Vitta usnea (Röding, 1798) Olive Nerite Unusually Large Specimens |
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Alive in sulfur water spring run, downtown city park, Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida, 6/17/2008. The specimen on the left measures 22.8 mm. while the one on the right measures 25.9 mm. Both specimens exceed the world record sized specimen (as Neritina reclivata - 21.7 mm.) listed in the fifth edition of the registry of world record size shells. |
Pisor, D. L. and G. T. Poppe, 2008. Registry of world record size shells fifth edition. ConchBooks and Pisor Marine Enterprise, Inc., Hackenheim, Germany. Pp. [1] -207 + [1]. March. |