Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Teinostomatidae

Teinostoma obtectum

(Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945)

Glossy Vitrinella

Size to 2.2 mm in diameter. shell is strongly depressed (flattened), with the spire (the top) covered with a glass-like glaze. The shell outline is rounded, and the base shows a prominent callus. Shell color is white. The illustrated shell was collected in 1996 on Sanibel, and later identified by Harry G. Lee. Photos by James F. Kelly.