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Florida Horse Conch

Pleuroploca gigantea

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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25.6665, -80.1556

Field Notes

Habitat:

seagrass beds, rubble near shore.

Notes:

This is a small young specimen seen while snorkeling by the store jetty. I've spotted a larger one in the grass bed in Biscayne Bay near the Seaquarium.

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Animal Young of Florida
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012

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