Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791 Florida Fighting Conch

Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791 Florida Fighting Conch

    Found intertidally on muddy sand during a minus low tide, Salt Run, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, 5/27/2017. Most of the specimens from this locality have an unusually heavy periostracum which peels off in sheets when the shell dries out.

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