Gastropods 

Family  Eulimidae, Amathinidae 

& Capulidae









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Click on photo to enlarge.  Scale line in photo equals 1cm unless otherwise specified.
* Species which are commonly encountered on the beach.





Amathinidae
Iselica obtusa
Iselica obtusa (Carpenter, 1864)
Obtuse Iselica



Eulimidae
Melanella columbiana Melanella columbiana Melanella columbiana
             all photographed intertidally -         photographed on Black Sea Cucumber                         found in anaerobic mud
Melanella columbiana (Bartsch, 1917)










   




Melanella micans Melanella micans
                                                                  photographed intertidally
Melanella micans (Carpenter, 1865)
Shining Balcis














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Capulidae
Trichotropis bicarinata
Trichotropis bicarinata (Sowerby, 1825)
Two-keel Hairysnail



























This page last revised: 8-10-2011
Trichotropis cancellata Trichotropis cancellata
photographed intertidally on a tubeworm
Trichotropis cancellata Hinds, 1843
Checkered Hairysnail

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