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Scaphella junonia, common names the junonia, or Juno's volute, [2] is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.. This species lives in water from 29 m to 126 m depth in the tropical Western Atlantic. [1]
Donax variabilis, known by the common name coquina, is a species of small edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Donacidae, the bean clams.It is a warm water species which occurs in shallow water on sandy beaches on the east coast of the United States and is also plentiful in Mayaro, Trinidad as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela.
For thousands of years Native Americans used these animals as food, and used their shells for tools, ornaments, containers and to make jewelry, i.e. shell gorgets. [3] For example, the Indigenous peoples of Florida used their shells as hammers, axes, and cups; Floridan archaeologists have likened them to Swiss Army knives for their versatility. [4]
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They are invasive in the Florida Everglades. [6] Atlantic angel shark: Squatina dumeril: Atlantic bigeye: Priacanthus arenatus: Atlantic bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus: Atlantic bonito: Sarda sarda: Atlantic bumper: Chloroscombrus chrysurus: Atlantic cod: Gadus morhua: Atlantic croaker: Micropogonias undulatus: Atlantic flyingfish: Cheilopogon ...
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.
Whether you’re a newcomer or a longtime Floridian, names of Florida cities sure can be confusing or even personal, with people pronouncing them all sorts of ways.
An exhibit at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum about micromolluscs, showing some species from Sanibel, Florida The word "micromollusc" is used most often for marine shelled species, although a reasonable number of land and freshwater species are also small enough to qualify as micromolluscs: for example, the land snail family Punctidae ...