Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Corbulidae

Caryocorbula contracta

(Say, 1822)

Rose Corbula

Shell size reaching 10 mm, shell with pointed posterior region, radial fold or ridge present, sculpture of smooth commarginal ridges, shell color white to light gray. Internally with pinkish or rarely yellowish hues. The shell in the image is a single articulated pair, part of a larger collection of loose valves of the same species found by Ken Piech in December 2021 at Turner Beach, on Captiva.