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Southwest Florida Shells with Emphasis on Sanibel & Captiva

José H. Leal

Family Veneridae

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Pitar fulminatus

(Menke, 1828)

Lightning Pitar

Shell size to 20 mm; shell inflated, ovate. Sculpture of crowded growth lines. Umbones prominent, large. Lunule large. Color white or chalk-white with light-brown spots of tent-like markings.

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