Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Living Specimen

Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Living Specimen

    Intertidal on sand at base of granite boulder of the south St. Johns River Jetty, Mayport Naval Station Beach, Duval County, Florida 12/12/2008 (35.2 mm.). Although empty shells of this species are periodically found beached in northeast Florida, the above pictured specimen is only the second live specimen this reporter has found in nearly twenty years of active shelling.