True Tulip

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft on a sandy bottom near a coral reef, The tulip shell has a fusiform outline, with an overall smooth surface, and presents fine growth lines, and small denticles on the inner edge of its delicate outer lip. It is whitish to tan in color, with rows of darker brownish blotches of various sizes. Over the blotches are symmetrical rows of thin lines which spiral along the whorls of the shell, which are normally about 9 in number.

Habitat:

Lives in sand flats and seagrass beds, especially where the turtle grass is present,[3] at depths of nearly 30 to 50 ft. From Florida all the Caribbean sea, Central America to north Brazil.