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Milk Conch

Macrostrombus costatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 6, February 6, March 4, April 3, May 2, June 2, July 2, August 10, September 2, October 2, November 7, December 5.
United States131
Mexico51
Yucatan39
Quintana Roo8
Campeche4
Brazil4
Rio de Jeneiro3
North Carolina2
Alabama1
Sao Paulo1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyTrue Conchs · Strombidae
GenusMacrostrombus

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