Fasciolaria lilium (banded tulip snail shell) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 1 (49769441671)

Description:

Description: Fasciolaria lilium Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 - beachworn banded tulip snail shell, modern (latest Holocene). The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. This beachworn and eroded banded tulip snail shell is covered with small borings. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae Locality: Lighthouse Point beach, southern shore of the eastern tip of Sanibel Island, Gulf of Mexico coast of southern Florida, USA. Date: 12 April 2020, 02:37. Source: Fasciolaria lilium (banded tulip snail shell) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 1. Author: James St. John.