Left-handed Whelk 11-12" pipe along with its close relatives

along with its close relatives

The larger polyps are called gastrozooid polyps

Now they are found alive in the southwestern Pacific

Members of this family are shaped rather like bonnets or helmets

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Left-handed Whelk 11-12" pipe along with its close relativesThe Lightning Whelk, Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958), is one of the local molluscan celebrities, not only because of its large size, but also thanks to very special features that make this species truly remarkable. For instance, unlike most gastropods, which are right handed, the Lightning Whelk has a left handed shell (shell opening to the right with shell spire pointing up). Abnormally right handed Lightning Whelks are very uncommon, but