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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Columbellidae Alia gardnerae escarinata Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Lake excavation for a housing project, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Specimen pictured shows a preserved color band along the widest area of the final whorl. Although not apparent in the image, the body whorl along the color band is more angulated than A. gardnerae gardnerae. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Columbellidae Strombina margarita Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Stratigraphy: Lower Tamiami Formation Bed 10 Location: Lake excavation for a housing project, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Very small with only two confirmed records within the Tamiami in the FLMNH database. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Littorinimorpha Family Eulima Melanella suavis Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Boca Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: A small species that is stout compared to other species within the genus. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Littorinimorpha Family Cypraeidae Siphocypraea problematica f. daughenbaughi Berschauer & Waller, 2020 Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Boca Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: A newly described species. The one pictured has exceptional color pattern which is identical to S. problematica found within the Lower Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation. This would be a form of S. problematica at best with a lesser length to width ratio and a maybe a more pinched apical sulcus. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Littorinimorpha Family Rissoinidae Rissoina liriope Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Boca Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: There is only one confirmed record of this species within the Tamiami Formation in the FLMNH invertebrate paleontology database. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Littorinimorpha Family Littorinidae Littoraria irrorata (Say, 1822) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: Known as the Marsh Periwinkle, L. irrorata is common within salt marshes of the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Turritellidae Turritella alumensis Mansfield, 1930 Stratigraphy: Lower Tamiami Formation Bed 10/11 Location: Burrow Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Largest Turritellid within the North American Neogene. Common in the Jackson Bluff Formation in the Florida Panhandle, T. alumensis is found mostly in the Lower Tamaimi. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Turritellidae Turritella cf. T. altilira Conrad, 1857 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: T. altilira altilira from the Miocene of Central America is strongly bicarinate while the shell found in the Tamiami is much less so, The Tamiami species is very similar to several different subspecies of T. altilira scattered through the Caribbean. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Cerithiidae Ochetoclava stena (Woodring, 1928) Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Another species also found within the Caribbean Pliocene. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Modulidae Trochomodulus basileus (Guppy, 1873) Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: More common in the Caribbean Pliocene than Florida. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda Family Skeneidae Parviturbo milium (Dall, 1892) Stratigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Quarry, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Tiny turban like shell. Only two records of this shell are present within the UFLMNH database, both within the Lower Pleistocene. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Lepetellida Family Fissurellidae Diodora redimicula (Say, 1824) Stratigraphy: Lower Tamiami Formation Bed 10/11 Location: Construction locality, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Large keyhole limpet with round subapical perforation. Also found in the Yorktown and Duplin Formations in Virginia and the Carolinas. -
Having returned last week from a nice visit with my son in Florida, it was time to examine the fossils that I snuck home with. Eventually, I will make a trip report, but I need to identifying my unknowns first. So Here goes, and I might as well tag @MikeR right off the bat! The next unknown appears to be sponge like. In fact the largest one ACTUALLY FLOATS in water. So these are very light weight. I couldn't find sponges in the Tamiami, so maybe my formation is incorrect. The rubble that these came from contained much coral and large scallops. The next three are all on the same picture. The wind was howling and I had issues with these blowing away. So inbetween gusts, I took a quick group picture. These are TINY! These scallops have 17 to18 ribs I am guessing these are modern land snails but am not sure. The shell is VERY delicate. i Thanks for looking, Mike
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This week, work carried me to South Florida once again and as the winter temperatures were a chilly 70oF, an opportunity to do some weekend collecting at one of my favorite quarries. Unlike the famous shell pits in Sarasota where the Pinecrest Member of Tamiami exposes extensive beds of Pliocene shell, this quarry lying within the coral facies (Golden Gate Member) of the Tamiami is composed of not only shell but limestone, sand and corals. I am constantly confounded with this locality's geology as certain faunal elements suggest Lower Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation. Published reports however, state that the Caloosahatchee is not found this far south, but a more lengthy explanation will have to wait until the day I get around to updating my Pliocene Project blog entry. Among the picture finds below is the best example of size, color and gloss of the rare shell Liochlamys bulbosa that I have ever seen. Unfortunately, it was found by my collecting partner although my day was not a bust as among other finds, I found a very large complete Strombus and many Siphocypraea (not pictured).
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Cymatophos lindae Petuch, 1994 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Very large for the genus. Cymatophos is an extinct genus and the only example from North America. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Calophos wilsoni Allmon, 1990 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Many workers have assigned this species to C. plicatilis, a Mexican fossil species. Warren Allmon in his pre-PRI career, separated C. wilsoni from C. plicatilis as a larger shell with a greater variability in its spiral structure. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Calophos nannus Petuch, 1994 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: In comparison to C. wilsoni, C. nannus is smaller with more rounded whorls, shorter spiral and faint expression of ribbing. If generic assignment is correct, it is the second described species of Calophos from North America. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Strombinophos maxwelli Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Easily mistaken for a drill or turrid shell. Strong sharp ribs distinguish it from S. floridanus. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Strombinophos floridanaus (Mansfield, 1930) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar to S. maxwelli but with fainter, but more numerous ribs. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Ilyanassa floridana M. Smith, 1936 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Kissimmee River, Highlands County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Smooth and globbose; Ilyanassa is a common component in the more northern Late Pliocene/Early Pleistocene deposits of Florida and the Mid-Atlantic. In the Tamiami, the genus is for the most part restricted to the Kissimmee River valley. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Trajana pyta Gardner, 1948 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Moderate size shell for the family with a closed siphonal canal and a circular aperture, surrounded by a raised peristome. The two living species of this genus are found on the west coast of Mexico. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Phrontis vibex (Say, 1822) Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: Today it is common on mudflats. The most distinguishing characteristic is the coat of enamel-like callus spread flatly across the parietal wall. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Nassarius floridensis Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC quarry, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Squat, globbose, with closely space incised spirals. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Nassarius locklini Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: High spired and shouldered ribbing. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Nassariidae Nassarius rasta Olsson & Harbinson, 1953 Stratigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar in spire height to N. locklini, but with more rounded whorls and a distinct protoconch.
