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Created 5/13/2013

Family Fasciolariidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Fasciolaria tulipa

Higg's Reef, Key West, 15 feet

 

Juvenile, Stock Island, FL, 3 feet

TRUE TULIP

Uncommon in sand among seagrass in shallow water.  Attains 10 inches.  Florida & the Caribbean.