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Leslie Allen Crnkovic <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:38:48 US/CENTRAL
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Hi Peggy:
Thats good to know.
Have you found then as far south as Belizé?
I never did...
Leslie

> Yes, the horse conch is common around the Yucatan peninsula, and huge there.
> It lives in the same areas as Turbinella angulata, the West Indian Chank. I
> had always thought they couldn't cohabit since they would be competing, but
> I was wrong... They call it the "red conch" and the chank is the "black
> conch" - named for the color of the animal.
>
> Peggy

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