Lightning Whelk
Details
(to 16”) 40 cm.
Busycon contrarium (Conrad, 1840).
Southeast United States.
Subtidal to 30 m; in sand.
Large specimens white.
Common.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Busycon
Species: Busycon contrarium