correct: goliath is the largest (if completely adult; my collection also
has 3 juveniles of about 4cm each, 2 juveniles of 11 cm and one teenager
of about 25 cm)
 
David
belgium
 
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On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira wrote:
 
> Hello there,
>
> May be I'm wrong, please I'd appreciate to be corrected by our experts, but
> as far as I know, Strombus goliath is the largest Strombus, not Strombus
> gigas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eduardo Moreira
> Brasilia, Brazil
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> PS: It's a personal request by I bet many others will agree. I'd appreciate
> that all of us signed the messages with our names, not our initials. ABC or
> XYZ most times means nothing for me...
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> De:   strombus @ EMAIL.MSN.COM em 17/01/98 00:03 EST
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> Para: CONCH-L @ UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira/Telebras)
> Assunto:  Now that's one big "Conch"
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> Conch     Page 1 of 1
> Conch, common name applied to many species of marine snails
> (gastropod mollusks). The shells of true conchs have overlapping
> whorls and an outermost triangular whorl. The covering of the
> shell opening is a clawlike structure used by the conch to dig
> into the sea bottom and push itself along in short, sudden
> spurts. The largest conch, called the queen conch, lives in the
> Atlantic Ocean in warmer waters. Its shell reaches a length of
> about 1 m (about 3 ft). The queen conch and some other species of
> conch are harvested for their edible meat, and the shells of many
> conchs have ornamental value. The shells of some species are
> fashioned into trumpets for use in ceremonial music among certain
> religious and ethnic groups.
> Scientific classification: True conchs make up the family
> Strombidae, order Mesogastropoda, subclass Prosobranchia, class
> Gastropoda, phylum Mollusca. The queen conch is classified as
> Strombus gigas.
> -----Verbatim from Microsoft Encarta
> (encarta.msn.com/introedition/default.asp)----
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