<p>Fasciolaria tulipa (Lamarck, 1816) - tulip snail shell.
</p><p>Gastropods are slug-like molluscs.  They occur in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.  Many of them (snails) make a calcareous, coiled, external shell, which is used for protection from predators.
</p><p>Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae
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Locality: Snapshot Reef, Fernandez Bay, offshore western San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas
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