Fasciolaria tulipa
| Fasciolaria tulipa | |
|---|---|
| A live Fasciolaria tulipa out of water | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Fasciolaria |
| Species: | F. tulipa |
| Binomial name | |
| Fasciolaria tulipa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fasciolaria tulipa, common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae. This fiercely predatory species occupies a wide geographic area within the Western Atlantic and is known, along with the other Fasciolariids, for the superficial resemblance their shells possess to a closed tulip flower.
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