Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Eustrombus gigas 01.jpg

Delist: Lobatus gigas 01.jpg

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A queen conch shell, the lip of which has been cut or filed to make the shell look more attractive to the tourist trade

Reason

This shell is not entirely in its natural state; the cut or filed lip is an artificial modification that is commonly carried out before the shell is sold, and is meant to make the shell look more attractive. The two thumbnails I have included here show how the lip should really look in an intact shell (much more extended and frilly). The lip is thin at the edge and usually gets chipped a lot while it is being collected and shipped, hence the trimming.

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Lobatus gigas

Previous nomination/s

gigas 01.jpg Original nomination,

A delist mention

Nominator

Invertzoo (talk)

• Delist — Invertzoo (talk) 13:25, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
• Delist per nom. I think we have to give more importance to subject experts and the collective opinions of individual Wikipedia projects. JKadavoor Jee 06:21, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
• Delist. I'm convinced. Invertzoo, have you looked at Zell's other FPs? (See Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Molluscs.) Chick Bowen 17:35, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes as far as my knowledge extends, all the rest of the shells in Zell's FPs are fine. However, there is a problem with File:Pulmonata.jpg which is not a Zell image. The illustration in that file is quite pretty to look at, but the portrayal of the snails and slugs in it is scientifically quite inaccurate! I suppose I'd better file a delist nomination for that one too. Invertzoo (talk) 01:27, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

• Delist, assuming that Inverzoo's explanation is correct. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:07, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
• Delist I trust Invertzoo immensely on this kind of issue. --99of9 (talk) 08:59, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
• Keep Providing the different views (read how captioned in article, please) is a very helpful graphical feature for explanation.TCO (talk) 20:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
• Delist If it's not the real thing, it's not the real thing. Thanks for lending your expertise, Invertzoo. Cowtowner (talk) 13:56, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Delisted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:26, 8 June 2013 (UTC)