Lambis millepeda (millipede spider conch) 3

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Description: English: Lambis millepeda (Linnaeus, 1758) - millipede spider conch shell (apical view) (~6.4 centimeters across at its widest) The gastropods (snails and slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs, sea slugs, and pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. The spider conchs, or lambid snails (often grouped with the true conchs - the strombids), are herbivorous gastropods in tropical photic zone environments, feeding on benthic filamentous algae. Lambids can have large, thick shells that are often quite colorful, especially in the apertural areas. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Stromboidea, Lambidae (or Strombidae) Info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambis_millepeda. Date: 31 August 2021, 16:25:02. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/51416906629/. Author: James St. John.