Lightning Whelks

Sinistrofulgur yeehaw

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Busyconidae

Sinistrofulgur perversum, the lightning whelk, is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks. This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell. It eats mostly bivalves.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 6

Sources and credits

DescriptionSinistrofulgur perversum, Wikipedia contributors

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