Distinguishing Characteristics |
Gastropod (1 shell); shell spiral in shape; color grayish to cream background with brown or red mottling with dark spiraling, narrow-spaced lines or grooves; spire medium, pointed; 8-9 whorls, irregular axial growth lines; beading just below suture lines; aperture oval, pointed above, inner lip with elongate grooves (dentate); siphonal canal medium length. |
Similar Species |
Similar in shape to the banded tulip, F. lilium, but the banded tulips spiraling lines are more widely spaced than the true tulip. |
Habitat |
Gulf and bay, sandy or muddy bottoms, seagrass beds |
Maximum Size |
25 cm (10 in) |
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