Distinguishing Characteristics |
Gastropod (1 shell); shell oval, moderately convex, smooth; apex blunt, curled to the right, forms margin of shell; color alternating white and brown irregular rays (sometimes faded), usually with a white streak down the middle; interior tan to purple or brown, smooth; concave shelf or deck (septum) white with a brown ring around it, free margin slightly wavy, takes up about 1/2 the shell, left side slightly longer than right; aperture oval, no operculum. |
Similar Species |
Other area slippersnails have pointed straight apexes and are flat (eastern white slippersnail) or the septum takes up less than 1/2 of shell (convex slippersnail). |
Habitat |
Gulf and bay, attached to hard substrates, commonly found piled up on each other |
Maximum Size |
5 cm (2 in) |
Other Common Names |
common Atlantic slipper shell |
Previous Scientific Names |
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