Curator's Corner

Museum, research, and collection updates from Dr. José H. Leal, plus Shell of the Week, which highlights a different species every Friday. Most Shells of the Week—but not all—are found in Southwest Florida.

Dr. José H. Leal serves as the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum’s Science Director and Curator. He received his Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Fisheries from the University of Miami and has served at the Museum since 1996. Under his leadership, the Museum was awarded its first accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2010.

José H. Leal

Jan 19, 2018

The Little Nut Semele

The Little Nut Semele, Semelina nuculoides (Conrad in Hodges, 1841), is a member of the Semele family, the Semelidae. Some of its better-known, local relatives are the Purplish Semele and the Cancellate Semele, both already covered in this column. Unlike these other members of the Semelidae, however, the Little Nut Semele is rather small, with adults measuring at most 6 mm (or a little under a quarter inch). The small size and whitish color make this shell difficult to identi

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