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| Form Liguus fasciatus testudineus also intergrades into form marmoratus. Once again, there is room for debate on the delineation between the two forms. Generally, I feel marmoratus is the appropriate name when melanism obscures most of the tessellated coggings, which is the case with these specimens here. (MWJ) |
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| Like Liguus fasciatus castaneozonatus, Liguus fasciatus ornatus is highly variable. Some ornatus will exhibit light axial streaking, supposedly from testudineus influences. Form ornatus from Brickell can have either a pink apex, a pink apex with a jewel-tip, or a white apex with a jewel-tip. Some Brickel ornatus can be very similiar to ornatus from Mahogany Hammock; others resemble ornatus from either Long Pine Key, Pinecrest Hammock 88, or other areas. Shells with the liver or liver-orange colored base and a jewel-tip, such as most of the shells on the first two rows, have been dubbed "pseudo-ornatus". The name "pseudo-ornatus" has never been officially described, it is only used by some collectors to modify an ornatus variant. Therefore, without a written description, it becomes unclear exactly where to make a delineation. (MWJ) |
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| Some Liguus fasciatus roseatus in the Brickell population are scarcely distinguishable from specimens in Key Largo and other hammocks. (MWJ) |
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Classic Brickell Liguus fasciatus roseatus with the liver-colored banding (MWJ) |
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