Busycon Perversum Freak Sea Shell { Sinistral } 165 mm

Description

Busycon perversum Freak Sea Shell { Sinistral } Size 165 mm. Shell off-white to tan or gray shell with narrow, brown “lightning” streaks from the top of the shell to the bottom. The shell is white on the inside.The shell lightning whelk, is a species of very large predatory sea snail or whelk, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the busycon whelks. This species has a left-handed or sinistral shell.

Lightning whelks can be found in the sandy or muddy substrate of shallow embayments.

USES

•  used their shells for tools, ornaments, containers and to make jewelry
•  used their shells as hammers, axes, and cups; Floridan archaeologists have likened them to Swiss Army knives for their versatility.

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