Does anyone have a picture of a living syrinx aruanus?

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It’s apparently the largest snail in the world, with a shell that can exceed 3 feet. it’s definitely not extinct since people do eat it as food… that said, for some reason i can only find images of its shell online and not of the living snail. Most of what i see when i try to find it is images of triton’s trumpet or gonna galea.

i’m just really curious as to how it looks, honestly. Any help would be very appreciated!

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Is this the same species? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=1408749

Just checked, this is the same species, just using a different scientific name.

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yes it is! Oh my gosh thanks so much!

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Oh, it’s a whelk! I can tell by the egg cases.

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