Busycon Canaliculatum(177)
Price range: RM180.00 through RM380.00
: Buccinoidea (RT 177)
: Busyconidae
: Busycon Canaliculatum ( Linnaeus 1758)
Common Name: Channeled Whelk
: Sand offshore
Origin: U.S.A
: 15cm (6in)
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.
Additional information
| size-in | 2 – 4in, 4 – 6in, 7 – 8in |
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