| Fasciolaria lilium | |
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| Abapertural view of a shell of Fasciolaria lilium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Fasciolaria |
| Species: | F. lilium |
| Binomial name | |
| Fasciolaria lilium Fisher von Waldheim, 1807 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fasciolaria distans Lamarck, 1822 |
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Fasciolaria lilium, also known as the banded tulip, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
This species was previously known as Fasciolaria (Cinctura) lilium, but this combination has never been published validly.
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The banded tulip shell does not grow as large as that of the true tulip, Fasciolaria tulipa. Also the color pattern is different: the color splotches appear as a redder color (blue in rare areas) and the stripes that give the banded tulip its name are much farther apart.
The shell grows to be 2 ¼ - 4 1/8 inches (5.7-10.5 cm) in length.
This species occurs off the coast of South Carolina and from the Florida coast to the Gulf coast of Texas, and south into Mexico.
F. lilium is found in sand or muddy sand from 2 to 150 feet depth.
Little is known about the banded tulip’s diet, but it is assumed that it is similar to that of the true tulip: small gastropods and bivalves.