Strombus eat tiny algaes and epiphytes which grow on turtle grass. Since
Strombus alatus is found in pure sand which often has a purplish cast to it
due to the color of the algae covering it, I presume they eat that algae. I
don't know its name.
In Bimini  last week I watched a Strombus raninus grazing on tiny stuff on
the side of a blade of turtle grass. They don't eat the turtle grass itself
- that's probably too big.

Peggy
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> From: nick z <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 19:20:49 -0400
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> Subject: Strombus alatus diet
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> Does anyone know what the diet of Strombus alatus (the Florida
> Fighting Conch) consists of? Also, has anyone ever seen a Strombus
> alatus with an entirely white aperature and lip?
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> Thanks,
> Nicholas Zantop
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