> > In the Bahamas a Horse Conch is Turbinella angulata (also called Pepper
>> Conch).
>
>No, that's the T. scolymus, Gmelin, 1791
Nope. T. scolyma (Gmelin 1791) is a junior synonym of T. angulata
(Solander in Lightfoot 1786). More synonyms: hoerli Vokes 1966,
magdalenensis Weisbord 1929, scolymoides Dall 1890 and ?scopula
Olsson 1922.
>You really don't know exactly what a Florida horse conch is?
Sure... it's a Turbinella transplanted!
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