Happy Friday! This is a live Lettered Olive. In this video, you will see a long tube sticking up (the siphon used for breathing), and the more white tube towards the bottom of the animal (the proboscis used for eating). Learn more about local mollusk species at shellmuseum.org/southwest-florida-shells | Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium

The Lettered Olive in action ! 🐚❤️Mother Nature never disappoints. 🐚 Come shell with us let us help you find the Shell of a Lifetime ™️ 🐚 Video Credit : Shell Guide Amanda Baker 🐚 #shells #shellsofinstagram#tours #goodtimeswithgoodfriends #goodtimeswithgoodpeople #bestdaysever❤️ #iloveflorida #floridabeachcomber #shoregoodsmarcoisland #gulfcoasttoursllc | Treasure Seekers Shell Tours

1.2K views · 32 reactions | The Lettered Olive in action ! ❤️Mother Nature never disappoints.  Come shell with us let us help you find the Shell of a Lifetime ™️  Video Credit : Shell Guide Amanda Baker  #shells #shellsofinstagram#tours #goodtimeswithgoodfriends #goodtimeswithgoodpeople #bestdaysever❤️ #iloveflorida #floridabeachcomber #shoregoodsmarcoisland #gulfcoasttoursllc | Treasure Seekers Shell Tours | Facebook

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The Lettered Olive shells have a thick shell with a small pointed spire about 1/9 of total shell length . Unfaded shells covered with overlapping , slightly blurry , brown zigzags that are darkest just below the suture and as part of two, broad, spiral bands. The olives live within sand in waters as shallow as the low-tide mark. This olive is a Golden Olive . Has it crossed your mind how they are so shiny /slick ? The reason is they travel through the sand their entire lives and the sand keeps t