Scotch Bonnet
Semicassium granulatum
A rounded, grooved shell with orange checkerboard squares.
- Typical size
- 2 to 4 inches
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Empty shells only.
No hazard.
How to tell it apart
- Deep spiral grooves across the body
- Orange or tan squares in a checked pattern
- Thickened, rolled outer lip
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