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Camp et al. 1998 Macroinvertebrate Checklists W. G. Lyons—Mollusca<br />
Subgenus Melampus Montfort, 1810<br />
Melampus (Melampus) bidentatus Say, 1822<br />
Melampus (Melampus) coffeus (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
Subgenus Detracia J. E. Gray, 1840<br />
Melampus (Detracia) bullaoides (Montagu, 1808)<br />
Melampus (Detracia) floridanus Pfeiffer, 1856<br />
Melampus (Detracia) monile (Bruguière, 1789)<br />
Melampus (Detracia) morrisoni Martins, 1996<br />
Genus Microtralia Dall, 1894<br />
Microtralia occidentalis (Pfeiffer, 1854)<br />
Genus Pedipes Scopoli, 1777<br />
Pedipes mirabilis (Mühlfeld, 1816)<br />
Pedipes ovalis (C. B. Adams, 1849)<br />
Genus Tralia J. E. Gray, 1840<br />
Tralia ovula (Bruguière, 1789)<br />
Order Basommatophora Schmidt, 1855<br />
Family Siphonariidae J. E. Gray, 1840<br />
Genus Siphonaria Sowerby, 1823<br />
Siphonaria alternata (Say, 1826)<br />
Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
Genus Williamia Monterosato, 1884<br />
Williamia krebsii (Mørch, 1877)<br />
Family Trimusculidae Zilch, 1959<br />
Genus Trimusculus Schmidt, 1818<br />
Trimusculus carinatus (Dall, 1870)<br />
Order Systellommatophora Pilsbry, 1948<br />
Family Onchidiidae J. E. Gray, 1824<br />
Genus Onchidella M. E. Gray, 1850<br />
Onchidella brattstroemi Ev. Marcus, 1978<br />
Onchidella floridana (Dall, 1885)<br />
Onchidella wah Ev. Marcus, 1978<br />
Class Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797<br />
Squids and Octopuses<br />
Order Sepioidea Leach, 1817<br />
Family Spirulidae Rafinesque, 1815<br />
Genus Spirula Lamarck, 1799<br />
Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />
Family Sepiolidae Leach, 1817<br />
Genus Semirossia Steenstrup, 1881<br />
Semirossia tenera (A. E.Verrill, 1880)<br />
Order Teuthoidea Owen, 1836<br />
Family Loliginidae Lesueur, 1821<br />
Genus Loligo Schneider, 1784<br />
Loligo pealeii Lesueur, 1821<br />
Loligo pleii de Blainville, 1823<br />
Genus Lolliguncula Steenstrup, 1881<br />
Lolliguncula brevis (de Blainville, 1823)<br />
Genus Pickfordiateuthis Voss, 1953<br />
Pickfordiateuthis pulchella Voss, 1953<br />
Genus Sepioteuthis de Blainville, 1824<br />
Sepioteuthis sepioidea (de Blainville, 1823)<br />
Order Octopoda Rafinesque, 1815<br />
Family Octopodidae Rafinesque, 1815<br />
Genus Octopus Lamarck, 1798<br />
Octopus briareus Robson, 1929<br />
Octopus burryi Voss, 1953<br />
Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851<br />
Octopus filosus Howell, 1868<br />
Octopus joubini Robson, 1929<br />
Octopus macropus Risso, 1826<br />
Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798<br />
Family Argonautidae Rafinesque, 1815<br />
Genus Argonauta Linnaeus, 1758<br />
Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758<br />
Argonauta hians Solander, 1786<br />
Argonauta nodosus Solander, 1786<br />
Pelagic Mollusks<br />
Many mollusks that live in the pelagic realm, either<br />
free-swimming or on the alga Sargassum, wash up conspicuously<br />
on Florida’s shores. Most of these species<br />
are evidenced in the nearshore environment principally<br />
by their shells and/or dead or dying animals (e.g., the<br />
gastropods Janthina, Recluzia, Fiona, and Glaucus and the<br />
cephalopod Spirula) and egg cases (“paper nautilus”:<br />
cephalopods, genus Argonauta), but some (e.g., the gastropods<br />
Litiopa and Scyllaea) may drop off Sargassum<br />
near shore and live for brief periods among the shallow-water<br />
benthos. All of these species are included in<br />
the general list.That list also includes Creseis acicula, a<br />
pteropod snail with a glassy, needle-like shell that can<br />
become entangled in swimwear, causing a type of<br />
“swimmer’s itch.” The species sometimes occurs in<br />
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