What animal is conch?

Shellfish is the general name of a large class of animals. They are all mollusks, and they are a kind of mollusks with shells. Shellfish itself contains many kinds, and their uniqueness lies in their shells outside their bodies. Different shellfish have different shell shapes and colors, and sometimes the differences are quite big.

Conch is also one of the marine animals that we can often see. From the category, conch belongs to Gastropoda of Mollusca, and it is also a kind of shellfish. As a shellfish, conch also conforms to the basic characteristics, that is, it has a shell in vitro. The shell of conch is thick, with a square edge contour and a shell height of about 10 cm. Conch is a typical shellfish.

Species of conch

1, snail

Snails are gastropods, snails and mussels. Shells are mostly spindle-shaped, with solid shells and often carved knots on the shell surface. Carnivorous crustaceans are mainly distributed in Indian Ocean, New Zealand, Philippines, Japan and other places. Snails like to live on rocks and coral reefs with lush algae, live an attached life, and like to eat sea cucumbers and corals.

2. Marlboro

Snails belonging to Cephalotaxus are the most ornamental snails in this genus. Wanbao snails are widely distributed, mostly around coral reefs in tropical areas of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, and feed on marine plants such as fine algae and marine plankton. The shell of Wanbao snail is thick and heavy, and the overall color is mainly reddish brown with a little white.

3. Nautilus

Marine mollusks only exist in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, reaching south Japan in the north, the Great Barrier Reef in the south, the Andaman Sea in the west and Fiji in the east. French New Caledonia, located in the main producing area of Nautilus, also uses Nautilus as the main pattern of the national emblem.