The Lightning Whelk shell is off-white to tan in colour with brown lightning streaks from top to bottom.
This particular species is unusual in that they have a counter clockwise shell spiral and are sometimes know as left handed whelks.
Belonging to a diverse family of over 400 species, Whelks are carnivorous and inhabit both cold polar and tropical seas. The lighting whelk is a large edible species of predatory sea snail and is also the official shell for the State of Texas.
A common shell often found along the Gulf Coast from North Carolina to Texas.
Size: approx diameter 14 x 24 cm long (5.5x9.5”)
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