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Busycon sinistrum Hollister, 1958 - lightning whelk from Florida. (apertural view) (public display, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA)

This species is also known as Sinistrofulgur sinistrum, which has been considered by some to be conspecific with Busycon perversum.

The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores.

From museum signage: "This world record size whelk measures 402 mm (about 16 inches). It was collected in 1993 by a scallop fishing boat at a depth of 37 meters, off Carrabelle, in the Florida Panhandle. It is the largest left-handed whelk on record."

Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Busyconidae

Locality: offshore Carrabelle, northwestern Florida, USA

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinistrofulgur_sinistrum
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