Southwest Florida Shells

by José H. Leal

Family Turritellidae

Vermicularia lumbricalis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Florida Worm Snail

Shell size to 80 mm; shell similar to Vermicularia fargoi, but whorls smooth. Wound stage ("turritella") about 15 Color light-brownish, first few whorls (juvenile shell) white. The supplementary illustration shows a young Florida Worm Snail collected in 2018 by Kimberly Nealon, Bowman's Beach, Sanibel.