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Color and markings should never be used as the sole guide to identification, as is illustrated by the variation in these common and rosy phos shells, Phos senticosus and roseatus. Other features such as shell shape, number of whorls, and details of Tulip shells, Fasciolaria spp., live offshore in sandy areas where they prey on other mollusks— usually bivalves, but sometimes their own kind. The shell shows many variations in texture, size, and colorings.

the aperture should all be considered.

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