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254 American Seashells
Family MARGINELLIDAE
Genus MargiJiella Lamarck 1799
Subgenus Eratoidea Weinkauff 1879
Marginella haematka Kiener Carmine Marginella
Southeast Florida and the West Indies.
Figure 56a
^ inch in length, characterized by its glossy, bright and deep rose color,
4 strong columella teeth, pointed spire and thickened outer lip whose inner
edge bears about 15 small, round teeth. Uncommon from 25 to 90 fathoms.
M. philtata M. Smith and M. jaspidea Schwengel are probably this species.
Marginella denticulata Conrad Tan Marginella
North Carolina to both sides of Florida and the West Indies.
Figure 56c
% inch in length, similar to haematita, but with a longer spire, only 7 to
9 teeth on the outer lip, with a shallow U-shaped notch at the top of the
aperture, and the entire shell is yellow-tan to whitish. Uncommon from low
tide to 600 fathoms. M. eburneola Conrad is this species.
Marginella aureocincta Stearns Golden-lined Marginella
North Carolina to both sides of Florida and the West Indies.
Figure 56b
ViQ inch (4.0 mm.) in length; aperture half the length of the entire shell;
spire pointed. Outer lip thickened, with about 4 very small teeth just inside
the aperture. Columella with 4 strong folds or teeth. Color translucentwhite,
with two distinct, narrow spiral bands of light tan-orange on the body
whorl (i showing in the whorls of the spire). A very common species from
low-water line to 90 fathoms.
Genus Fnmwn Herrmannsen 1852
Prunu77J carneum Storer Orange Marginella
Southeast Florida and the West Indies.
Plate Ilk
% inch in length, very glossy; outer lip thickened, smooth and white.
Apex half covered by a callus of enamel. Lower third of columella with 4
strong, slanting teeth. Shell bright orange with a faint, narrow, whitish,
spiral band on the middle of the whorl and one just below the suture. Uncommon
in Florida on reef flats to 6 fathoms.
Frunum roosevelti Bartsch and Rehder Roosevelt's Marginella
The Bahamas.
Plate ii-o