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Species Page:

Caribbean Crown Conch

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Melongena melongena

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Melongenidae

Melongenidae

Image Voucher: 

UF 21282

Shell Information

Maximum size: 182

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Florida to Caribbean Sea

0 to 44 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Melongena melongena (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420062 on 2023-01-24

Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/

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