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Lobatus gigas
Photo take at -40 ft in a Caribbean reef found this juvenile queen conch empty unfortunately some creature take the guess out of its shell. 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.
Spotted on Apr 4, 2012
Submitted on Apr 4, 2012
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