Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Lightning Whelk
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
Lightning Whelk
Category: Lightning Whelks
Scientific Name: Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
Size: Up to 17 in, (44 cm)  
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America, Yucatan peninsula
Mollusca (Phylum) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
    └Busyconidae (Family)
     └Sinistrofulgur (Genus) Lightning Whelks
      └S. sinistrum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 862934🔗
iNaturalist ID: 503453🔗

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