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Created 5/13/2013

Family Cerithiidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Cerithium muscarum

Stock Island, FL, 2 feet

FLYSPECK CERITH

Common on vegetation in shallow water.  Spiral cords with large nodules of equal size arranged in vertical rows.  Attains 1 inch.  North Carolina to the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico.