v. 1758 Nautilus beccarii Linné, 1758, p. 710.
Genus AMMONIA Brünnich 1772
Ammonia beccarii (Linné)
Figure 2.2 and 2.3
v. 1758 Nautilus beccarii Linné, 1758, p. 710.
v. 1772 Ammonia beccarii (Linné). Brünnich, 1772, p. 232; Scott and Medioli, 1980, p. 35, pl. 5, figs. 8, 9.
The form tepida of this species was most common in Bermuda lagoons and mangroves as well as in landlocked marine ponds. Ammonia beccarii also occurs in mangrove areas of Florida-Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Sinai, Barbuda, New Zealand, Equator and Columbia; in brackish waters and open bay with reef patches of Florida-Bahamas and Belize Shelf; in St. Lucia protected low-energy bay; and in nearshore areas and lagoons of Trinidad, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Panama.
