Melongena corona (Gmelin, 1791) Manatee County, Florida

Tampa Bay, Terra Ceia, Manatee Co., Florida (192 mm.)

150 mm. specimens not uncommon from this area.

Prey: various large clams and snails - no Crassostrea.

Illustrated specimen was dining on a Fulguropsis spirata (Lamarck, 1816).