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Family MARGINELLIDAE Genus MargiJiella Lamarck 1799 Subgenus Eratoidea Weinkauff 1879 Marginella haematka Kiener Carmine Marginella Figure 56a Southeast Florida and the West Indies. ^ inch in length, characterized by its glossy, bright and deep rose color, 4 strong columella teeth, pointed spire and thickened outer lip whose inner edge bears about 15 small, round teeth. Uncommon from 25 to 90 fathoms. M. philtata M. Smith and M. jaspidea Schwengel are probably this species. Marginella denticulata Conrad Tan Marginella Figure 56c North Carolina to both sides of Florida and the West Indies. % inch in length, similar to haematita, but with a longer spire, only 7 to 9 teeth on the outer lip, with a shallow U-shaped notch at the top of the aperture, and the entire shell is yellow-tan to whitish. Uncommon from low tide to 600 fathoms. M. eburneola Conrad is this species. Marginella aureocincta Stearns Golden-lined Marginella Figure 56b North Carolina to both sides of Florida and the West Indies. ViQ inch (4.0 mm.) in length; aperture half the length of the entire shell; spire pointed. Outer lip thickened, with about 4 very small teeth just inside the aperture. Columella with 4 strong folds or teeth. Color translucent- white, with two distinct, narrow spiral bands of light tan-orange on the body whorl (i showing in the whorls of the spire). A very common species from low-water line to 90 fathoms. Genus Fnmwn Herrmannsen 1852 Prunu77J carneum Storer Orange Marginella Plate Ilk Southeast Florida and the West Indies. % inch in length, very glossy; outer lip thickened, smooth and white. Apex half covered by a callus of enamel. Lower third of columella with 4 strong, slanting teeth. Shell bright orange with a faint, narrow, whitish, spiral band on the middle of the whorl and one just below the suture. Un- common in Florida on reef flats to 6 fathoms. Frunum roosevelti Bartsch and Rehder Roosevelt's Marginella Plate ii-o The Bahamas.