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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Sinistrofulgur contrarium (Conrad, 1840) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 8 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Differences in the spire and sculpture of the fossil species separates it from recent Sinistrofulgur sinistrum. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Busycoarctum tropicalis (Petuch, 1994) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Sub adults of this species have been identified as Busycoarctum rapum while adults resemble Busycoarctum maximum. Heilprin (1886) in his description of B. rapum stated that it is a smooth shell lacking shoulder spines. B. tropicalis is more heavily striated with shoulder spines suggesting a different species. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Busycotypus bicoronatum (Tripp, 1988) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Although similar in appearance to B spiratum, B bicoronatum is closer to the recent Channeled Whelk, Busycotypus canaliculatus but less inflated. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Busycotypus spiratus (Lamarck, 1816) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: The pear whelk is a common component of the molluscan fauna on both Florida coasts. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Laeviscyon planulatum (Dall, 1890) Stratigraphy: Bed 4 Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Almost identical to L. laevis but lacking a subsutural sulcus. Since both L. planulatum and L laevis are found in the same unit, the sulculus could be variation thus making L. laevis a synonym to L. planulatum. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Laeviscyon laevis (Petuch, 1982) Stratigraphy: Bed 4 Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Less inflated than L. demistriatum with a deep narrow subsutural sulcus. Mostly smooth with faint spirals -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Laeviscyon demistriatum (Petuch, 1982) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Inflated final whorl with subsutural sulcus. Mostly smooth with faint spirals -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Pyruella schmidti Petuch, 1994 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Large distinctive widely spaced spirals. Noticeable subsutural sulcus. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Pyruella fredericoae Petuch, 1994 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar to P. sarasotaensis but with a sloping final whorl. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Pyruella sarasotaensis Petuch, 1982 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Shape edged final whorl with a deep subsuture sulculs. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Pyruella rugosicostata Petuch, 1982 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: A rare species from the lower beds of the Pinecrest. Low spire with a sharp edged lower whorl. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Buccinidae Ptychosalpinx multirugata (Conrad, 1832) Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Kissimmee River, Highlands County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Common in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, but rarer in Florida. Mostly found in the Tamiami deposits in the Kissimmee River exposures. -
Reference Campbell, Lyle. 1993. Pliocene Molluscs from the Yorktown and Chowan River Formations in Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 127.
