Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas. Size: 6 mm.
Description: Color tannish-brown, body whorl with a wide brown band extending from below the suture to above base of shell with splotches of blackish-brown pigmentation, area above band and at base of body whorl a lighter shade of tan, protoconch whitish with darker postnuclear whorls; shape globose, conic; sculpture smooth except for microscopic axial growth lines; suture deep, almost channeled; protoconch acuminate, abrupt; aperture broadly ovate to teardrop shaped. Habitat: Intertidal on shell or rock beaches at depths from 0 to 21 m (69 ft). Remarks: Placement of Alexania in the Epitoniidae appears to be correct because of similar radula and egg casing features. See Pilsbry (1945); Robertson (1997). Synonym: Stenacme floridana Pilsbry, 1945.

While A. floridana is known from Florida, it may be more widely distributed and should be looked for from North Carolina to Texas. The shell attains a maximum size of 6mm and occurs intertidally with sea anemones. It is tan, with a pale line below the suture. The base of the shell is white. The aperture is very large relative to the size of the shell. There are 4 or more rounded whorls with deep sutures. The umbilicus is slit-like. The shell is fragile.