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a Spindle Shell

Turrilatirus turritus

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

a shell of a marine snail - gastropod - mollusc; 12 - 33 mm; stubby, dark brown slightly raised spiral cords on caramel-colored shell

Habitat:

Common in the Gulf of Aqaba and across South Sinai

Notes:

~ Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea by M. Rusmore-Villaume

Reference Links:

Turrilatirus turritus, Fasciolariidae

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Biodiversity in Egypt
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Mollusca
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Red Sea Marine Life

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PublishedJuly 21, 2012

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