Gastropod Shells

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Wentletraps
Jean Allsopp
 

Wentletraps

A rounded aperture is characteristic of these shells, which range in height from inch to 4 5/8 inches. They are slender, variably sculptured, have convex whorls, and are almost always white in color. Some 95 species inhabit North American coasts.

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