Gemophos tinctus
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Order: Neogastropoda
- Family: Buccinidae
- Genus: Gemophos
- Species: Gemophos tinctus (Conrad, 1846)
Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Venezuela to North Carolina.
Remarks
For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.
Original Description (from Conrad, 1846, p. 25):
"Short, subfusiform; whorls 7, somewhat channelled or contracted above; longitudinal ribs large, remote; revolving lines robust, alternated with fine lines; lines of growth well defined, becoming prominent wrinkled lines on the spire; color greenish-white, varied with large irregular brown or ferruginous spots; aperture half the length of the shell; labrum striated within, margin plicated; labium with a prominent fold near the summit, and somewhat corrugated towards the base.
Locality. Mouth of Manatu river, of Tampa Bay, Florida, inhabiting sand bars."
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Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Late Pleistocene
- Anastasia Formation (S. FL)
- Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL)
- Grotto Beach Formation (French Bay Member) (San Salvador Island)
- Pamlico Formation (SC)
- Middle Pleistocene
- Bermont Formation (S. FL)
- Canepatch Formation (SC)
- Early Pleistocene
- Abisinia Formation (Venezuela)
- Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL)
- Nashua Formation (N. FL)
- Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
- Late Pliocene
- Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL)
