Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus, 1758

• South African Turban / Turk’s Cap

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Order:Trochida
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Turbo
Species:T. sarmaticus

Beautiful specimen, ‘au naturel’

Cape Recife, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2gw1hP3

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