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Key West, Smathers Beach (man made)     24.33 N, 81.46 W      recent from 0,6-1m depth
Jim M. from Florida informed about the fact, that Smathers Beach is a man made beach with sand from an unknown origin.
The specimens shown are common around Florida and Jan took the sample a bit off the beach-line, but anyhow they may have been transported from elsewhere.
Raw material collected in May 2010
by snorkeling in the seaweed-meadow at Smathers Beach by

Jan Steger and Johannes Steger

Austria
 Jan Steger
Archaias angulatus
(Fichtel & Moll, 1798) 
Archaias angulatus
(Fichtel & Moll, 1798) 
Archaias angulatus
(Fichtel & Moll, 1798) 
Cyclorbiculina compressa
(d'Orbigny, 1839) 
   
Laevipeneroplis proteus
Sulc, 1936 
Laevipeneroplis proteus
Sulc, 1936 
Laevipeneroplis proteus
Sulc, 1936 
Laevipeneroplis proteus
Sulc, 1936 
   
Laevipeneroplis proteus
Sulc, 1936