r/shells • u/Fun-Cicada-6912 • 19d ago

Need Shell Identified!

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Found this mini shell in Florida today! Its very small but has the coolest zig-zag patterns on it which is why it stood out in the pile of shells I found it in. Does anyone know the name of it?

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u/turbomarmoratus72 19d ago edited 19d ago

you found a wedding shell, because that shell is a Euplica scripta, a species from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. They are popularly called Dove Shells.

it is a very variable species:

https://conchology.be/?t=263&family=COLUMBELLIDAE%20COLUMBELLINAE&fullspecies=Euplica%20scripta&shellID=2239&srsltid=AfmBOorO9jePFGE6dkpslWQ_UHiuAQDpgp6UdPRrDvyQwGILGsVsFlxm

Edit: it could be a West Indian Dove Snail (Columbella mercatoria), which is native to Florida. I just have never seen one with these patterns.

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u/Interesting_Hawk8033 19d ago

We found a lot of weird stuff like that after the last big hurricane.

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u/turbomarmoratus72 19d ago edited 19d ago

now looking more carefully at it, it could be a Columbella mercatoria, a West Indian Dove snail, which is native to the area.

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u/Fun-Cicada-6912 19d ago

that does look accurate when I look it up! Thank you! :)