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Southwest Florida Shells
José H. Leal
Eurytellina alternata
(Say, 1822)
Family Tellinidae
Alternate Tellin

Shell size to 75 mm; shell large, compressed, elongate-trigonal, strongly angled posteriorly. Sculpture of concentric growth lines separated by wider interspaces. Ligament external, brown. Posterior ridge present on right valve. Color glossy white, with yellow or pink tints.
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