Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1792) belongs to the
family Muricidae and sbufamily Rapaninae. Will be around
6 cm large.
More I've to find out again.
Helmut from Innsbruck.

Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
url: www.netwing.at/nisters/

or

Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
malacological collection
Feldstr. 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37

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I have had a request for information on Concholepus concholepus.

Does anyone have any information on it?  Supposedly it is a snail
which is native to the coastal waters of Chile.  If you know of any
papers or reports on the snail, please let me know (offline).  This is
for a request I received for a  student.


Concholepus concholepus
    - coast of Chile
    - in decline
    - important food fishery exploited by artisanal fishers



Required information
    - information about it
    - issues around it
    - it's biology
    - population
    - catch statistics


Thanks,

Debbie
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