Object Details
- Collector
- W. Shirey
- Discipline
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Region
- US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- This is the shell of a Banded Tulip sea snail. The shell is salmon and cream in coloring with regularly spaced dark brown bands. It is approximately 11 cm long by 4.5 cm wide. Parts of a hermit crab have fallen out of the shell, which can be seen in the inner box. Hermit crabs often take up residence in empty gastropod (snial) shells.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Sep 2020
- USNM Number
- EO31903
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Collecting Locality
- North America, United States, Florida
- Scientific Name
- Cinctura hunteria
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae, Fasciolariinae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_10008671
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397283f95-933b-4c51-85a9-a36d29a2faeb
