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Autor: Tunnell et al.
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Busycon candelabrum (Lamarck, 1816) Splendid Whelk
Distribution: Texas to Yucatan. Size: 232 mm (9 in).
Description: Color light yellowish-gray with long, narrow, somewhat interrupted axial bands of brown with a broad spiral band of yellowish-gray below the middle of body whorl; shape pyriform, dextral; sculpture of numerous irregular axial ribs that turn into somewhat triangular, upwardly directed spikes or knobs at the shoulders of whorls; spiral sculpture of numerous threads over surface of shell; spire low and conic; body whorl broad with a long, narrow siphonal canal that twists toward the bottom; aperture pyriform, sometimes grooved exteriorly.
Habitat: Infaunal; in bays and offshore at depths from 0 to 64 m (210 ft). Remarks: Do not confuse with similar but left-handed B. pulleyi. Rare find in Texas. See Hollister (1958); Ode (1973c).
Distribution: Texas to Yucatan. Size: 232 mm (9 in).
Description: Color light yellowish-gray with long, narrow, somewhat interrupted axial bands of brown with a broad spiral band of yellowish-gray below the middle of body whorl; shape pyriform, dextral; sculpture of numerous irregular axial ribs that turn into somewhat triangular, upwardly directed spikes or knobs at the shoulders of whorls; spiral sculpture of numerous threads over surface of shell; spire low and conic; body whorl broad with a long, narrow siphonal canal that twists toward the bottom; aperture pyriform, sometimes grooved exteriorly.
Habitat: Infaunal; in bays and offshore at depths from 0 to 64 m (210 ft). Remarks: Do not confuse with similar but left-handed B. pulleyi. Rare find in Texas. See Hollister (1958); Ode (1973c).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Autor: Jan Delsing
Odkazy a literatura
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [jako Busycon candelabrum Lamarck, 1816]Datum citace: 23. listopad 2013