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Apertural view of an adult queen conch Lobatus gigas with the foot, eyes and snout visible A shell of a dead Florida crown conch Melongena corona inhabited by a hermit crab Conch ( US : / k ɒ ŋ k / konk , UK : / k ɒ n tʃ / kontch [ 1 ] ) is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails .
In contemporary times, queen conch shells are mainly utilized in handicraft. Shells are made into cameos, bracelets and lamps, [36] [77] and traditionally as doorstops or decorations by families of seafaring men. [77] The shell continues to be popular as a decorative object, though its export is now regulated and restricted by the CITES ...
Conch (US: / k ɒ ŋ k / konk, UK: / k ɒ n tʃ / kontch [1]), or conque, also known as a "seashell horn" or "shell trumpet", is a wind instrument that is made from a conch, the shell of several different kinds of sea snails. Their natural conical bore is used to produce a musical tone. Conch shell trumpets have been played in many Pacific ...
This notch is where one of the two eye stalks protrudes from the shell. The true conch has a foot ending in a pointed, sickle-shaped, operculum, which can be dug into the substrate as part of an unusual "leaping" locomotion. True conches grow a flared lip on their shells only upon reaching sexual maturity. This is called an alated outer lip or ...
Calliostoma tigris Shell of Lobatus gigas, the queen conch Conchology (from Ancient Greek κόγχος ( kónkhos ) ' cockle ' and -logy ) is the study of mollusc shells . Conchology is one aspect of malacology , the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study ...
This includes trumpets made from conch shells, discovered buried with human remains despite originating from the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles to the southwest, the researchers said.
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Real Lakshmi Conch (right side spinning) are estimated to occur once per 100,000 conch shells. The shell of the lightning whelk almost always opens on the right (when viewed with the siphonal canal pointing upwards). Valampuries with five plaits or folds in its cavity are known as 'Panchajanya' and are rare.