Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Naticidae

Sinum perspectivum

(Say, 1831)

White Baby Ear

Shell size to 50 mm; shell flat, ovoid body whorl comprising most of shell. Very large, flared aperture. Sculpture of many impressed axial and transversal lines. Color milk white. Common sand-burrowing species. The mantle of the living snail almost completely covers the shell, as shown in the second image.