Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Lobatus gigas
Photo take at -40 ft on a coral reef, found this juvenile queen conch at the sandy bottom, Beautiful pinks-yellow colors on the inside. is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family of true conchs the Strombidae
The queen conch is herbivorous and lives in seagrass beds, although the exact habitat varies during the different stages of its development. This species is one of the largest mollusks native to the Tropical Northwestern Atlantic, from Bermuda to Brazil, reaching up to 35.2 cm in shell length. wikipedia.
Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88
Spotted on Jul 13, 2012
Submitted on Jul 13, 2012
2 Comments
Oh i don´t know, cool thanks for the tip Blogie.
Hi Gerardo. I hope you'll submit this (and your other mollusk spottings) to the Mollusca mission. Here's the link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1214...