Left-handed Whelk 10-11" spike Please note in the photos

Please note in the photos

The shell has been used as a boring instrument by coastal tribes

Sometimes they are a light brown and white

and other animals in the Phylum Cnidaria

this coral is found at depths of 150-500 feet (~50-150 m)

Left-handed Whelk 10-11" spike Please note in the photosThe 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