| Species |
Tressler and Smith taxonomy |
Primary Habitat |
Primary Salinity Range |
Turbidity Tolerance |
Dissolved Oxygen Tolerance |
Comments |
| Actinocythereis captionis |
not found |
muddy, shallow water |
18 to 35 |
low |
well oxygenated |
|
| Cytheromorpha curta |
C. fuscata*** |
oligohaline tribs, salt marsh |
1 to 30 (usually < 12) |
high |
periodic anoxia |
opportunistic species when oxygen depletion |
| Cytheromorpha fuscata |
not found*** |
fresh, oligohaline |
< 10 |
high |
? |
|
| Cytheromorpha newportensis |
|
muddy, sandy main channel |
|
|
oxygenated |
|
| Cytherura sp. B |
Cytherura gibba |
tide pools, inter, subtidal |
15 to 35 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| Cyprideis mexicana |
C. littoralis |
Spartina marshes, oyster reefs |
20 to 35 |
|
oxygenated |
|
| Cyprideis spp. |
C. beaveni |
usually Spartina marsh |
5 to 20 |
high |
oxygenated |
additional taxonomy/ ecology needed |
| Hulingsina rugipustulosa |
|
sandy shoals, lagoons, bays |
15 to 35 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| Leptocythere nikraveshae |
L. macallana |
mudd, organic sediment, inter, subtidal estuaries |
|
high |
hypoxia |
|
| Loxoconcha matagordensis** |
L. impressa |
epiphyte on Zostera marina |
12 to 35 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| Loxoconcha sp.* |
not found |
deep channel, sublittoral continental shelf |
20 to 35 |
low |
oxygenated |
dominant in 20-30 ppt in temperate bays, estuaries |
| Perissocytheridea brachyforma |
Sarsocythere patuxiensis |
bays, lagoons, oyster reefs |
6 to 25 |
moderate |
oxygenated |
detrital feeder |
| Pellucistoma magniventra |
not found |
continental shelf, euhaline bays, estuaries |
>30 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| Pontocythere sp. |
Cythere sclerochilus |
sandy shoals, lagoons, bays |
12 to 35 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| Proteoconcha nelsonensis |
Hemicythere strandentia |
intertidal sandy shoals, salt water lagoons |
15-35 |
low |
oxygenated |
|
| |
| * refered to as L. granulata by Williams 1966 |
| ** L. impressa of Tressler and Smith |
| *** The left valva of Cytheromorpha illustrated by Tressler and Smith is clearly C. curta, however it is possible they also had C. newportensis in their material. True C. fuscata in the oligohaline of Chesapeake but would not have lived in the salinities at Solomons pier |
