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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva
José H. Leal
Family Eulimidae
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Melanella conoidea
(Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)
Conoidal Eulima
Shell size to 10 mm, shell with glossy, slippery surface, color milk-white. Fresh-dead shells translucent, becoming opaque after death of the animal. Protoconch pointed, small. Sutures are well-marked, incised. Shell sides straight, but with angled body whorl periphery. Outer lip sinuous in lateral view.
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