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Common Whelk

Buccinum undatum

Classification

Cassis tuberosa, the king helmet, is a species of very large sea snail with a solid, heavy shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cassidae, the helmet shells and their allies. Distribution This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean in: North Carolina, Florida, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Brazil, and in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean at the Cape Verde Islands. [3] Description The maximum recorded shell length is 301 mm.

Distribution

Sander Pieterse · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 7,717United Kingdom · 3,618France · 2,011Germany · 1,612Belgium · 95Spain · 6Italy · 1