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Triplofusus giganteus
large snail found in ocean, seven inches in length
ocean
The way you are holding the shell is hard to tell if it is a welk shaped shell (with a "flatter" top) or a conch (with a very pointy spiral). but I'm pretty sure this is the Florida state shell the Horse Conch. see a similar picture here:
http://www.adventuremike.com/tag/horse-c...
scroll down a bit.
And here is a real cool one of a horse conch actually eating a whelk!
http://dixiehwy.blogspot.com/2009/06/pal...
You might want to look into the Knobbed Whelk. I'm not entirely sure since other species shells can look very similar.
Spotted on Oct 10, 2009
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012
