Caribbean Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas)

An endangered sea snail

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

This is awesome, as a photo, as a species introduction, but also because of the location. You have just taken one of the list of countries where we did not yet have a photo:

http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/26/challenges/347/challenge_be_the_first_to_geotag_in_an_unknown_country.html Posted 11 years ago

The Aliger gigas

''Strombus lucifer'' Linnaeus, 1758
''Eustrombus gigas''
''Pyramea lucifer''
''Strombus samba'' Clench, 1937
''Strombus horridus'' Smith, 1940
''Strombus verrilli'' McGinty, 1946
''Strombus canaliculatus'' Burry, 1949
''Strombus pahayokee'' Petuch, 1994
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''Aliger gigas,'' originally known as ''Strombus gigas'' or more recently as ''Lobatus gigas'', commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod.. more