West Indian Chank Shell

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft on the sandy bottom near to a coral reef this is a big Gastropod moving on the bottom very slow , about 30 cm shell usually is whaite this is cover whit sand and algae´s .

Habitat:

This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Keys and the Bahamas south to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, and from the Caribbean coast of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.

Notes:

The name "chank" for the shell of this species is derived from the word shankha, the divine conch or sacred conch, Turbinella pyrum, a related species from the Indian Ocean. Wikipedia.