Busycon contrarium, lightening whelk
Fossilised specimen of the Pilocene gastropod, originating from Florida, USA, 5 million years ago. The lightening whelk has a long siphonal canal and is the only shell in the world to naturally spiral to the left
Picture No
10705120
Media ID
47573283
Size
3568px x 4740px
(17.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Elongated Fortey Fossilised Gastropod Gastropoda Handed Lightening Lightning Mollusc Mollusca Mollusk Neogastropoda Siphon Whelk
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