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Busycon Canaliculatum(177)

Buccinoidea (RT 177)
Busyconidae
Busycon Canaliculatum ( Linnaeus 1758)
Common Name: Channeled Whelk
Sand offshore
Origin: U.S.A
 15cm (6in)

RM180.00RM380.00

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Description

Moderately thick, left-handed shell with short, pointed spire, large body whorl, and long siphonal canal. Columella is smooth; spiral ridges in aperture. Spiral row of broad, pointed knobs occurs at shoulder of body whorl; spiral ribs on rest of shell. White, with grayish brown spiral bands and vertical streaks; aperture reddish brown with paler spiral ridges.

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Size (in)

2 – 4in, 4 – 6in, 7 – 8in