Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Mangeliidae

Granoturris presleyi

(Lyons, 1972)

Presley's Mangelia

Shell size to 6 The shell sculpture in this species comprises about 8-9 ribs on early whorls that increase in number to 12-15 on the last whorl of adult individuals. The microsculpture consists of fine spiral cords crossed by axial grooves. The shell may be cream-colored, often with groupings of spiral light-orange to golden-brown spiral bands. Do not confuse with Kurtziella limonitella, which has more shouldered, angulated whorls, with a sharper "bend" at the periphery. The shell in the image was collected by Lois Dunnam on Gulfside City Park Beach, on Sanibel, in 1996.