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Deltoid Rock Shell
Vasula deltoidea
Vasula deltoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 37 mm. The shell is light brown or whitish, with dark chestnut bands, which sometimes appear also on the inside of the outer lip. The columella is pink. This is a shallow water species, often prone to significant encrustation by calcareous algae.
Range & habitat
Known from the Atlantic coast of Florida and also from Barbados, Lesser Antilles, and Venezuela.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 471649.