Left-handed Whelk 7-8" pieces and the exterior is sculpted

and the exterior is sculpted with wide ridges that spiral down the whorls

No harm was done to the coral reefs to get this coral

Please note in the photo

Their natural color is varied shades of blue to blue gray

They are found throughout the Sea of Cortez

Left-handed Whelk 7-8" pieces and the exterior is sculptedThe Lightning Whelk, Sinistrofulgur sinistrum (Hollister, 1958), is one of the local molluscan celebrities, not only because of its large size, but also thanks to very special features that make this species truly remarkable. For instance, unlike most gastropods, which are right handed, the Lightning Whelk has a left handed shell (shell opening to the right with shell spire pointing up). Abnormally right handed Lightning Whelks are very uncommon, but