Phylum :
MolluscaClass :
GastropodaSubclass :
CaenogastropodaOrder :
LittorinimorphaSuperfamily :
StromboideaFamily :
Strombidae
Common name : true conchs
Aspect : Biconical shell, elongated opening with a large siphonal channel. Presence of nodule, thorn or pimple on the shoulder of the last turn. Characteristic notch at the bottom of the outer labrum. Elongated opening with a folded and dilated edge in wing sometimes provided with finger-shaped extensions. Smooth and thick parietal edge. Narrow, bill-like cover used for locomotion and against predators
Feeding : herbivore
Environment : tropical seas, shallow sandy bottoms
Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aliger gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)
Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)
Canarium olydium (Duclos, 1844)
Conomurex decorus (Röding, 1798)
Dolomena labiosa (Wood, 1828)
Euprotomus aurisdianae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gibberulus gibberulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gibberulus gibbosus (Röding, 1798)
Harpago arthriticus (Röding, 1798)
Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
Lambis indomaris Abbott, 1961
Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis lambis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Lambis truncata sowerbyi (Mörch, 1872)
Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Lambis truncata ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Latissistrombus latissimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lentigo lentiginosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lentigo pipus (Röding, 1798)
Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791
Strombus pugilis Linnaeus, 1758
Tricornis tricornis ([Lightfoot], 1786)
Tridentarius dentatus (Linnaeus, 1758)