I don't think horse conchs range farther south than the northern Yucatan
(that is, in the Gulf of Mexico and not in the Caribbean). I've never seen
one in Belize, which is just south of there.

Peggy
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> From: Leslie Allen Crnkovic <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:38:48 US/CENTRAL
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> Subject: Fla. Horse conch in Yucatan
>
> 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