Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Solecurtidae

Tagelus plebeius

(Lightfoot, 1786)

Stout Tagelus

Shell size to 70 mm; shell light, strong, elongate, rectangular. Sculpture absent except for fine concentric lines. Umbones central. Weak radial ridge present posteriorly. Periostracum olive-brown. Common in muddy areas at low tide.