Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Cardiidae

Laevicardium mortoni

(Conrad, 1831)

Yellow Egg Cockle

Shell size to 25 mm; shell thin but strong, inflated, smooth, ovate. Surface smooth, but with microscopic pimples arranged in concentric lines. Color cream with delicate, zigzag purplish marks; shell interior usually yellow.