Tinted Cantharus
Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Family Pisaniidae
The Tinted Cantharus, Gemophos tinctus, is a fairly common shell on S. Hutchinson Island beaches. Many of the specimen are well-worn.
Tinted Cantharus (S. Hutchinson Island- December, 2020)
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Family Pisaniidae
Tinted Cantharus
Shell size to 38 mm; shell fusiform, thick, with conical spire. Sculpture of low axial ribs crossed by numerous, weak spiral lines. Aperture oval, outer lip thick. Anterior canal short, posterior canal present. Color mottled reddish-brown and white, sometimes with axial brown bands. Egg capsules are spherical, depressed in the center, and are attached to hard surfaces by a round base. The photos of the live animal and egg cases were taken by Robert Bachand in Estero Bay. The image with three living individuals was taken by José H Leal in Tampa Bay on November 2019.
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Pisaniidae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Pisaniidae
Gray, 1857
Synonyms
Pisaniinae Gray, 1857
Pusiostomatidae Iredale, 1940
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]
Genera
Ameranna Landau & Vermeij, 2012
Anna Risso, 1826
Aplus De Gregorio, 1885
Bailya M. Smith, 1944
Caducifer Dall, 1904
Cancellopollia Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998
Cantharus Röding, 1798
Clivipollia Iredale, 1929
Crassicantharus Ponder, 1972
Dianthiphos Watters, 2009
† Editharus Vermeij 2001
Engina Gray, 1839
Enginella Monterosato, 1917
Enzinopsis Iredale, 1940
Falsilatirus Emerson & Moffitt, 1988
Gemophos Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944
Minioniella Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
Monostiolum Dall, 1904
Pisania Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
Pollia Gray, 1834
Prodotia Dall, 1924
Pusio Gray, 1833
Solenosteira Dall, 1890
Speccapollia Fraussen & Stahlschmidt, 2016
Steye Faber, 2004
References
Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1054108 on 2018-01-09
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pisaniidae.
Watters, G. T. (2009). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae). The Nautilus. 123(4): 225-275
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Gemophos tinctus
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Gemophos tinctus
Gemophos tinctus 01.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Pisaniidae
Genus: Gemophos
Species: G. tinctus
Binomial name
Gemophos tinctus
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms
Cantharus tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Pisania tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Pollia tincta Conrad, 1846 (original combination)
Tritonidea bermudensis Dall, W.H., 1901
Tritonidea tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Gemophos tinctus, the tinted cantharus, painted cantharus, or gaudy lesser whelk,[1] is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae.[2]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 32 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, USA.
References
"Gemophos tinctus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Redfern, C. (2001) Bahamian Seashells a Thousand Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamian Seashells, Boca Raton, Florida, ix + 280 pp., 124 pls.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas