Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Carditidae

Pteromeris perplana

(Conrad, 1841)

Flattened Carditid

Shell size to 7 mm; shell small, narrow, triangular. Sculpture of 12-15 ribs squarish in cross-section. Interspaces much narrower. Umbo not central, displaced to the side. Color whitish or pinkish with brown chevron-like markings. Interior of valves mostly brown.