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Pink Queen Conch Shell (Strombidae; Strombus-gigas)

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Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Strombidae (true mollusks)
Genus: Strombus
Species: gigas

Many conch, such as The Queen Conch (as with many Conch), are found among beds of sea grass in warm tropical waters.

Pictured to the left; a Queen Conch Shell on a Cobra Stand


What is a Mollusk (Mullusc in the UK)?

The phylum Mollusca includes organisms such as clams, snails, slugs, octopuses, squid, and chitons. As the phylum is currently defined, several features are common to all or most mollusks:

• A mantle that secretes calcium carbonate in the form of spicules or shell
• A mantle cavity where respiration occurs, usually through the ctenidium (gill) in aquatic forms, or through the mantle wall in air in terrestrial ones, and where excretory and reproductive organs discharge.
• A body divided into three regions, the head, foot, and visceral mass
• Three coelomic spaces, for kidney, heart and gonad,
• A radula, a ribbon of teeth used in feeding.

Reference: Conchology; What is a Mollusk