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Hawkwing Conch

(Gmelin, 1791)

Lobatus raninus

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Littorinimorpha

Family:

Strombidae

Strombidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 387290

Shell Information

Length (mm): 93-125

Dextral

Chirality:

The body whorl of adults has small knobs and a large expanded lip. Its shell can have different patterns of yellowish white and dark brown to black streaks.

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Brazil

0.3 to 55 meters

Diet:

Herbivore

Habitat:

Marine; Seagrass and soft substrates

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531851 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.

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