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Milk Conch
Trish Hartmann, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Snails & slugs

Milk Conch

Macrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Names

EnglishMilk Conch
DutchZilverschelp
SpanishCaracola
Chinese肋大凤凰螺
Scientific nameMacrostrombus costatus (Gmelin, 1791)

About this species

Macrostrombus costatus, formerly known as Strombus costatus and Lobatus costatus, or commonly known as the milk conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. They are an edible species and important food source for the inhabitants of where they are found. Conchs are most notable for their medium to large-sized ornamental shells. Milk conchs are dispersed among the tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, along the coasts and islands of North, Central, and South America.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyStrombidae
GenusMacrostrombus

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