Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Semelidae

Cumingia sinuosa

A. Adams, 1850

Tellin Semele

Shell size to 15 mm; shell elongate, triangular, tellin-like, with dorsal margins straight. Shell sculpture of fine but well-defined growth lines. Lives in muddy-sand in sheltered, bay areas. Previously known as Cumingia tellinoides.