Lucky Tellin
Arcopagia fausta (Pulteney, 1799)
Family Tellinidae
Lucky Tellin or Flase Tellin is rare and found on the Southeast southern part of Florida and the Caribbean. My version is from South Hutchison Island:
From my collection (S. Hutchinson Island- November, 2020)
See below the inside shell analysis from Harry Lee:
Interior pic of Lucky Tellin
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1/16/11 Posted on Conch-L:
"I’ve checked the checklists, the new Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, and elsewhere and as best I can tell A. fausta occurs in Florida waters only along the SE coast and Keys and not in the north and western Gulf of Mexico. If anyone has first-hand or otherwise reliable information of finds other than indicated, I would like to hear from you."
Jim Brunner, Gulf Coast Shell Club and major contributor to Harry Lee's Northwest Florida Marine Mollusk Checklist , reported:
"None recorded from NW Florida."
Peggy Williams, author of Shallow Water Turridae of Florida and the Caribbean, indicated:
"It's common in the Bahamas and at least as far south as Belize."
Carole Marshall, Broward Shell Club, reported some interesting finds:
"I only recently found it on Peanut Island (Palm Beach County). I had not seen it there before, (or if I did I was not paying attention)but came across an Octopus hole with quite a few pairs arranged around. I do not think I found a live one, but too many dead pairs not to be very close by."
Don68: "They occur occasionally at the sound end of Jupiter Sound; no live ones observed but dead pairs show little signs of degradation."
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