Queen tegulaTrochidae (Top Shell family)South-Central, California, USAwww.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08/6477932523/NOTE: I have not collected live shells since the mid-1970's. I believe that the animal itself is much more valuable alive than destroyed for its shell. It is for this reason that I will only collect beach/forest shells from deceased specimens.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Tectus magnificus Poppe, 2004; family Turbinidae; South China Sea. Date: 11 June 2011. Source: https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id156218/. Author: Jan Delsing.mw-parser-output.license-review-passed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#eeffee;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-failed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fee7e5;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-needed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fffff0;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88} : This file, which was originally posted to BioLib, was reviewed on 4 December 2012 by reviewerMorning Sunshine, who confirmed that it was available there under the stated license on that date. Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Jan Delsing. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:Jan Delsing grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Tegula viridula white background (wb) image A shell of the mollusk from the rocky coasts of Brazil, Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791)[1]; West Beach (Praia do Oeste), Ubatuba, São Paulo, southeastern Brazil (December 31, 1993). Although it has an operculum, the shell was found without the animal and its operculum (or even from a similar individual) in a nearby region. Top (underside view); center (lateral view); bottom (upper view). (Image in black background). Date: 10 April 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758), a top shell from the family Turbinidae; Bahamas. Date: 25 April 2010. Source: BioLib.cz. Author: Jan Delsing.
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