Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

West Indian Chank
Turbinella angulata
West Indian Chank
Category: Chank Shells
Scientific Name: Turbinella angulata
Size: Up to 15in, (37 cm)  
Depth: 3-150 ft. (1-45 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida Keys
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
    └Turbinellidae (Family) Chank Shells
     └Turbinella (Genus)
      └T. angulata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 420076🔗
iNaturalist ID: 292647🔗

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