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a Spindle Shell

Turrilatirus turritus

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

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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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