Chicoreus pomum (apple murex snail shell) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 3 (49764311602)

Description:

Description: Chicoreus pomum (Gmelin, 1791) - apple murex snail shell, modern (latest Holocene) The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae Locality: Lighthouse Point beach, southern shore of the eastern tip of Sanibel Island, Gulf of Mexico coast of southern Florida, USA See info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllonotus_pomum. Date: 12 April 2020, 02:16. Source: Chicoreus pomum (apple murex snail shell) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 3. Author: James St. John.