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These marine snails combine exceptional vision, protective shells, and acrobatic leaping ... "Unlike the big, colorful eyes ...
Distinctive mounds of pretty pink conch shells tower over the waves, piled up over the centuries to create one of Anegadas's ...
The queen conch is the largest molluscan gastropod of the six conch species found in the shallow seagrass beds of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands and the northern coasts of ...
In 1931, archaeologists discovered a conch shell—then assumed to be a drinking vessel—in the Marsoulas Cave, famous for its long history of sheltering early humans and providing a trove of artifacts, ...
The large, marine snail is heavily in demand for its meat and iconic shell, which is used for décor and jewelry; overfishing and poaching have caused its decline in the Mexican Caribbean. “Under ...