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Murex snail |
Number of Object records |
7 |
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Eupleura caudata
Two turbinate, marine snail shells. The exteriors are shells are tan in color with light tan color bands and are covered with ribs. The interiors of the shells are an ivory color. The shell numbered 21-354T.1 has seven whorls and the shell numbered 21-354T.2 has five whorls. The shells have deep, well-defined sutures and oval shaped apertures. The apertures have thick lips that reflect onto their bases and narrow siphonal canals. The dextral shel...
Record Type: Object
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Phyllonotus pomum
One turbinate, marine snail shell. Coloration ranges from light pink, tan, to white; the interior is light pink in color. The shell has six distinct whorls each having striations across it. There are vertical raised lines that protrude, with nodules along the vertical raised lines. There are some small holes on the dorsal side of the shell. The shell is dextral with an "oval" shaped aperture. The shell extends beyond the aperture.
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Plicopurpura patula
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The dorsal side is dark gray with brown nodules. The shell has three whorls with majority of the shell being the body whorl which has prominent nodes. The nodules run along the shell with the growth lines. The apertural side is gray and a cream white in color. The inductura is a half peach pink and half dark purple brown. The shell is dextral with a D-shaped aperture.
Record Type: Object
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Siratus alabaster
One marine snail shell. The exterior is white with eight whorls and spiny ornamentation and nodules. The operculum covers the nearly circular aperture.
Record Type: Object
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Stramonita haemastoma
One turbinate, marine snail shell. The shell is gray in color. The aperture shows an interior folded lip with faint brown to pink coloring. The anterior lip has numerous interior denticles. The shell has approximately four whorls; though the specimen has been coated in an accumulation of an undetermined substance. The ornamentation consists of worn nodules and small specs of black. The shell is dextral. The aperture is "teardrop" shaped with a s...
Record Type: Object
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Urosalpinx cinerea
Twelve turbinate, marine snail shells. The shells are light-tan to white in color consisting of approximately four to five whorls each. The whorls contain spiral ridges that encircle the exterior of the shell. Raised costae travel vertically down the length of the shell. The vertical costae dip at each groove. The shells are dextral, with "teardrop" shaped apertures that extend basally into the siphonal canal.
Record Type: Object
