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Species Page:

West Indian Fighting Conch

Linnaeus, 1758

Strombus pugilis

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Littorinimorpha

Family:

Strombidae

Strombidae

Image Voucher: 

UF 260

Shell Information

Maximum size: 110

Dextral

Chirality:

This species is relatively uncommon in the United States compared to the similar Strombus alatus.

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Florida to Carribbean Sea

0 to 55 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419695 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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