Fasciolaria tulipa shell (true tulip snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16141336651)

Description:

Description: Fasciolaria tulipa (Lamarck, 1816) - tulip snail shell. Gastropods are slug-like molluscs. They occur in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Many of them (snails) make a calcareous, coiled, external shell, which is used for protection from predators. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 22 March 2011, 14:47. Source: Fasciolaria tulipa shell (true tulip snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.