Marine Gastropods of Texas

 


Cream colored sea slug
Cerberilla tanna
Family Aeolidiidae

 
Mottled sea hare
Aplysia fasciata
Family Aplysiidae

 
Common sundial
Architectonica nobilis
Family Architectonicidae

 
Brazilian armina
Armina muelleri
Family Arminidae

 


Cancellate cantharus
Solenosteira cancellaria
Family Buccinidae

 
Common Atlantic slippersnail
Crepidula fornicata
Family Calyptraeidae

 
Convex slippersnail
Crepidula convexa
Family Calyptraeidae

 
Eastern white slippersnail
Crepidula depressa
Family Calyptraeidae

 


Reticulated cowrie helmet
Cypraecassis testiculus
Family Cassidae

 
Well-ribbed dovesnail
Costoanachis translirata
Family Columbellidae

 
Fat dovesnail
Parvanachis obesa
Family Columbellidae

 
Measled cowrie
Macrocypraea zebra
Family Cypraeidae

 


Eastern melampus
Melampus bidentatus
Family Ellobiidae

 
Angulate wentletrap
Epitonium angulatum
Family Epitoniidae

 
Tollin's wentletrap
Epitonium tollini
Family Epitoniidae

 
Semismooth wentletrap
Epitonium apiculatum
Family Epitoniidae

 


Western dondice
Dondice occidentalis
Family Facelinidae

 
True tulip
Fasciolaria tulipa
Family Fasciolariidae

 
Banded tulip
Fasciolaria lilium
Family Fasciolariidae

 
Janthina
Janthina janthina
Family Janthinidae

 


Interrupted periwinkle
Echinolittorina interrupta
Family Littorinidae

 
Marsh periwinkle
Littoraria irrorata
Family Littorinidae

 
Pearwhelk
Busycotypus spiratus
Family Melongenidae

 
Lightning whelk
Busycon pulleyi
Family Melongenidae

 


Shouldered pearwhelk
Busycotypus plagosus
Family Melongenidae

 
Splendid whelk
Busycon candelabrum
Family Melongenidae

 
Hays' rocksnail
Stramonita canaliculata
Family Muricidae

 
Florida rocksnail
Stramonita haemastoma
Family Muricidae

 


Giant eastern murex
Hexaplex fulvescens
Family Muricidae

 
Beau's murex
Chicoreus beauii
Family Muricidae

 
Sharp nassa
Nassarius acutus
Family Nassariidae

 
Bruised nassa
Nassarius vibex
Family Nassariidae

 


Miniature moonsnail
Tectonatica pusilla
Family Naticidae

 
Shark eye
Neverita duplicata
Family Naticidae

 
False shark eye
Neverita delessertiana
Family Naticidae

 
White baby ear
Sinum perspectivum
Family Naticidae

 


Four-toothed nerite
Nerita versicolor
Family Neritidae

 
Virgin nerite
Neritina virginea
Family Neritidae

 
Lettered olive
Oliva sayana
Family Olividae

 
Sargassum nudibranch
Scyllaea pelagica
Family Scyllaeidae

 


Striped false limpet
Siphonaria pectinata
Family Siphonariidae

 
Hawkwing conch
Lobatus raninus
Family Strombidae

 
Roostertail conch
Aliger gallus
Family Strombidae

 
Marylee's auger
Hastula maryleeae
Family Terebridae

 


Salle's auger
Hastula salleana
Family Terebridae

 
Fine-ribbed auger
Terebra protexta
Family Terebridae

 
Gray Atlantic auger
Hastula cinerea
Family Terebridae

 
Giant tun
Tonna galea
Family Tonnidae

 


Fargo's wormsnail
Vermicularia fargoi
Family Turritellidae