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SEA SNAIL OF CUBA
12-08-2010, 07:16 AM,
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Carlos Galan Offline
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SEA SNAIL OF CUBA
Hello, this is a snail that I took in Cuba, it was in the beach. Anybody knows the genus and if is posible the specie?

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12-09-2010, 02:11 AM,
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Re: SEA SNAIL OF CUBA
Hi,
should be Turbinidae, genus Astraea. You should compare with A. phoebia Röding and A. cruentata Mühlfeld (rather small species, width in general only up to about 1/2 inch).
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