The Fat Dove Snail
At about 5 mm length (0.2 inch), the Fat Dove Snail, Parvanachis obesa (C.B. Adams, 1845) is one of the smallest local species of the Dove Snail family (Columbellidae). The live animals (on the right) were picked from stranded seaweed collected by Museum Marine Biologist Rebecca Mensch on Sanibel, in January 2015, and photographed by me at the Museum’s photography facility. As seen in the photo, Dove Snails (and other micro-gastropods) are capable of "crawling upside down" un