Fingerprint cyphoma and flamingo tongue snails can often be found feeding on soft corals.
The following mollusks have been documented in Biscayne National Park. The table below is not exhaustive, and documented sightings of species not on this list are welcome. Submit your sightings to the webmaster.
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Category
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Scientific Name
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Common Name, if available
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bivalve
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Abra aequalis
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Atlantic abra
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Anomalocardia auberiana
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pointed venus
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Arca imbricata
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mossy ark
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Arca zebra
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turkey wing
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Arcopsis adamsi
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cancellate ark
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Asaphis deflorata
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gaudy asaphis
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Barbatia cancellaria
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red-brown ark
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Brachidontes exustus
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scorched mussel
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Codakia orbicularis
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tiger lucine
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Crassostrea spp.
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oyster
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Dendostrea frons
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frond oyster
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Diplodonta punctata
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Atlantic diplodon
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Isognomon alatus
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flat tree-oyster
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Isognomon radiatus
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radial purse-oyster
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Laevicardium mortoni
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yellow egg cockle
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Laevicardium serratum
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cockle
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Lima caribaea
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spiny fileclam
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Lima lima
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spiny fileclam
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Lima scabra
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rough fileclam
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Linga pensylvanica
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pennsylvania lucine
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Malleus candeanus
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Caribbean hammer-oyster
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Ostrea equestris
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crested osyter
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Periglypta listeri
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princess venus
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Phacoides pectinata
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thick lucine
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Pinctada imbricata radiata
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Atlantic pearl-oyster
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Pinna carnea
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amber penshell
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Pitar fulminatus
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lightning venus clam
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Polymesoda maritima
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southern marshclam
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Pseudochama radians
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Atlantic jewelbox
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Pteria colymbus
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Atlantic wing-oyster
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Tagelus plebeius
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stout razor clam
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Tellina radiata
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sunrise tellin
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Tucetona pectinata
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comb bittersweet
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cephalopod
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Octopus briareus
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Caribbean reef octopus
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Sepioteuthis sepioidea
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Caribbean reef squid
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chiton
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Acanthopleura granulata
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fuzzy chiton
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nudibranch/ sea slug
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Aeolidiella stephanieae
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Cadlina rumia
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Discodoris evelinae
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brown doris
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Elysia crispata
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lettuce slug
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Glossodoris sedna
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red-tipped sea goddess
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Hypselodoris acriba
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Jorunna spazzola
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Onchidella floridana
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Florida onchidella
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Scyllaea pelagica
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sargassum nudibranch
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sea hare
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Aplysia brasiliana
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mottled sea hare
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Aplysia dactylomela
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spotted sea hare
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Aplysia wilcoxi
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Bursatella leachii
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ragged sea hare
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Bursatella leachii pleii
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ragged sea hare
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snail
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Astralium phoebium
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longspine starsnail
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Batillaria minima
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West Indian false cerith
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Bittium varium
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grass cerith
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Bulla occidentalis
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West Indian bubble shell
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Bulla striata umbilicata
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striate bubble shell
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Caecum nitidium
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Caecum pulchellum
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beautiful caecum
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Cassis tuberosa
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Helmet conch
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Cerithium atratum
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dark cerith
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Cerithium eburneum
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ivory cerith
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Cerithium litteratum
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stocky cerith
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Cerithium lutosum
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variable cerith
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Cerithium muscarum
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flyspeck cerith
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Chondropoma dentatum
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crenulate horn
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Columbella rusticoides
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rusty dovesnail
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Conus stearnsii
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Crassispira albomaculata
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Crepidula maculosa
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spotted slippersnail
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Cyphoma gibbosum
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flamingo tongue
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Cypraea cervus
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Atlantic Deer Cowrie
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Dentimargo aureocinctus
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gold-line marginella
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Detracia bullaoides
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Drymaeus multilineatus
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lined treesnail
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Eulithidium thalassicola
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turtlegrass pheasant
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Fasciolaria tulipa
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true tulip
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Fissurella barbadensis
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Barbados keyhole limpet
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Guppya gundlachi
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glossy granule
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Haustellum rubidus
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Helicina clappi
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rainbow drop
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Hojeda inaguensis
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Keys mudcloak
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Janthina janthina
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common purple sea snail
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Liguus fasciatus
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Florida tree snail
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Lithopoma americanum
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American starsnail
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Lithopoma caelatum
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carved starsnail
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Littorina angulifera
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mangrove periwinkle
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Littorina ziczac
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zebra periwinkle
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Lucina pensylvanica
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Pennsylvania lucine
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Marshallora nigrocincta
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black-line triphora
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Melampus bidentatus
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eastern melampus
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Melongena corona
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crown conch
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Mitrella argus
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argus dovesnail
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Modulus modulus
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buttonsnail
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Nassarius albus
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white nassa
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Nerita peloronta
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Bleeding tooth
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Nerita tessellata
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checkered nerite
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Nerita versicolor
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four-toothed nerite
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Nesovitrea dalliana
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depressed glass
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Oliva reticularis
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netted Olive
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Oliva sayana
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lettered Olive
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Pleuroploca gigantea
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horse conch
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Pollia tincta
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tinted cantharus
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Polygyra cereolus
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southern flatcoil
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Prunum apicinum
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common Atlantic marginella
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Prunum pruinosum
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Siphonaria spp.
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limpet
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Smaragdia viridis
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emerald nerite
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Strombus costatus
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milk conch
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Strombus gigas
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queen conch
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Tectarius muricatus
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beaded periwinkle
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Tegula fasciata
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silky tegula
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Thysanophora plagioptycha
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lyrate fringed snail
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Truncatella caribaeensis
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Caribbean truncatella
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Truncatella pulchella
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beautiful truncatella
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Turbo castanea
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chestnut turban
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Vertigo hebardi
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Keys vertigo
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Vexillum albocinctum
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