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Lightning Whelk

Busycon contrarium

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Lightning Whelk

Busycon contrarium

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ForestDragon
Neat find! My only problem finding good references for you is that there are several scientific names cited on different sites and I am not sure which one is the current accepted one. Perhaps you can find out with a bit of research!
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PublishedOctober 9, 2016

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