{"id":2655,"date":"2019-01-07T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T00:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielpaladino.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:57:15","slug":"lobatus-gigas-linnaeus-1758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2019\/01\/07\/lobatus-gigas-linnaeus-1758\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
\u2022 Queen Conch
\n\u2022 Caracola rosada \/ botuto \/ caracol pala<\/p>\n

Scientific classification<\/b>
\nKingdom:Animalia
\nPhylum:Mollusca
\nClass:Gastropoda
\nClade:Caenogastropoda
\nClade:Hypsogastropoda
\nClade:Littorinimorpha
\nFamily:Strombidae
\nGenus:Lobatus
\nSpecies:L. gigas<\/p>\n

From old collection, juvenile specimens<\/p>\n

Archipi\u00e9lago de Los Roques National Park, Venezuela<\/p>\n

Check this beautiful Queen Conch<\/b> specimen from Bahamas: flic.kr\/p\/CBodEo<\/a><\/p>\n

via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/RWH1dW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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