marine snail id
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Bubbletrubble
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Kellet's Whelk?
OP
There were plenty of Kellet's Whelks around, but they don't have those distinctive knobs on the pointed end of the shell.
Bubbletrubble
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Is it possible for interspecies breeding between Kellet's whelk and knobbed whelk?
The coloration looks distinctively like a Kellet's whelk.
The knobby growths are reminiscent of those on a knobbed whelk.
If I had to choose one, I'd stick with the Kellet's whelk ID.
I ain't no snail expert, though.
It's a Kellet's whelk with attached bryozoans. I see them quite often like that. Sometimes the bryozoans really take over!
OP
Thanks, Max:
I had considered that possibility in light of BubbleTrubbles' reply. I appreciate your confirmation.
I had considered that possibility in light of BubbleTrubbles' reply. I appreciate your confirmation.
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