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    Taxonomy

    Whelk

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Neogastropoda
    Family: Busyconidae
    Genus: Sinistrofulgur
    Species: Sinistrofulgur contrarium
    Author Citation Linnaeus, 1758

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene
    International Age: Gelasian

    Stratigraphy

    Waccamaw Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 02/27/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 1 1/2 "

    Location

    Columbus County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    This nice little left handed whelk was one of several of these I found that day. But was by fare the nicest.




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