Distinguishing Characteristics |
Gastropod (1 shell); shell spiral in shape, spire medium tall, pointed; color mottled brown, yellow and white; aperture lip with narrow extension extending above spire; about 7 whorls, knobbed above sutures, body whorl with large triangular knobs on shoulders; body whirl with spiraling ridges; outer lip of aperture flared, curved backwards with undulating short, broad fold ("stromboid notch") at base; siphonal canal narrow, extends backwards. |
Similar Species |
No other conch has the narrow extension above the whorls. |
Habitat |
Gulf, offshore, found at the Florida Garden Banks |
Maximum Size |
20 cm (8 in) |
Other Common Names |
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Previous Scientific Names |
Stombus gallus |
Comments |
Rare |