Trochidae (Top shells) |
18 cm SHW (male/unsexed) |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 7 m |
Western Central Atlantic. |
Shell large, heavy, conical, with rounded shoulders. Umbilicus deep and round, operculum multispiral, circular. Colour: purple-black on a whitish background; aperture white, internally nacreous; operculum iridescent brown. |
Stocks have been locally extirpated or are diminishing due to over exploitation (Ref. 355). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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