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Butterfly-Wing Sand Shell

Glyphepithema alapapilionis

Classification

Family
Naticidae

Glyphepithema alapapilionis, common name butterfly-wing sand shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Description The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 27 mm. (Described in French as Natica crenata) The shell is oval, conical, and ventrose, and is composed of five whorls, of which the body whorl is much larger than all the others combined.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1