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.
Le conchyliologiste universel, ou, Figures des coquilles jusqu' prsent inconnues recueillies en divers voyages a la mer du sud depuis l'anne 1764 /.Paris :A. Franck, libraire-diteur,1845..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873913Talk about a crazy shell! We think this Trochus shell is simply stunning biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873913 #bhlib
Summary[edit] Description: English: Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995, a sea snail from the family Turbinidae; Taiwan. Date: 25 April 2010. Source: BioLib.cz. Author: Jan Delsing.