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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva
José H. Leal
Family Zebinidae
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Schwartziella catesbyana
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Catesby Risso
Shell size to 4 mm; Shell elongate, fusiform, with rounded whorls and fairly deep suture. Sculpture of 12-14 curved ribs per whorl. Aperture with single tooth-like projection inside outer lip. Color yellowish white to translucent white. The first supplementary image is of a shell from the W. Brumbach Collection (scale units are millimeters).
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