Melampus coffea (coffee bean snail shells) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) (49763453153)

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Summary[edit] Description: Melampus coffea Linnaeus, 1758 - coffee bean snail shells, 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, Pulmonata, Marginellidae Locality: Lighthouse Point beach, southern shore of the eastern tip of Sanibel Island, Gulf of Mexico coast of southern Florida, USA See info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melampus_coffea. Date: 12 April 2020, 02:20. Source: Melampus coffea (coffee bean snail shells) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA). Author: James St. John.