Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Living Specimen

Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Living Specimen

    Buried in sand at the base of granite boulders of the south St. Johns River jetty, Mayport Naval Station Beach, Duval County, Florida 3/7/2011 (31 mm.). Although empty shells of this species are periodically found beached in northeast Florida, the above pictured specimen is only the fifth live specimen this reporter has found in twenty years of active shelling.