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True Tulip

Fasciolaria tulipa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 9, February 3, March 7, April 10, May 2, June 7, July 4, August 5, September 3, October 1, November 5, December 7.
United States1,963
Mexico63
North Carolina45
Yucatan44
South Carolina31
Alabama12
Georgia12
Quintana Roo10
Texas7
Campeche6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyTulip and Spindle Shells · Fasciolariidae
GenusTulip Shells · Fasciolaria

Sources

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