Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758) True Tulip

    This unusually colorful 145 mm. moribund veteran was found intertidally at the base of granite boulders of the south St. Johns River jetty at Mayport Naval Station beach, Duval County, Florida on 12/31/2008. This species is rarely found in Duval County in northeast Florida but is fairly common intertidally at the St. Augustine inlet some 30 miles south.

Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758) True Tulip