Summary ³

Cinctura lilium, also known as the banded tulip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Shell description ³

The banded tulip shell does not grow as large as that of the true tulip, Fasciolaria tulipa. Also the color pattern is different: the color splotches appear as a redder color (blue in rare areas) and the stripes that give the banded tulip its name are much farther apart.

The shell grows to be 2 ¼ - 4 1/8 inches (5.7-10.5 cm) in length.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Sct404pdm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Fasciolaria_hunteria_dos.JPG
2. (c) Andrea Westmoreland, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banded_tulip_(Fasciolaria_lilium)_-_Flickr_-_Andrea_Westmoreland.jpg
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinctura_lilium

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