Family Basterotiidae

Basterotia quadrata

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Shell size to 14 Shell squarish, or with relatively angled "corners." Shell with delicate granular sculpture in well-preserved specimens. The main feature of this small white bivalve is the well-developed cardinal tooth present on the hinges of both valves. A ridge is present near the posterior margin. Loose valves found by Susan J. Hewitt on Turner Beach (Captiva), in December 2015, December 2016, and December 2021.

Basterotia elliptica

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Shell to 10 mm in length. Shape rhomboid-quadrangular, inflated, white, with very fine, commarginal growth lines. The two (loose) valves illustrated were collected on December 2021 by Susan Hewitt at Turner Beach on Captiva Island.