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Family Strombidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Lobatus gigas
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French Reef, Key Largo, 45 feet |
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QUEEN CONCH
Locally common on sand flats and seagrass beds where protected by law.
Commercially important and popular food in the Caribbean. Attains
14 inches. Bermuda, South Carolina to Brazil & the Gulf of
Mexico. Formerly known as Strombus gigas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobatus_gigas
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