Check out the well-known and some more obscure shallow-water semeles (family Semelidae) living along the coast of Southwest Florida: 1 – Atlantic Abra (Abra aequalis); 2 – Tellin Semele (Cumingia tellinoides); 3 – Concentric Ervilia (Ervilia concentrica); 4 – Cancellate Semele (Semele bellastriata); 5 – Atlantic Semele (Semele proficua); 6 – Purplish Semele (Semele purpurascens); 7 – Little Nut Semele (Semelina nuculoides). The individual photos are not to scale and, as usual, click on each scientific name to see the relevant entries in our Southwest Florida Shells guide. All photos by José H. Leal.
