Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith

Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith
Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith
Blind Pass, Sanibel Island, Florida (15-17 mm.)

Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith

    With Hermit Crab Iridopagurus reticulatus García Gómez, 1983. Photographed by Anne DuPont while SCUBA diving at Lake Worth Lagoon near Peanut Island, Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach Co., Florida 6/17/2013. Underwater photograph copyright 2013 by Anne DuPont.

Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM)

Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith

Lampanella minima (Gmelin, 1791) West Indian False Cerith

    Juvenile - 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 (2.05 mm.). SEMs performed by H. G. Lee in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.