1890) 10 mm
777 Agladrillia lassula
Jung, 1969 - 13 mm

775 Terebra taurina 776 Terebra weisbordi 780 Carinodrillia sp1


(Lightfoot, 1786) 30 mm (J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1984) 30 mm 779 Agladrillia sp 1 - 28 mm 15 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 293
GASTROPODA || 293
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

781 Cerodrillia coccinata


(Reeve, 1845)15 mm 782 Cerodrillia perryae
Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 - 15 mm 783 Cerodrillia thea (Dall, 1884)
12 mm

784 Clathrodrillia albicoma 786 Clathrodrillia minor


(Dall, 1889) 12 mm (Dautzenberg, 1900) 20 mm

785 Clathrodrillia gibbosa


(Born, 1778) 51 mm

787 Clathrodrillia tryonii 788 Compsodrillia canna 789 Compsodrillia haliostrephis


(Dall, 1889) 14 mm (Dall, 1889) 20 mm (Dall, 1889) 14 mm

294 || Class
294 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

790 Compsodrillia tristicha


(Dall, 1889) 32 mm

792 Drillia sp 1
791 Drillia cydia (Bartsch, 1943)
20 mm
20 mm

793 Drilliola comatotropis


(Dall, 1881) 8.7 mm

796 Leptadrillia splendida


794 Drilliola sp 1 - 10 mm Bartsch, 1934 - 8 mm
795 Globidrillia smirna
(Dall, 1881) 15 mm

797 Microdrillia trina 798 Splendrillia lissotropis 799 Splendrillia woodringi


Mansfield, 1925 - 9 mm (Dall, 1881) 7 mm (Bartsch, 1934) 10 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 295
GASTROPODA || 295
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

800 Splendrillia sp 1 - 9 mm 801 Splendrillia sp 2 - 7 mm 803 Syntomodrillia sp 1


9 mm

807 Agathotoma trilineata


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 7 mm
805 Viridrillia sp 2
9 mm

804 Viridrillia sp 1
9 mm 802 Stenodrillia gundlachi
(Dall & Simpson, 1901) 53 mm

808 Bactrocythara asarca


806 Agathotoma candidissima (C. B. Adams, 1845) 9 mm (Dall & Simpson, 1901) 6 mm

296 || Class
296 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

811 Brachycythara biconica


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

809 Bellaspira margaritensis


McLean & Poorman, 1970 - 15 mm

810 Bellaspira sp 1 - 14 mm

812 Buchema hadromeres


(Melvill, 1927) 12 mm

813 Buchema interstrigata 814 Cochlespira elegans (Dall, 1881)


(E. A. Smith, 1882) 12 mm 45 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 297
GASTROPODA || 297
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

816 Crassispira luctuosa


(Orbigny, 1847) 28 mm

815 Cochlespira sp - 50 mm

817 Crassispira verbernei


Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 4 mm

818 Crassispira (gibbaspira) dysoni


(Reeve, 1846) 25 mm

819 Crassispira apicata


(Reeve, 1845) 18.1 mm

821 Cryoturris fargoi 823 Daphnella elegantissima 820 Cryoturris quadrilineata


McGinty, 1955 - 10 mm Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés, 1990 - 15 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

298 || Class
298 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

827 Daphnella retifera


824 Daphnella hayesi 826 Daphnella margaretae (Dall, 1889) 7 mm
Usticke, 1959 - 10 mm Lyons, 1972 - 9 mm

825 Daphnella lymneiformis


(Kiener, 1840) 14 mm

828 Eucyclotoma stegeri


(McGinty, 1955) 13 mm
831 Fenimorea janetae
Bartsch, 1934 - 42 mm

829 Fenimorea halidorema


Schwengel, 1940 - 21 mm

832 Fenimorea sp 1 830 Fenimorea kathyae 833 Fusiturricula acra


15 mm Tippett, 1995 - 50 mm (Woodring, 1970) 44 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 299
GASTROPODA || 299
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

836 Fusiturricula iole


835 Fusiturricula enae Woodring, 1928 - 24 mm
Bartsch, 1934 - 23.5 mm

837 Fusiturricula jaquensis


834 Fusiturricula altenai
(Sowerby I, 1850) 24 mm
(Macsotay & Campos, 2001)
69 mm

839 Glyphostoma gabbii


(Dall, 1889) 17 mm
841 Glyphostoma sp 1
838 Gemmula periscelida 13 mm
(Dall, 1889) 40.5 mm

840 Glyphostoma herminea


Bartsch, 1934 - 14 mm

842 Glyphostoma sp 2 843 Glyphostoma claudoni 844 Glyphostoma epicasta


16 mm (Dautzenberg, 1900) 12 mm Bartsch, 1934 - 26 mm

300 || Class
300 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

845 Glyphoturris quadrata


(Reeve, 1845) 4 mm 846 Granoturris padolina 847 Granoturris presleyi
Fargo, 1953 - 5 mm Lyons, 1972 - 5 mm

849 Hindsiclava chazaliei


(Dautzenberg, 1900)
39 mm
848 Hindsiclava alesidota
(Dall, 1889) 48 mm
850 Hindsiclava polytorta
(Dall, 1881) 58 mm

851 Hindsiclava tippetti


Petuch, 1987 - 47 mm
852 Ithycythara auberiana 853 Ithycythara cymella
(d'Orbigny, 1847) 5 mm (Dall, 1889) 20 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 301
GASTROPODA || 301
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

854 Ithycythara hyperlepta 855 Ithycythara lanceolata


Haas, 1953 - 10 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 10 mm 856 Ithycythara maera
Woodring, 1928 - 10 mm

858 Ithycythara psila


857 Ithycythara parkeri (Bush, 1885) 7 mm
Abbott, 1958 - 6 mm 859 Ithycythara sp 1 - 12 mm

860 Kurtziella venezuelana 861 Kurtziella accincta 862 Kurtziella citronella


Weisbord, 1962 - 5 mm (Montagu, 1808) 9.5 mm (Dall, 1886) 8 mm

302 || Class
302 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

863 Kurtziella dorvillae 864 Kurtziella perryae


(Reeve, 1845) 7 mm Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 - 7 mm
865 Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881)
9 mm

869 Lioglyphostoma oenoa


(Bartsch, 1934) 10 mm

867 Leucosyrinx verrillii 870 Lioglyphostoma aguadillanum


(Dall, 1881) 36 mm (Dall & Simpson, 1901) 14 mm
866 Leucosyrinx tenoceras
(Dall, 1889) 44 mm

872 Lioglyphostoma jousseaumei 871 Lioglyphostoma antillarum 874 Lioglyphostoma sp 1


(Dautzenberg, 1900) 11 mm (d'Orbigny, 1847) 12 mm 12 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 303
GASTROPODA || 303
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

875 Mangelia sp 1 876 Mitrolumna biplicata 877 Nannodiella vespuciana


11 mm (Dall, 1889) 9 mm (d'Orbigny, 1847) 4 mm

879 Pilsbryspira albocincta


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 13 mm
880 Pilsbryspira flucki
(Brown & Pilsbry, 1913) 22 mm

878 Pleurotomella sp 1
68 mm

883 Pilsbryspira zebroides


(Weinkauff, 1876) 11 mm

881 Pilsbryspira leucocyma 884 Polystira albida 885 Polystira barretti


(Dall, 1884) 17 mm (G. Perry, 1811) 82 mm (Guppy, 1866) 70 mm

304 || Class
304 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

887 Polystira hilli


Petuch, 1988 - 34 mm 889 Polystira tellea
(Dall, 1889) 29 mm
888 Polystira sunderlandi
Petuch, 1987 - 42 mm

886 Polystira formosissima


(E. A Smith, 1915) 76 mm

891 Pyrgocythara metria 894 Pyrgocythara crassicostata


(Dall, 1903) 5 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm

890 Polystira vibex 892 Pyrgocythara albovittata 895 Pyrgocythara filosa


(Dall, 1889) 17 mm (C. B. Adams, 1845) 4 mm Rehder, 1943 - 6.5 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 305
GASTROPODA || 305
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

897 Rimosodaphnella morra


(Dall, 1881) 3 mm

899 Strictispira solida


896 Pyrgospira ostrearum (C. B. Adams, 1850) 16 mm
(Stearns, 1872) 13 mm 900 Strictispira paxillus
(Reeve, 1845) 12 mm

902 Tenaturris dysoni


(Reeve, 1846) 6 mm

903 Tenaturris bartlettii


(Dall, 1889) 11 mm
901 Strictispira fuscescens
(Reeve, 1843) 24 mm

904 Tenaturris decora 905 Tenaturris inepta 907 Thelecythara floridana


(E. A. Smith, 1882) 4 mm (E. A. Smith, 1882) 15 mm Fargo, 1953 - 9 mm

306 || Class
306 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

908 Truncadaphne chrysoleuca


(Melvill, 1923) 5 mm

909 Agatrix smithii


(Dall, 1888) 11 mm

910 Cancellaria reticulata


(Linnaeus, 1767) 53 mm

911 Rictaxis punctostriatus


(C. B. Adams, 1840) 8 mm

912 Hydatina vesicaria 913 Micromelo undatus


(Lightfoot, 1786) 45 mm (Bruguier, 1792) 18 mm

914 Architectonica nobilis (Röding, 1789)


45 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 307
GASTROPODA || 307
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

916 Calodisculus retifera


(Dall, 1892) 3 mm

918 Heliacus bisulcatus


(d'Orbigny, 1842) 5 mm
917 Discotectonica discus
(Philippi, 1844) 7 mm

919 Heliacus cylindricus (Gmelin, 1791)


15 mm 920 Psilaxis krebsii (Mörch, 1875)
10 mm

921 Solatisonax sigsbeei 922 Spirolaxis centrifuga


(Dall, 1889) 5 mm (Monterosato, 1890) 3 mm

308 || Class
308 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

927 Boonea seminuda


(C. B. Adams, 1839) 3 mm

923 Mathilda barbadensis


Dall, 1889 - 9 mm

924 Mathilda sp 1 - 11 mm

929 Eulimastoma didymum


(Verrill & Bush, 1900) 2.7 mm
925 Bacteridium bermudense
(Dall & Bartsch, 1911) 2.5 mm

928 Chrysallida toroensis


(Olsson & McGinty, 1958) 4 mm

930 Eulimastoma surinamense 932 Menestho beermanae 933 Menestho sp 1


Altena, 1975 - 3.8 mm Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 3 mm 3 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 309
GASTROPODA || 309
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

934 Odostomia babylonia 935 Odostomia jadisi 936 Odostomia abbotti


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 3 mm (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) 2.5 mm Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 2 mm

937 Odostomia canaliculata 938 Odostomia dux 939 Odostomia engonia 940 Odostomia gemmulosa
C. B. Adams, 1850 - 3 mm Dall & Bartsch, 1906 - 2.6 mm Bush, 1885 - 4 mm (C. B. Adams, 1850) 3.5 mm

941 Odostomia havanensis 942 Odostomia laevigata 944 Odostomia terryi


(Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933) 3 mm (d'Orbigny, 1841) 2.5 mm (Olsson & McGinty, 1958) 2.2 mm

946 Odostomia sp 1 947 Odostomia sp 2 948 Odostomia sp 3 949 Peristichia agria


2 mm 3 mm 2.5 mm Dall, 1889 - 4 mm

310 || Class
310 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

950 Pyramidella crenulata


(Holmes, 1860) 9 mm
953 Triptychus niveus
Mörch, 1875 - 9.5 mm

951 Pyramidella dolabrata


(Linnaeus, 1758) 29 mm

954 Turbonilla cf insularis


Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 6 mm
956 Turbonilla rixtae
Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 4 mm
955 Turbonilla puncta
(C. B. Adams, 1850) 6 mm

962 Turbonilla fonteini


Jong & Coomans, 1988 - 1.5 mm
959 Turbonilla coomansi 965 Turbonilla portoricana 966 Turbonilla pupoides
van Aartsen, 1994 - 3.4 mm Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 5 mm (d'Orbigny, 1841) 5 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 311
GASTROPODA || 311
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

967 Turbonilla pusilla 968 Turbonilla pyrrha


(C. B. Adams, 1850) 4 mm Bush, 1899 - 6 mm 969 Turbonilla stimpsoni 971 Turbonilla unilirata
Bush, 1899 - 7 mm Bush, 1899 - 3 mm

972 Turbonilla sp 1 - 3 mm 973 Turbonilla sp 2 - 4 mm

974 Turbonilla sp 3 - 2 mm

975 Turbonilla sp 4 - 7 mm 976 Turbonilla sp 5 - 7 mm 977 Iselica anomala (C. B. Adams, 1850) 5 mm

312 || Class
312 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

978 Murchisonella spectrum 981 Rissoella caribaea


980 Ringicula nitida
(Mörch, 1857) 1.5 mm Rehder, 1943 - 2 mm
A. E. Verrill, 1872 - 7.5 mm

985 Atys caribaeus


(d'Orbigny,1841) 10 mm

984 Bulla striata Bruguière, 1792


983 Bulla solida Gmelin, 1791 30 mm
45 mm

987 Atys macandrewii 988 Atys riiseanus Mörch, 1875 989 Atys sharpi Vanatta, 1901
E. A. Smith, 1872 - 6 mm 9 mm 11 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 313
GASTROPODA || 313
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

993 Haminoea petitii


990 Haminoea antillarum
(d'Orbigny, 1841) 9 mm
(d'Orbigny, 1841) 11 mm
991 Haminoea elegans
(Gray, 1825) 17 mm

999 Acteocina lepta


997 Philine infundibulum
Woodringny, 1928 - 3 mm
Dall, 1889 - 12 mm

994 Haminoea succinea


(Conrad, 1846) 10 mm

1000 Acteocina atrata


Mikkelsen & Mikkelsen, 1984 1001 Acteocina candei 1002 Acteocina recta 1003 Acteocina sp 1
4 mm (d'Orbigny,1841) 3.2 mm (d'Orbigny, 1841) 3.2 mm 2 mm

314 || Class
314 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1004 Cylichna krebsii


Mörch, 1875 - 3 mm 1105 Cylichnella bidentata
(d'Orbigny, 1841) 2 mm

1007 Scaphander darius


Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 - 25 mm

1009 Paravolvulella texasiana


(Harry, 1967) 3.8 mm
1011 Volvulella persimilis
1008 Scaphander watsoni Dall, 1881 (Mörch, 1875) 3 mm
40 mm

1010 Retusa sulcata


(d'Orbigny, 1841) 3 mm

1012 Volvulella recta 1014 Cavolinia uncinata


Harry, 1967 - 3.5 mm 1013 Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775) 10 mm (Rang, 1829) 10 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 315
GASTROPODA || 315
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1015 Cavolinia gibbosa


(d'Orbigny, 1834) 10 mm
1017 Cavolinia longirostris
(Blainville, 1821) 9 mm
1016 Cavolinia inflexa
(Lesueur, 1813) 10 mm

1019 Creseis acicula


(Rang, 1828) 5 mm

1018 Clio pyramidata


Linnaeus, 1767 - 15 mm 1020 Cuvierina columnella
(Rang, 1827) 9 mm

1021 Diacria major 1022 Diacria trispinosa 1023 Styliola subula


(Boas, 188) 10 mm (Blainville, 1821) 10 mm (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) 10 mm

316 || Class
316 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1024 Limacina inflata


(d'Orbigny, 1834) 2 mm

1038 Cylindrobulla beauii P. Fischer, 1857


13.6 mm

1026 Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828


45 mm

1073 Siphonaria pectinata


(Linnaeus, 1758) 15 mm

1039 Umbraculum umbraculum


(Lightfoot, 1786) 13.6 mm

1074 Williamia krebsii 1075 Trimusculus goesi 1076 Melampus cf bullaoides


(Mörch, 1877) 5 mm (Hubendick, 1946) 12 mm (Montagu, 1808) 10 mm

Class GASTROPODA
Class 317
GASTROPODA || 317
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1078 Melampus monile (Bruguière, 1789)


16 mm

1077 Melampus coffea (Linnaeus, 1758)


25 mm

1079 Pedipes mirabilis (Mühlfeld, 1816)


6 mm
1080 Tralia ovula (Bruguière, 1789)
12 mm

318 || Class
318 Class GASTROPODA
GASTROPODA
bivalvIa

Class GASTROPODA | 319


Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1082 Adrana gloriosa (A. Adams, 1855) 40 mm

1083 Adrana tellinoides (Sowerby I, 1823) 45 mm

1084 Adrana cf patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1846) 20 mm

1086 Adrana scaphoides Rehder, 1939 - 40 mm

1087 Adrana sp 1 - 12 mm 1089 Nucula venezuelana Weisbord, 1964 - 5 mm

1091 Nucula dalmasi Dautzenberg, 1900 1092 Nucula semiornata Sowerby I, 1833
4 mm 6 mm

320 || Class
320 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1093 Yoldia crosbyana (Guppy, 1882)


12 mm
1094 Acharax caribbaea H.E. Vokes, 1970
95 mm

1096 Nucinella woodii (Dall, 1898)


4 mm
1095 Solemya occidentalis Deshayes, 1858
25 mm

1098 Nuculana carpenteri (Dall, 1881)


11 mm

1097 Nuculana acuta


(Conrad, 1832) 10 mm

1099 Nuculana cestrota (Dall, 1890) 10 mm

1100 Nuculana concentrica (Say, 1824) 11 mm 1101 Nuculana platessa (Dall, 1890) 10 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 321
BIVALVIA || 321
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1102 Nuculana vitrea


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 10 mm

1105 Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819)


40 mm

1103 Nuculana sp 1 - 6 mm

1106 Anadara baughmani Hertlein, 1951


30 mm

1107 Anadara chemnitzi


(Philippi, 1851) 20 mm

1108 Anadara notabilis (Röding, 1798) 68 mm

1109 Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 - 45 mm

322 || Class
322 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1111 Arca zebra


(Swainson, 1833) 60 mm
1110 Arca ovalis
Bruguière, 1789 - 35 mm

1112 Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)


12 mm

1113 Barbatia cancellaria (Lamarck, 1819) 55 mm

1114 Barbatia domingensis Lamarck, 1819 - 20 mm 1115 Barbatia tenera (C. B. Adams, 1845) 35 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 323
BIVALVIA || 323
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1118 Bentharca sagrinata (Dall, 1886) 6 mm

1119 Noetia bisulcata (Lamarck, 1819)


1116 Barbatia candida (Helbling, 1799) 70 mm 15 mm

1121 Glycymeris pectinata


(Gmelin, 1791) 35 mm

1120 Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)


60 mm

1123 Glycymeris undata


(Linnaeus, 1758) 25 mm

1124 Glycymeris sp 1
1122 Glycymeris subtilis Nicol, 1956 - 12 mm 10 mm

324 || Class
324 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1125 Limopsis cristata cristata Jeffreys, 1876 - 35 mm 1126 Cratis antillensis (Dall, 1881) 35 mm

1128 Amygdalum sagittatum (Rehder, 1934) 20 mm


1127 Amygdalum politum
(Verrill & Smith, 1880) 45 mm

1129 Botula fusca


(Gmelin, 1791) 25 mm

1130 Brachidontes modiolus


(Linnaeus, 1767) 40 mm

1131 Brachidontes exustus


(Linnaeus, 1767) 18 mm 1132 Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) 18 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 325
BIVALVIA || 325
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1135 Dacrydium leucoguttatum


van der Linden & Moolenbeek, 2004 - 3 mm

1136 Gregariella coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) 25 mm

1134 Crenella decussata (Montagu, 1808) 3.6 mm

1140 Lithophaga aristata


(Dillwyn, 1817) 30 mm

1139 Lithophaga bisulcata


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 25 mm

1141 Lithophaga antillarum


(Orbigny, 1853) 40 mm

1143 Modiolus modiolus 1142 Modiolus americanus


(Linnaeus, 1758) 10 mm Leach, 1815 - 90 mm

326 || Class
326 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1144 Musculus lateralis (Say, 1822) 10 mm

1145 Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 - 35 mm

1146 Mytilus sp 1 - 40 mm

1148 Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) 30 mm

1147 Mytilus sp 2 - 38 mm 1149 Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758) 140 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 327
BIVALVIA || 327
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1150 Pinctada imbricata Röding, 1798


56 mm

1152 Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) 65 mm

1154 Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)


30 mm 1153 Isognomon bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845) 25 mm

1155 Isognomon radiatus


(Anton, 1838) 60 mm

1156 Malleus candeanus


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 30 mm 1157 Crassostrea rhizophorae (Guilding, 1828) 30 mm

328
328 || Class
Class GASTROPODA
BIVALVIA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1158 Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)


98 mm

1161 Ostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758)


50 mm

1159 Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus, 1758) 50 mm

1162 Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801 - 50 mm 1160 Ostrea equestris Say, 1834 - 35 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 329
BIVALVIA || 329
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1163 Atrina seminuda (Lamarck, 1819) 180 mm

1164 Atrina serrata (Sowerby I, 1825) 210 mm

1165 Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791 - 260 mm

330 || Class
330 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1167 Divarilima albicoma (Dall, 1886)


10 mm
1168 Lima pellucida
C. B. Adams, 1846 - 18 mm

1170 Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758) 25 mm

1169 Lima scabra (Born, 1778) 70 mm 1172 Limatula hendersoni


Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 10 mm

1171 Lima locklini McGinty, 1955


1173 Aequipecten exasperatus (Sowerby II, 1842) 32 mm 10 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 331
BIVALVIA || 331
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1174 Amusium fasciculatum


(Hinds, 1845) 35 mm

1175 Amusium laurenti


(Gmelin, 1791) 72 mm 1176 Amusium papyraceum
Gabb, 1873 - 82 mm

1177 Argopecten gibbus 1178 Argopecten irradians concentricus 1179 Argopecten lineolaris
(Linnaeus, 1758) 50 mm (Say, 1822) 51 mm (Lamarck, 1819) 46 mm

332 || Class
332 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1185 Chlamys sentis


(Reeve, 1853) 35 mm

1181 Chlamys imbricata


(Gmelin, 1791) 36 mm

1180 Argopecten nucleus


(Born, 1778) 44 mm

1183 Chlamys muscosa


(Wood, 1828) 32 mm

1182 Chlamys leucophaeus 1184 Chlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819)


(Reeve, 1852) 30 mm 35 mm

ClassClass BIVALVIA || 333


GASTROPODA 333
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1190 Laevichlamys multisquamata


(Dunker, 1864) 12 mm

1191 Leptopecten bavayi


(Dautzemberg, 1900) 13 mm

1192 Lyropecten antillarum


(Récluz, 1853) 20 mm

1188 Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) 65 mm

1186 Euvola chazaliei (Dautzemberg, 1900) 32 mm

334
334 || Class
Class GASTROPODA
BIVALVIA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1197 Propeamussium dalli


(E. A. Smith, 1885) 32 mm

1194 Spathochlamys benedicti


(Verrill & Bush, 1897) 15 mm

1193 Lyropecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758)


160 mm

1200 Spondylus ictericus Reeve, 1858 1199 Spondylus americanus Hermann,1781


60 mm 112 mm

ClassClass BIVALVIA || 335


GASTROPODA 335
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1201 Anomia simplex d'Orbigny, 1853 - 30 mm

1202 Pododesmus rudis (Broderip, 1834) 65 mm

1203 Dimya tigrina F. M. Bayer, 1971


9 mm

1204 Crassinella lunulata


(Conrad, 1834) 6 mm

1205 Crassinella martinicensis


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 5 mm 1206 Eucrassatella speciosa (A. Adams, 1854) 74 mm

336 || Class
336 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1208 Carditopsis smithii (Dall, 1896) 3 mm

1207 Carditamera gracilis (Schuttleworth, 1856) 44 mm

1210 Pandora bushiana Dall, 1886 - 10 mm

1211 Entodesma beana (d'Orbigny, 1853) 20 mm

1212 Lyonsia hyalina


(Conrad, 1831) 20 mm

1214 Periploma coseli Ardila & Díaz, 1998 - 14 mm

ClassClass BIVALVIA || 337


GASTROPODA 337
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1215 Periploma margaritaceum


(Lamarck, 1801) 33 mm
1216 Periploma sanctamarthaensis
Ardila & Díaz, 1998 - 40 mm

1218 Cyathodonta rugosa (Lamarck, 1818) 60 mm

1217 Asthenothaerus sp 1 - 5 mm 1219 Thracia sp 1 - 10 mm

1220 Euciroa elegantissima 1223 Verticordia ornata (d'Orbigny, 1853)


(Dall, 1881) 10 mm 5 mm

338 || Class
338 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1228 Cardiomya alternata


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 4 mm

1225 Poromya granulata


(Nyst & Westendorp, 1839) 4 mm

1226 Poromya rostrata


Rehder, 1943 - 8 mm

1229 Cardiomya ornatissima


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 10 mm

1232 Cuspidaria glacialis (G. O. Sars, 1878) 50 mm

1233 Cuspidaria jeffreysi (Dall, 1881) 12 mm

1235 Plectodon granulatus (Dall, 1881) 5 mm

1236 Anodontia alba


Link, 1807 - 68 mm

ClassClass BIVALVIA || 339


GASTROPODA 339
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1238 Codakia costata


(d'Orbigny, 1846) 9 mm

1237 Codakia (Ctena) pectinella


(C. B. Adams, 1852) 12 mm

1239 Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) 65 mm

1240 Ctena orbiculata


(Montagu, 1808) 23 mm

1241 Divaricella quadrisulcata


(d'Orbigny, 1846) 20 mm 1243 Lucina leucocyma Dall, 1886
7 mm

1242 Divaricella weberi


Olsson y McGynty, 1958 - 20 mm

1244 Lucina (Callucina) keenae 1245 Lucina muricata (Spengler, 1798)


Chavan, 1971 - 14 mm 20 mm

340
340 || Class
Class GASTROPODA
BIVALVIA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1247 Lucina cf phenax


Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 5 mm

1246 Lucina pectinata C. B. Adams, 1852


68 mm

1248 Lucina pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1758)


40 mm

1250 Parvilucina blanda (Dall, 1901) 8 mm


1249 Myrtea pristiphora
Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 5 mm 1251 Parvilucina clenchi (Altena, 1968)
3 mm

1255 Diplodonta semiaspera Philippi, 1836 1256 Diplodonta soror (C.B Adams, 1852) 1257 Diplodonta notata
11 mm 17 mm Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 8 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 341
BIVALVIA || 341
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1260 Diplodonta sp 1
1259 Diplodonta punctata (Say, 1822) 11 mm 5 mm

1258 Diplodonta nucleiformis


(Wagner, 1840) 14 mm

1262 Timothynus rehderi


(Altena, 1968) 10 mm

1261 Diplodonta sp 2 - 10 mm

1263 Thyasira bicsecta (Conrad, 1849) 65 mm

1264 Thyasira trisinuata (d'Orbigny, 1853) 9 mm

342
342 || Class
Class GASTROPODA
BIVALVIA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1265 Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus, 1767) 65 mm

1268 Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791


90 mm

1266 Chama congregata


Conrad, 1833 - 35 mm

1267 Chama florida Lamarck, 1819


15 mm

1270 Chama sinuosa


Broderip, 1836 - 29 mm

1271 Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819)


1269 Chama sarda Reeve, 1847 - 29 mm 65 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 343
BIVALVIA || 343
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1273 Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791)


5 mm

1274 Mysella planulata


(Stimpson, 1857) 2 mm

1276 Cymatioa bibsae (Usticke, 1969) 8 mm

1278 Galeommatid sp 2
3 mm
1280 Galeommatid sp 4 - 3 mm

1279 Galeommatid sp 3
2 mm

1277 Galeommatid sp 1
2 mm

1281 Galeommatid sp 5 - 4 mm 1282 Lepton lepidum (Say, 1826) 4 mm

344 || Class
344 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1285 Spengleria rostrata (Spengler, 1783) 20 mm

1283 Gastrochaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)


16 mm

1284 Gastrochaena ovata Sowerby I, 1834 1286 Coralliophaga coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791)
20 mm 36 mm

1292 Basterotia elliptica (Recluz, 1850)


7 mm
1291 Vesicomya caribbea Boss, 1967 - 96 mm

1294 Planktomya henseni Simroth, 1896 - 4.5 mm 1293 Basterotia quadrata (Hanley, 1843) 10 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 345
BIVALVIA || 345
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1296 Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758)


37 mm

1295 Polymesoda arctata


(Deshayes, 1854) 55 mm

1299 Laevicardium pictum


(Ravenel, 1861) 14 mm

1298 Laevicardium laevigatum


(Linnaeus, 1758) 55 mm

1297 Laevicardium sybariticum


(Dall, 1886) 20 mm

1300 Microcardium tinctum 1302 Papyridea semisulcata (Gray, 1825)


(Dall, 1881) 15 mm 16 mm

346 || Class
346 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1303 Papyridea soleniformis


(Bruguière, 1789) 43 mm

1304 Trachycardium isocardia (Linnaeus, 1758) 65 mm

1305 Trachycardium magnum


(Linnaeus, 1758) 40 mm

1306 Trachycardium muricatum


(Linnaeus, 1758) 40 mm

1307 Trigoniocardia antillarum 1308 Anomalocardia brasiliana


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 9 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 9 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 347
BIVALVIA || 347
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1309 Callista eucymata (Dall, 1890) 32 mm

1310 Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) 70 mm

1311 Chione mazyckii Dall, 1902 - 22 mm


1312 Chione intapurpurea (Conrad, 1949) 30 mm

1313 Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)


26 mm 1314 Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767) 39 mm

348 || Class
348 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1316 Circomphalus strigillinus


(Dall, 1902) 14 mm
1315 Chione subrostrata
(Lamarck, 1818) 22 mm

1317 Cyclinella tenuis (Récluz, 1852) 39 mm

1318 Dosinia concentrica (Born, 1778) 39 mm

1319 Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) 5 mm 1320 Gouldia cerina (C. B. Adams, 1845) 4 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 349
BIVALVIA || 349
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1322 Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) 55 mm

1323 Periglypta listeri (Gray, 1838) 73 mm

1324 Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791)


30 mm

1325 Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778)


30 mm

1326 Pitar arestus (Dall & Simpson, 1901)


51 mm

1327 Pitar sp 1 - 60 mm 1328 Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758) 40 mm

350 || Class
350 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1329 Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)


44 mm

1330 Protothaca granulata (Gmelin, 1791)


20 mm

1331 Protothaca pectorina (Lamarck, 1818)


32 mm
1332 Tivela geijskesi Altena, 1968 - 15 mm

1334 Transennella culebrana


1333 Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) 25 mm (Dall & Simpson, 1901) 7 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 351
BIVALVIA || 351
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1335 Transenella cubaniana


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 10 mm 1336 Transennella stimpsoni 1337 Ventricolaria listeroides
Dall, 1902 - 7 mm Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967 - 10 mm

1339 Cooperella atlantica Rehder, 1943 - 16 mm

1338 Ventricolaria rigida (Dillwyn, 1817)


72 mm

1341 Petricola pholadiformis gracilis Deshayes, 1835 - 54 mm

1342 Rupellaria typica (Jonas, 1844)


1339 Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791) 30 mm 29 mm

352 || Class
352 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1343 Cymatoica orientalis


(Dall, 1890) 9 mm

1344 Macoma constricta


(Bruguière, 1792) 52 mm

1346 Macoma cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846) 26 mm

1348 Macoma pseudomera


Dall & Simpson, 1901 - 20 mm

1347 Macoma limula Dall, 1895 - 20 mm

1349 Macoma tageliformis Dall, 1900 - 34 mm 1350 Macoma tenta (Say, 1834) 14 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 353
BIVALVIA || 353
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1351 Psammotreta intastriata


(Say, 1826) 48 mm

1353 Strigilla gabbi Olsson & McGinty, 1958 - 30 mm

1354 Strigilla mirabilis (Philippi, 1841) 17 mm

1355 Strigilla pisiformis 1356 Strigilla producta


(Linnaeus, 1758) 10 mm Tryon, 1870 - 7 mm

1357 Strigilla pseudocarnaria Boss, 1969 - 15 mm 1358 Tellina (Angulus) probinus (Boss, 1964) 14 mm

354 || Class
354 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1359 Tellina magna Spengler, 1798 - 88 mm 1360 Tellina (Merisca) martinicensis


(d'Orbigny, 1853) 9 mm

1362 Tellina (Eurytellina) nitens (C. B. Adams, 1845)


20 mm

1361 Tellina (Tellinella) listeri (Röding, 1798)


71 mm

1364 Tellina radiata Linnaeus, 1758


75 mm

1363 Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata 1365 Tellina (Angulus) sybaritica Dall, 1881
Say, 1824 - 16 mm 17 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 355
BIVALVIA || 355
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1367 Tellina (Euritellina) lineata


Turton, 1819 - 34 mm

1366 Tellina (Arcopagia) fausta Pulteney, 1799 - 80 mm

1369 Tellina (Euritellina) trinitatis (Tomlin, 1929)


34 mm
1368 Tellina (Euritellina) punicea (Born, 1778) 25 mm

1371 Tellina (Merisca) juttingae (Altena, 1965)


1370 Tellina (Eurytellina) angulosa (Gmelin, 1791) 50 mm 36 mm

356 || Class
356 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1372 Tellina (Scissula) consobrina d'Orbigny, 1842 1373 Tellina (Scissula) sandix (Boss, 1968)
22 mm 25 mm

1374 Tellina cristallina Splengler, 1798 - 22 mm

1375 Tellina diantha Boss, 1964 - 26 mm

1377 Tellina laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 - 73 mm 1378 Tellina mera Say, 1834 - 9 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 357
BIVALVIA || 357
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1379 Tellina perisca Dall & Simpson, 1801 1380 Tellina versicolor De Kay, 1843
12 mm 12 mm

1381 Tellina vespuciana d'Orbigny, 1853


7.5 mm
1382 Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 - 25 mm

1383 Donax striatus Linnaeus, 1767 - 25 mm 1384 Donax vagus Weisbord, 1984 - 14 mm

1386 Heterodonax bimaculatus


1385 Donax vellicatus Reeve, 1855 - 14 mm (Linnaeus, 1758) 12 mm

358 || Class
358 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1387 Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) 72 mm

1388 Gari circe (Mörch, 1876) 50 mm

1389 Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758) 60 mm

1390 Sanguinolaria cruenta (Lightfoot, 1786) 82 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 359
BIVALVIA || 359
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1393 Abra lioica (Dall, 1881) 9 mm

1391 Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791)


54 mm

1392 Abra aequalis (Say, 1822)


9 mm

1394 Abra longicallis (Sacchi, 1837) 19 mm


1395 Cumingia coarctata Sowerby I, 1833
19 mm

1396 Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808) 10 mm 1397 Semele (Semelina) nuculoides (Conrad, 1841) 3 mm

360 || Class
360 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1398 Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837) 12 mm

1400 Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) 29 mm

1399 Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799) 29 mm

1402 Solecurtus cumingianus (Dunker, 1861) 49 mm

1401 Solecurtus sanctaemarthae d'Orbigny, 1853


28 mm

1403 Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1874) 38 mm 1404 Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786) 46 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 361
BIVALVIA || 361
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1405 Solen obliquus Spengler, 1794 - 110 mm

1406 Solen rosewateri Altena, 1971 - 64 mm

1407 Solen tairona Cosel, 1985 - 42 mm

1408 Anatina anatina (Splenger, 1802) 65 mm

1410 Mactra fragilis Gmelin, 1791


1409 Mactra (Mactrellana) alata Splenger, 1802 - 98 mm 42 mm

362 || Class
362 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1411 Mactra iheringi (Dall, 1887)


35 mm

1412 Mactra petitii d'Orbigny, 1846


44 mm

1414 Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)


26 mm

1416 Mytilopsis sallei Recluz, 1849


1415 Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) 55 mm 20 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 363
BIVALVIA || 363
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1418 Corbula cymella Dall, 1881 - 12 mm

1420 Corbula (Juliacorbula) aequivalvis (Philippi, 1936)


12.7 mm

1419 Corbula (Variocorbula) operculata Philippi, 1848


6 mm

1421 Corbula caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853 - 25 mm

1422 Corbula chittyana C. B. Adams, 1852 - 10 mm

1424 Corbula dietziana


1423 Corbula contracta Say, 1822 - 7 mm C. B. Adams, 1852 - 16 mm

364 || Class
364 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1425 Barnea truncata (Say, 1822) 29 mm

1427 Martesia cuneiformis (Say, 1822) 24 mm

1429 Martesia striata (Linnaeus, 1758) 20 mm


1428 Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1890
12 mm

1430 Pholas campechiensis


Gmelin, 1791 - 95 mm

ClassClass
GASTROPODA 365
BIVALVIA || 365
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1432 Bankia fimbriatula 1433 Bankia campanellata


Moll & Roch, 1931 - 10 mm Moll & Roch, 1931 - 10 mm

1434 Bankia carinata (Gray, 1827) 10 mm 1435 Bankia cieba Clench & Turner, 1946
10 mm

1436 Bankia destructa Clench & Turner, 1946 - 10 mm 1437 Bankia gouldi (Bartsch, 1908) 10 mm

366 || Class
366 Class BIVALVIA
GASTROPODA
SCAPHOPODA

Class GASTROPODA | 367


COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1441 Antalis ceratum


Dall, 1881 - 19 mm
1438 Dentalium americanum
Chenu, 1843 - 34 mm

1440 Dentalium laqueatum


A. E. Verrill, 1885 - 40 mm

1439 Dentalium gouldii


Dall, 1889 - 40 mm

1442 Antalis disparile


(d'Orbigny, 1847) 20 mm

1443 Antalis antillarum


(d'Orbigny, 1847) 15 mm

1445 Graptacme semistriata 1447 Laevidentalium liodon


(Turton, 1819) 25 mm (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) 11 mm

1444 Graptacme eborea 1446 Laevidentalium callipeplum


(Conrad, 1846) 10 mm (Dall, 1889) 70 mm

368 || Class
368 Class SCAPHOPODA
GASTROPODA
Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea

1463 Polyschides tetraschistus


1448 Episiphon didymus (Watson, 1879) 10.2 mm
(Watson, 1879) 10 mm

1466 Entalina platamodes


(Watson, 1879) 10 mm

1465 Compressidens pressus


(Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) 15 mm
1464 Polyschides tetrodon
(Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898) 4 mm

Class SCAPHOPODA
Class 369
GASTROPODA || 369
POLYPLACOPHORA

370 | Class GASTROPODA


COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1469 Ischnochiton erythronotus


(C. B. Adams, 1845) 20 mm
1471 Ischnochiton striolatus
(Gray, 1828) 16 mm

1468 Ischnochiton pectinatus


(Sowerby II, 1840) 36 mm
1470 Ischnochiton pseudovirgatus
Kaas, 1972 - 6 mm

1479 Lepidochitona rosea


Kaas, 1972 - 4.7 mm

1475 Stenoplax limaciformis


(Sowerby I, 1832) 22 mm
1476 Chaetopleura apiculata
(Say, 1830) 25 mm

1482 Leptochiton pergranatus


1480 Lepidochitona liozonis 1483 Chiton tuberculatus
Dall, 1889 - 12 mm
(Dall & Simpson, 1901) 10 mm Linnaeus, 1758 - 79 mm

Class
Class POLYPLACOPHORA 371
GASTROPODA || 371
1484 Chiton squamosus 1487 Acanthopleura granulata
Linnaeus, 1764 - 64 mm (Gmelin, 1791) 50 mm

1485 Chiton marmoratus


Gmelin, 1791 - 29 mm

1490 Acanthochitona pygmaea


(Pilsbry, 1893) 8.5 mm
1488 Acanthochitona rhodeus
(Pilsbry, 1893) 30 mm

1491 Choneplax lata 1492 Ceratozona squalida


(Guilding, 1830) 15 mm (C. B. Adams, 1845) 30 mm

372 || Class
372 Class POLYPLACOPHORA
GASTROPODA
CEPHALOPODA

Class GASTROPODA | 373


COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1496 Heteroteuthis dispar (Rüppell, 1844) 25 mm

1497 Loligo pealeii LeSueur, 1821


400 mm

1494 Semirossia tenera (Verrill, 1880)


72 to 96 mm

1498 Loligo pleii Blainville, 1823


350 mm

1500 Sepioteuthis sepioidea


1499 Loligo roperi Cohen, 1976 (Blainville, 1823) 200 mm

374 || Class
374 Class CEPHALOPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1503 Abralia veranyi (Rüppell, 1844)

1502 Pickfordiateuthis pulchella


1501 Lolliguncula brevis Voss, 1953 - 40 mm
(Blainville, 1823) 120 mm

1506 Illex coindetii (Vérany, 1839)


1504 Onychoteuthis banksii 250 mm 1507 Ornithoteuthis antillarum
(Leanch, 1871) Adam, 1957 - 180 mm

ClassCEPHALOPODA
Class 375
GASTROPODA || 375
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1508 Ommastrephes bartramii


(Lesueur, 1821)
1510 Thysanoteuthis rhombus
Troschel, 1857
1509 Ommastrephes pteropus
Steenstrup, 1855

1512 Octopus briareus Robson, 1929 - 1000 mm

1515 Octopus hummelincki


Adam, 1936 - 70 mm

1513 Octopus defilippi


1516 Octopus joubini Robson, 1929 - 70 mm Vérany, 1851 - 90 mm

376 || Class
376 Class CEPHALOPODA
GASTROPODA
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1517 Octopus macropus Risso, 1826 - 1500 mm

1519 Octopus burryi Voss, 1950

1523 Benthoctopus janurai


(Hoyle, 1885) 65 mm

1520 Octopus zonatus Voss, 1968 1525 Tetracheledone spinicurrus 1526 Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
30 mm Voss, 1955 - 100 mm 300 mm

ClassCEPHALOPODA
Class 377
GASTROPODA || 377
COLOMBIAN Seashells from the Caribbean Sea Enrique Yidi Daccarett / Víctor Sarmiento Bossio

1528 Euaxoctopus pillsburryae Voss, 1975


200 mm

1530 Tremoctopus violaceus delle Chiaje, 1830


1010 mm

378 || Class
378 Class CEPHALOPODA
GASTROPODA
GLOSSARY

BATHYMETRIC: Marine depth


BIODETRITUS: Decays, generally solid ones, causing for the decomposition of organic and mineral
sources.
BIOMASS: Organic matter produced in a metabolic process
CEPHALIZATION: Centralization of the central nervous system in the anterior part of the animal,
originating the head.
CY: Yidi’s Collection
FLMNH: Florida Museum of Natural History.
INVEMAR: Institute for Colombian Marine and Coastal Investigations
MORPHOLOGY: Shape and structure of an organism or system.
NMNH: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian.
NMNHMC: National Museum of Natural History Marine of Colombia.
RÁDULA: “Mollusk tongue”, a ribbonlike structure found in the mouth, bearing numerous rows of
teeth, usually used to tear up food and take it into the mouth ¨
WORM-SHAPED: Like a worm or verme.

Class GASTROPODA | 379


PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

. Pectinodonta arcuata Dall, 1882, Invemar.


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6. Copulabyssia colombia Ardila & Harasewych, 2005, Invemar.
7. Notocrater houbricki McLean & Harasewych, 1995, Invemar.
8. Notocrater youngi McLean & Harasewych, 1995, Invemar.
9. Cocculina emsoni McLean & Harasewych, 1995, Invemar.
10. Cocculina fenestrata Ardila & Harasewych, 2005, Invemar.
11. Cocculina messingi McLean & Harasewych, 1995, Invemar.
12. Cocculina rathbuni Dall, 1882, Invemar.
13. Cocculina portoricensis Dall & Simpson, 1901, Invemar.
14. Cocculina beanii Dall, 1882, Invemar.
26. Diodora tanneri (A. E. Verrill, 1882), Invemar.
42. Puncturella trifolium Dall, 1881, Sunderland & Sunderland.
47. Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881, Sunderland & Sunderland.
59. Gaza watsoni Dall, 1881, Invemar.
87. Calliostoma sp 6, Sunderland & Sunderland.
91. Solariella lubrica (Dall, 1881), Invemar.
96. Parviturbo rehderi Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
122. Nerita fulgurans Gmelin, 1791, Dominique Lamy.
126. Neritina meleagris Lamarck, 1822, Dominique Lamy.
132. Phenacolepas hamillei (P. Fischer, 1857), Dominique Lamy.
144. Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829, Dominique Lamy.
153. Finella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1840), Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
223. Rissoina cancellata Philippi, 1847, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
238. Assiminea succinea (Pfeiffer, 1840), Dominique Lamy.
240. Caecum floridanum Stimpson, 1851, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
242. Caecum cycloferum Folin, 1867, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
243. Caecum cornucopiae (Carpenter, 1858), Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
250. Caecum pulchellum Stimpson, 1851, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
249. Caecum plicatum Carpenter, 1858, Dominique Lamy.
251. Caecum regulare Carpenter, 1858, Dominique Lamy.
268. Parviturboides interruptus (C. B. Adams, 1850), Emilio Roland.
317. Oocorys sulcata P. Fischer, 1883, Sunderland & Sunderland.
339. Macromphalina diazmerlanoi Rolán & Rubio, 1998, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
342. Megalomphalus oxychone (Mörch, 1877), Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
359. Petaloconchus cf erectus (Dall, 1888), Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
368. Depressiscala nautlae (Mörch, 1875), Dominique Lamy.
415. Metaxia rugulosa (C. B. Adams, 1850), Emilio Roland.
430. Cerithiopsis greenii (C. B. Adams, 1839), Emilio Roland.
433. Seila adamsii (H. C. Lea, 1845), Emilio Roland.
436. Antillophos chazaliei (Dautzenberg, 1900), Emilio Roland.
451. Metula guppyi Olsson & Bayer, 1972, Invemar.

380 | Class GASTROPODA


493. Fasciolaria tephrina de Souza, 2002, Sunderland & Sunderland.
538. Favartia cellulosa (Conrad, 1846), David Massemin.
567. Phyllonotus oculatus (Reeve, 1845), Houart Roland.
578. Siphonochelus riosi (Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980), Invemar.
603. Coralliophila aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850), Dominique Lamy.
606. Coralliophila scalariformis (Lamarck, 1822), Dominique Lamy.
616. Vexillum exiguum (C. B. Adams, 1845), Dominique Lamy.
629. Gibberula yidii Cossignani, 2005, Tiziano Cossignani.
674. Volvarina bayeri Gracia & Boyer, 2004, Invemar.
707. Volutomitra erebus F. M. Bayer, 1971, Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
710. Eburna lienardii (Bernardi, 1859), Dominique Lamy.
733. Conus bayeri Petuch, 1987, Andre Poremski.
734. Conus brunneobandatus Petuch, 1992, Dominique Lamy.
736. Conus cardinalis Hwass, 1792, Andre Poremski.
742. Conus finkli Petuch, 1987, Andre Poremski.
760. Conus sennottorum Rehder & Abbott, 1951, Andre Poremski.
766. Leptoconus mappa jesusramirezi Cossignani, 2010, Tiziano Cossignani.
767. Hastula cinérea (Born, 1778), Dominique Lamy.
793. Drilliola comatotropis (Dall, 1881), Peggy Williams.
835. Fusiturricula enae Bartsch, 1934, Peggy Williams.
853. Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889), Peggy Williams.
867. Leucosyrinx verrillii (Dall, 1881), Peggy Williams.
872. Lioglyphostoma jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1900) Peggy Williams.
895. Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943, Peggy Williams.
914. Architectonica nobilis (Röding, 1789), Juan Manuel Díaz & Mónica Puyana.
953. Triptychus niveus Mörch, 1875, Dominique Lamy.
1094. Acharax caribbaea H.E. Vokes, 1970, Invemar.
1098. Nuculana carpenteri (Dall, 1881), Dominique Lamy.
1126. Cratis antillensis (Dall, 1881), Dominique Lamy.
1182. Chlamys leucophaeus (Reeve, 1852), Tiziano Cossignani.
1183. Chlamys muscosa (Wood, 1828), Tiziano Cossignani.
1240. Ctena orbiculata (Montagu, 1808), Dominique Lamy.
1268. Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791, Dominique Lamy.
1271. Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819), Dominique Lamy.
1283. Gastrochaena hians (Gmelin, 1791), Dominique Lamy.
1391. Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta (Gmelin, 1791), Dominique Lamy.
1396. Ervilia nitens (Montagu, 1808), Dominique Lamy.
1420. Corbula (juliacorbula) aequivalvis (Philippi, 1936), Dominique Lamy.
1428. Martesia fragilis Verrill & Bush, 1890, Dominique Lamy.
1469. Ischnochiton erythronotus (C. B. Adams, 1845), Tiziano Cossignani.
1470. Ischnochiton pseudovirgatus Kaas, 1972, Tiziano Cossignani.
1476. Chaetopleura apiculata (Say, 1830), Tiziano Cossignani.
1479. Lepidochitona rosea Kaas, 1972, Tiziano Cossignani.
1480. Lepidochitona liozonis (Dall & Simpson, 1901), Tiziano Cossignani.
1488. Acanthochitona rhodeus (Pilsbry, 1893), Tiziano Cossignani.
1490. Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893), Tiziano Cossignani.
1491. Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1830), Tiziano Cossignani.
1530. Tremoctopus violaceus delle Chiaje, 1830, Invemar.
Special thanks to Rafael Fandiño Charris for their advice during the making of our pictures.

Class GASTROPODA | 381


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Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda and The Lower Florida Keys. Wynnewood (Pennsylvania): Livingston
Publishing Co.
Abbott, R. (1968). A Guide to Field Identification Seashells of North America. New York: Golden Press Co.
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Enrique Yidi Daccarett. Barranquilla, Colombia, 1960.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Seashell collector for more than 25 years and a professional scuba diver. His collection is the largest
and most complete from the Colombian Caribbean Sea under. Yidi’s collection is registered with the
Humboltd Institute in Bogotá (Colombia).
Co-author of the book El arte palestino de tallar el nácar.
Director and founder of Taller Palestina (Barranquilla), a workshop for artistic carving in mother of pearl
(www.tallerpalestina.com).
Vice-president of Fundación Malacológica del Caribe (FMC), Barranquilla, and co-director of the Palestinian
Mother-of-Pearl Museum project.

Victor Manuel Sarmiento Bossio. Barranquilla, Colombia, 1982.


Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, Universidad del Atlantico
Post-graduate diploma in Environmental Management and Management of Marine and Coastal Resources,
Colombian Navy Officer School.
Diploma in Environment and Ecotourism Development, Universidad del Atlántico and University of
Leige, France.
Curator of the Marine mollusk collection registered with the Humboltd Institute at Bogotá (Colombia).
10 years experience in the field of Malacology along the Colombia Caribbean.
President of the Fundación Malacológica del Caribe (FMC).

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