Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Busyconidae Genus Sinistrofulgur | |
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Similar Sinistrofulgur, Busycon, Sinistrofulgur perversum, Busycon contrarium, Busycotypus | ||
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum is an edible species of large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Busyconidae, the busycon whelks.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 200 mm and 450 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.
References
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA