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Maker(s):not applicable
Culture:not applicable
Title:Left Handed Whelk
Type:Zoology
Materials:shell
Accession Number:  MH SK X.B.4.f.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Busycon perversa (Linnaeus). Two specimens. Florida. The spiral turns to the left. The young shells are bright with zigzag brown streaks, but the shells fade and whiten with age.

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