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Sea slugs & snails

Trapezium Horse Conch

Pleuroploca audouini

Also known as: Horse Conch, Spindle Shell, Spindle Snail, Striped Fox Conch, Trapeze Conch Shell, Tulip Shell

Adult
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · May 20081 / 2
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Overview

Found in both shallow and very deep waters, close to rocky areas of inner reef flats and off-shore reefs.

Horse Conches are long and spindly with high spired shells, often found encrusted in algae.
They are collected for food and mature shells are traditionally used as a trumpet.

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How to identify

COLOURS
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in both shallow and very deep waters, close to rocky areas of inner reef flats and off-shore reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNeogastropoda
    5. familyFasciolariidae
    6. genusPleuroploca
    7. speciesPleuroploca audouini (Jonas, 1846)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Sea Snails (Fasciolariidae)