The Common Baby's Ear is roundish in outline and 1-1½ inches in diameter. It is almost flat with a large aperture, or opening, and a curve like a human ear. The shell is pure white unless it has been discolored from prolonged contact with debris or chemicals in the sand.

Sinum perspectivum, common name the white baby ear, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1] Sinum perspectivum is found on the eastern coast of America from Maryland south to Brazil, and also round Bermuda.

Aug 1, 2014 · The White Baby Ear, Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831), is a member of the Moon Snail family Naticidae. As other members of the family do, it feeds on other mollusks, in particular on small clams.

Apr 18, 2024 · White Baby Ear : Sinum perspectivum (Say, 1831) Shell Features: This shell has a flattened appearance with an especially elongated body whorl. It is typically white. Habitat: Soft substrates Depth: 0 to 70 meters Diet: Carnivore; They eat a variety of bivalves.

Baby Ear is the name of this particular shell. The two species, are Maculated Baby's Ear Sinum maculatum, measuring 1-2", found throughout the Carolinas and West Coast of Florida. Common Baby's Ear, Sinum perspectivum, 1-2", and found throughout Virginia through Florida, Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. White Baby-Ear Sinum perspectivum (Say)

Gastropod (1 shell); shell spiral in shape, oval, very flat from top to bottom; color white, sometimes with a yellowish outer membrane (periostracum); interior white, polished; spire nearly flat, at level of body whorl; outer shell with fine, spiraling growth lines; aperture wide, round, outer lip slightly flared; no siphonal canal; central pillar (columella) short, curve; when live, animal ...

Very large, flared aperture. Sculpture of many impressed axial and transversal lines. Color milk white. Common sand-burrowing species. The mantle of the living snail almost completely covers the shell, as shown in the picture.

http://iLoveShelling.com Follow the trail in the sand on Sanibel Island to find the live baby's ear seashell..... and it's slime!

Apr 3, 2012 · And there is a beautiful little shell that is commonly found on Ocracoke's beach that looks much like a baby's ear. This small (ca. 1 inch long), flat, white gastropod (a snail-like, one shelled animal) is found from Virginia to the West Indies. The live animal almost completely surrounds the shell. The shells are common on Outer Banks beaches.

Sinum perspectivum, common name the white baby ear, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Range: 39°N to 28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W.