Rucks Pit Gastropods & Bivalves

[Koinonia]

I am posting the final batch of gastropods and added bivalves from a 2003 trip to Rucks Pit.  I found myself again distracted and needed to recheck my guesses as I am posting.  A couple of the picture have too many shells and I should retake.  I am not helping myself, but I have other projects on which I am required to focus.  I went back to the FLMNH site for guidance, but any help you provide would be appreciated.  Thanks for the previous corrections.  I will provide different angles if needed.

 

21. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium.  The older whelks in the items collected have wear so the knobs are not distinct.  The FLMNH site would lead me to think this is a Palmbeachensis, but they have only one in their collection from Petuch which makes me pause.

 

22. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium.  Same thought as 21.

 

 

23. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium

 

24. Sinistrofulgur Contrarium.  Some of the more rounded shoulders could be Caloosahatcheensis, but again on one in FLNMH's collection collected by Petuch.

 

25.  Busycon Carica

 

26. Busycon Carica Rusksorum

 

27. Busycon Carica Rusksorum

 

28. Fulguropsis Spirata.  I rather liked the barnacles nesting in the one.

 

29. Fulguropsis Spirata (left bottom)

Busycon Carica (middle top row)

Pyruella Federicoae (rest) 

 

30 Melongena Subcoronata (I have quite a few of these. The thickness of the shells held up well.  I felt the spires varied in size and number and just represented variability in the population.)

 

31. Melongena Subcoronata (juvenile)

Vokesinotus Lamellosus (top far right)

Turbinella Fusus (bottom far right, found it on WoRMS but more than likely wrong), Vokesinotus Perrugatus (top 2nd from right and bottom far left). 

I decided to add those last IDs after studying the full size picture.  They are all starting to look alike again.  When I started, I was just trying to confirm the Melongena juveniles.

 

32. Dosinia Chipolana (top)

Glycymeris Americana (bottom)

 

33. Mercenaria Campechiensis

 

34. Dinocardium Robustum (top)

Macrocallista Nimbosa (bottom)

 

35. Anadara Scalarina (top left)

Andara Chavezi (top right, a little surprised it was black only a few shells were not all white and those were usually small and inside something else)

Argopecten Anteamplicostatus or Carolina Eboreus Solarioides (bottom section, I could not see the differences in a posting in this forum.)

 

36. Anadara Lienosa (top)

Carditamera Floridana (bottom)

I thought about differences that I see in the ridges and the general shape of the shell.  But I question my perception when looking at the FLNMH database.

 

37. Solecurtus Cumingianus (top row)

Chione Erosa (2nd row from top)

Bostrycapulus Aculeatus (3rd row)

Tucetona Pectinota (4th row left two)

Dallocardia Muricata (4th row far right)

 

38. Anomia Simplex (top row and the first two on the left in the middle row.  Consistent with what I see on FLMNH, these jiingle shells have different shapes and the coloring is different between them.  But the first one has a pocket which could make it a Crepidula Fornicata)

Anodontia Alba (far right middle row, it did have a bluish hue.  I wondered why there was a ridge on the inside, so I added it to the page out of curiousity.)

Dosinia Chipolana (bottom row, I thought the outer shell was smooth until I looked at the file, so this is a duplicate ID.) 

 

39.Crepidula Cymbaeformis (bottom four on the right and the one bigger one on the top right)

Crepidula Fornicata (the pair just above the Cymbaeformis)

Crepidula Depressa or Crepidula Plana would cover the remaining eight.  FLMNH does not have the Depressa in its base, while this forum notes that the Plana is not found as far south as Florida. 

That leaves the biggest one on the bottom which does not have a pocket. I realized I needed to put the other side on the next shot.

 

40. Placunanomia Plicata (The large round one on the left matching the prior picture)

Ostrea Sculpturata (Top row)

Bulla Occidentalis (The 3 tiny shells 2nd row)

Anomia Simplex (The one shell to the right of the Bulla. I slipped it in because it felt super light and fragile, but admittedly not as thin as the Anomia I included above.)

Adodontia Alba (Row 3)

Eucrassatella Elassa (Row 4)

Gemma Gemma (Row 5)

Spisula Raveneli (Bottom row)

 

41 Hyotissa Podagrina (This is the closest match I could find, but I thought I had found a matching webpage earlier.  I even questioning whether I found this on a different trip, but the few I went on were associated with much earlier periods.

 

43. Worm Holes 

 

44. And since it is Rucks Pit I had to add the one calcified something which is not from a whelk, Mercenaria clam, or Anadara, but I have no ideas.

[Coco]

Very interesting, but I think it’s a lot of requests at one time

 

Nevertheless, I thank you for using centimeter paper and numbering your photos.

 

Coco

[Koinonia]

Sorry my error, I will be more conscious of this in the future.