Semeles of Southwest Florida
Check out the well-known and some more obscure shallow-water semeles (family Semelidae) living along the coast of Southwest Florida:...
Mollusks
Shell of the Week: The Widemouth Rock Snail
Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758), is a gastropod of the family Muricidae that may reach almost 10 cm (about 4 inches) in size...
Semeles of Southwest Florida
Check out the well-known and some more obscure shallow-water semeles (family Semelidae) living along the coast of Southwest Florida:...
The Indisputable Expansion of the Thrush Cowrie in Florida Waters
Since I started publishing information about the invasion of the Caribbean and Florida by Naria turdus back in May 2022...
Shell of the Week: A Sinistral Atlantic Morum
Morum oniscus is one of the few species of the gastropod family Harpidae living in the western Atlantic Ocean. The species may reach...
FUM 2026 – Save the Date!
The next meeting of Florida United Malacologists (FUM) will take place at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, Sanibel...
Marginellas of Southwest Florida
Check out the shallow-water marginellas (family Marginellidae) living along the coast of Southwest Florida: 1 – Gold-line Marginella (Dentimargo aureocinctus); 2 – Tan Marginella (Dentimargo eburneolus)...
The “New Sculptures and Colors” Exhibit
As the name implies, this new display in the recently opened Phase 1 of the National Shell Museum & Aquarium’s “Great Hall of Shells” presents a selection of worldwide shells covering a broad range of shapes...
Auger Shells of Southwest Florida
Antillophos chalcedonius is a relatively small (reaching 17 mm, or about 0.67 inch) gastropod, that displays a shell sculpture of strong spiral (“revolving”) threads and well-spaced axial (“vertical”) ridges. The color pattern shows variations of a white background and brownish patches that are more-or-less aligned with the axial ridges. The species is found throughout the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, Bahamas, and the Caribbean Basin southward to Colombia. Antillophos chalcedonius was d
Shell of the Week: The Helmet Vase
Vasum cassiforme is a shallow-water gastropod that may reach 115 mm (about 4.5 inches). Its shell is heavy for its size, thick, presenting robust spines. Given the ending of the species name (cassi + forme = “shaped like a Cassis”),...