STROMBIDAE / Lobatus costatus
 

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Lobatus costatus  (Gmelin, 1791) 

Collected while diving by local fishermen
between 10 to 20 meters deep on sandy bottom
and seagrass; Great Exuma Island, Bahamas;
December 2013

No. 7671: 131 mm, w/o, F++

Heavy shell with good structure,
some erosion on spire, protoconch lost

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