Neverita duplicata (shark's eye snail shell) (Cayo Costa Island, Florida, USA) 1 (49772996242)

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Neverita duplicata (Say, 1822) - shark's eye snail shell, modern (latest Holocene). The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae Locality: southern end of the western shoreline of Cayo Costa Island, western side of Pine Island Sound, offshore from the Gulf of Mexico coast of southern Florida, USA More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverita_duplicata