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Southwest Florida Shells
José H. Leal
Semele bellastriata
(Conrad, 1837)
Family Semelidae
Cancellate Semele

Shell size to 20 mm; shell ovate, thin, strong. Sculpture of concentric ridges and radial ribs, stronger anteriorly and posteriorly, giving cancellate aspect to shell surface in these regions. Umbones just slightly posterior. Ligament internal. Color cream or yellowish-white with reddish markings, or grayish-purple. Internally cream, white, or reddish.
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