Truncatella pulchella L. Pfeiffer, 1839 Beautiful Truncatella

Truncatella pulchella L. Pfeiffer, 1839 Beautiful Truncatellaa

Off Long Beach Drive under coconuts/logs at the high tide line, Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., Florida Keys (4 mm.)

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM)

Truncatella pulchella L. Pfeiffer, 1839 Beautiful Truncatella

    From grunge collected from a mangrove beach on the Jupiter Sound (Indian River) shore of Coral Cove Park (just SW of Blowing Rock Preserve), Palm Beach Co., Florida by Rick Edwards on May 13, 2022 and later culled by him and H. G. Lee (4.08 mm.). SEM performed by Dr. Lee in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.