Busycon Contrarium(176)
Price range: RM280.00 through RM880.00
: Buccinoidea (Rt 176)
: Busyconidae
: Busycon Contrarium (Conrad 1840)
Common Name: Lightning 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 – 3in, 3 – 4in, 4 – 5in, 5 – 6in, 6 – 7in, 7 – 8in, 8 – 9in |
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