Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829 Sargassum Snail
Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM)
Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829 Sargassum Snail

    Trawled by commercial scallop boat off the coast of northeast Florida and collected at a scallop dump in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida circa. 1980. SEMs produced in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Litiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829 Sargassum SnailLitiopa melanostoma Rang, 1829 Sargassum Snail

    From grunge collected from a mangrove beach on the Jupiter Sound (Indian River) shore of Coral Cove Park (just S of Blowing Rock Preserve) by Rick Edwards in April and July, 2021 and later culled by him and H. G. Lee (2.97 mm.). SEMs performed by H. G. Lee in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.