Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Ellobiidae

Melampus bullaoides

(Montagu, 1808)

Bubble Melampus

Shell size to 12 mm; shell elongate for family, widest at middle of last whorl. Apex pimple-like, white. Shell surface glossy. Columella with single fold. Aperture about ½ of shell length. Color coffee-brown with several white axial bands. The additional illustration shows a juvenile shell. Photos by José H Leal.