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Object Name |
Busycotypus canaliculatus |
Object Description |
One large marine, channeled whelk. The shell is a creamy white with visible striae running vertically from apex to aperture. There are five whorls with deep channeled sutures. The shell is dextral with an oval shaped aperture and an elongated siphonal canal. |
Collector |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 |
Place of Origin |
Massachusetts |
Classification |
Biology |
People |
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894 Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942 |
Search Terms |
Shell Whelk Snail Sea snail Predatory Saltwater Mollusc Invertebrate Gastropod |
Dimensions |
H-5.72 W-7.1 L-12.5 cm |
Catalog Number |
21-417 |