Lithopoma caelatum

Author
(Gmelin, 1791)
Common Names
  • Carved Starsnail
  • Carved Star Shell

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
44 meters
Overall Geographic Range
East Florida to Barbados
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • coral reef
  • herbivore
  • hard substrate
  • intertidal
Microhabitat
  • sand
  • rock
  • intertidal
References

  • Boudreaux, W. W. 1987. Comparison of molluscan reef flat assemblages from four reefs of the Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Master's thesis, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas. vi + 47 pp.

  • Fernández Milera, J. 1998. Joyas de Cuba. Editorial Oriente, Santiago de Cuba. 222 + [ix] pp.

  • Hicks, D. W., N. C. Barrera, and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 2001. Ecological distribution of shallow-water Mollusca on the Alacrán Reef, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Texas Conchologist 38(1): 7–30.

  • Parker, R. H., and J. R. Curray. 1956. Fauna and bathymetry of banks on continental shelf, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(10): 2428–2439.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-12-2024.

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