currently , as per Sanibel Shell Museum's shell guide:
Sinistrofulgur sinistrum
(Hollister, 1958)
Lightning Whelk
read the comments there about possible relationship to other left
handed whelk species, the classification and names of 'species' in
this group has changed many times recently depending on which author
(with which opinion) has published most recently.
On 9/7/22, Cecil Bankston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have a shell labeled Busycon contrarium from Beaufort, NC. As that
> name appears to apply only to a fossil shell, what is the most likely
> living species from that locality that it would be?
>
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> Cecil Bankston
> Baton Rouge, LA
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