Mother Nature displays her artwork on the end of this Lightning Whelk seashell from the Gulf of Mexico found in Florida, USA.

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Mother Nature's artwork is displayed on the wide end of this Lightning Whelk (Busycon contrarium) seashell that washed up from the Gulf of Mexico onto the beach at Casey Key in Florida, USA. The unusual left-handed (sinistral) whorls identify this large marine gastropod mollusk, which is a carnivorous sea-dwelling snail that preys on bivalves such as clams.

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Size: 3329px × 2523px
Location: Casey Key, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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