Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816) "Red Heart Urchin"

     This urchin was photographed on a mud flat during low tide near Marco Island, Collier County, Florida on 12/13/2012. Digital image by Amy Tripp. This species is malacophagous and provided many species records for Lee (2009). See Shell-O-Gram, Volume 50 nr. 4 (page 3).

Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816) "Red Heart Urchin"