Specimen Name: Busycon carica
Common Name: Knobbed whelk
Specimen Code: 03GAST00012
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (October 2010)
Locale: Kirby Sand Pits, Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA
Formation: Duplin Formation
Geologic Time Period: Pliocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Gastropoda – Caenogastropoda – Hypsogastropoda – Neogastropoda – Buccinoidea – Busyconidae – Busycon – Carica
Description of Specimen:
Small, heavily knobbed shell in off-white – opens to the right
Measurements of Specimen:
36mm x 21mm x 17mm
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