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Striped Engina Snail Shell

Engina mendicaria

Description:

shell of a sea snail, mollusc - gastropod; 9 - 16 mm; dramatic stripes of black and white or brown and white

Habitat:

Common in the Gulf of Aqaba; "This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania , in the tropical Indo-Pacific and Australia." ~ wiki

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Bernadette S
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Bernadette S

Egypt

Spotted on Mar 18, 2010
Submitted on Jul 21, 2012

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