Gastropods 

Family Rissoidae, Barleeidae,

Caecidae & Vermetidae 









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Rissoidae
Alvania compacta Alvania compacta Alvania compacta
                                                 a somewhat variable shell                                                                       photographed intertidally
Alvania compacta (Carpenter, 1864)
Compact Alvania







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Caecidae
Caecum crebricinctum
Caecum crebricinctum Carpenter, 1864
Giant Caecum
Barleeidae
Barleeia acuta
Barleeia acuta (Carpenter, 1864)
Acute Barleysnail





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











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Vermetidae
Petaloconchus compactus
photographed subtidally
Petaloconchus compactus (Carpenter, 1864)
Compact Worm Snail
















This page last revised: 7-30-2011


Caecum occindentale
Caecum occindentale (Bartsch, 1920)
Western Caecum