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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
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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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