title: Zonulispira crocata
text: # Zonulispira crocata
  
  Zonulispira crocata, common name the Sanibel turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 29 mm.
  
  The shell is pyramidally oblong, transversely elevately striated and longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is furnished with a small gibbous tubercle. The siphonal canal is very short. The aperture is short. The sinus broad and large. The color of the shell is whitish, covered with a saffron-olive epidermis.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Z. crocata can be found off the western coast of Florida to the Florida Keys.
  
  