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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva
José H. Leal
Family Haminoeidae
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Haminoea antillarum
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Antilles Glassy Bubble
Shell size to 17 mm; shell very thin, almost globular. Sculpture of very fine spiral grooves. Color semi-transparent yellowish to whitish Compare with H. elegans (Gray, 1825), which is usually larger and has more well-defined spiral lines. Photos of live snails taken by Ángel Valdés in Sarasota Bay. Photo of stand-alone egg mass taken by Linda Shockley near Marco Island.
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