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- 188 species as of 4/12/2021 | updated on 4/12/2021 - |
(identified and edited by H. G. Lee, April, 2021) |
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Musician and painter Richard Matteson started collecting marine mollusks late in the summer of September 2020 following the lead of his girlfriend, who distracted him from his other beach passion - surf-fishing. Since then he has walked the precinct shown on the companion map almost every day, and his shelling time has outstripped that devoted to angling. Richard maintains a website at http://www.mattesonart.com/home.aspx where there is more detail on his shell finds and samples of his artwork. By way of reference to our other malacofaunal lists, this segment of South Hutchinson Island is about 25 miles N. of Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, 36 miles N. of Coral Cove, and 50 miles N. of Peanut Island. |
Class BIVALVIA
Geukensia demissa (Dillwyn, 1817) Ribbed Mussel
Modiolus americanus (Leach, 1815) American Horsemussel Modiolus squamosus Beauperthuy, 1967 Southern Horsemussel Acar domingensis [auctores non (Lamarck 1819); replacement name TBA] White Miniature Ark Anadara floridana (Conrad, 1869) Cut-ribbed Ark Anadara transversa (Say, 1822) Transverse Ark Arca imbricata Bruguière, 1789 Mossy Ark Arca zebra (Swainson, 1833) Turkey Wing Barbatia domingensis (Lamarck, 1819) Red-Brown Ark Cucullaearca candida (Helbling, 1779) White-beard Ark Fugleria tenera (C.B. Adams, 1845) Delicate Ark Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789) Blood Ark Scapharca brasiliana (Lamarck, 1819) Incongruous Ark Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886) Cancellate Ark Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822) Ponderous Ark Glycymeris americana (de France, 1826) Giant Bittersweet Glycymeris spectralis (Nicol, 1952) Spectral Bittersweet Clam Tucetona pectinata (Gmelin, 1791) Comb Bittersweet Pinctada imbricata (Röding, 1798) Atlantic Pearl Oyster: Pteria colymbus (Röding, 1798) Atlantic Winged Oyster Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786) Stiff Penshell Atrina seminuda (Lamarck, 1819) Half-naked Penshell Atrina serrata (Sowerby, 1825) Sawtooth Penshell Ctenoides mitis (Lamarck, 1807) Smooth Fileclam Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778) Rough Fileclam Lima caribaea d'Orbigny, 1853 Spiny Fileclam Limaria pellucida (C.B. Adams, 1848) Antillean Fileclam Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic Calico Scallop Caribachlamys sentis (Reeve, 1853) Scaly Scallop Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) Zigzag Scallop Lindapecten exasperatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Thistle Scallop Lindapecten muscosus (Wood, 1828) Rough Scallop Nodipecten fragosus (Conrad, 1849) Northern Lion's Paw Plicatula gibbosa (Lamarck, 1801) Atlantic Kitten Paw Spondylus tenuis Schreibers, 1793 Digitate Thorny Oyster Anomia simplex (d’Orbigny, 1853) Common Jingle Shell Pododesmus rudis (Broderip, 1834) Atlantic Falsejingle Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) Eastern Oyster Dendostrea frons (Linnaeus, 1758) Frond Oyster Ostrea equestris Say, 1834 Crested Oyster Isognomon bicolor (C.B. Adams, 1845) Bicolor Purse-oyster Anodontia alba (Link, 1807) Buttercup Lucine Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Tiger Lucine Divalinga quadrisulcata (d’Orbigny, 1846) Cross-hatched Lucine Pegophysema schrammi (Crosse, 1876) Chalky Lucine Phacoides pectinatus (Gmelin, 1791) Thick Lucine Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866 Florida Spiny Jewelbox Chama macerophylla (Gmelin, 1791) Leafy Jewelbox Chama congregata Conrad, 1833 Corrugate Jewelbox Chama sarda Reeve, 1847 Cherry Jewelbox Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819) Florida Jewelbox Cardites floridanus (Conrad, 1838) Broad-ribbed Carditid Americardia media (Linnaeus, 1758) Atlantic Strawberry Cockle Dallocardia muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) Yellow Prickly Cockle Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786) Atlantic Giant Cockle Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830) Yellow Eggcockle Laevicardium pictum (Ravenel, 1861) Painted Eggcockle Laevicardium serratum (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Eggcockle Papyridea lata (Born, 1778) Square Papercockle Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth, 1856) Florida Pricklycockle Anatina anatina (Spengler, 1802) Smooth Duckclam Mactrotoma fragilis (Gmelin, 1791) Fragile Surfclam Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) Dwarf Surfclam Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818) Channeled Duckclam Spisula raveneli (Conrad, 1832) Southern Surfclam Ensis leei Huber, 2015 Atlantic Jackknife Clam Arcopagia fausta (Pulteney, 1799) Favored Tellin Austromacoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792) Constricted Macoma Eurytellina alternata (Say, 1822) Alternate Tellin Eurytellina angulosa (Gmelin, 1791) Angulate Tellin Eurytellina lineata (Turton, 1819) Rose Petal Tellin Macoploma tenta (Say, 1838) Elongate Macoma Psammotreta brevifrons (Say 1834) Short Macoma Strigilla pisiformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Pea Strigilla Strigilla pseudocarnaria (Boss, 1969) False Rosy Strigilla Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Toothed Coquina Donax variabilis Say, 1822 Variable Coquina Iphigenia brasiliana (Lamarck, 1818) Giant Coquina Cumingia sinuosa A. Adams, 1850 Van Hyning’s Semele Semele bellastriata (Conrad, 1837) Cancellate Semele Semele proficua (Pulteney, 1799) White Atlantic Semele Semele purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) Purple Semele Tagelus divisus (Spengler, 1784) Purplish Tagelus Tagelus plebeius ([Lightfoot], 1786) Stout Tagelus Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801) Carolina Marsh Clam Anomalocardia cuneimeris (Conrad, 1846) Pointed Venus Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1844) Elegant Dosinia Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767) Cross-Barred Venus Chioneryx grus (Holmes, 1858) Gray Pigmy Venus Chionopsis intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849) Lady-in-waiting Venus Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850) Disk Dosinia Lirophora latilirata (Conrad, 1841) Imperial Venus Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Southern Quahog Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern Quahog Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Calico Clam Macrocallista nimbosa (Lightfoot, 1786) Sunray Venus Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) Lightning Pitar Choristodon robustus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) New World Petricolid Petricolaria pholadiformis (Lamarck, 1818) False Angelwing Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758) Angelwing Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791 Campeche Angelwing Gastropods Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) Cayenne Keyhole
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Collected only by Don Swenson in 2003 and/or 2004 |