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Banded tulip shell, Panama City Beach, Florida

Amongst the turtle grass in St. Andrew Bay near Shell Island. Unlike virtually every other shell here, this one was not occupied by a hermit crab. Species name Fasiolaria hunteria. This shell now sits on my mantle at home.

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Uploaded on July 2, 2010
Taken on July 2, 2010