Opal top shell

Description
Cantharidus opalus. Shell has a tall conical shape with six whorls. Shell is creamy white with reddish brown streaks. Orange to pink on the spire of the shell to a mauve on the body whorls. The shell has narrow purple zigzag streaks. Colour has eroded at the top of the spire.

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Classification
Gastropoda (Univalves)/Mollusca (Shellfish)/Invertebrates/Animals/T&E For Science & Technology
Accession number
A102.581
Collection type
Natural Sciences

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