Lobatus Gigas

Being a quality centric organization we are involved in trading a quality range of Lobatus Gigas in Nagercoil Tamil Nadu India. Lobatus gigas commonly known as the queen conch is a species of large edible sea snail a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches the Strombidae. This species is one of the largest molluscs native to the tropical northwestern Atlantic from Bermuda to Brazil reaching up to 35.2 centimetres (13.9 in) in shell length. L. gigas is closely related to the goliath conch Lobatus goliath a species endemic to Brazil as well as the rooster conch Lobatus gallus.
The queen conch is herbivorous and lives in seagrass beds although its exact habitat varies by development stage. The adult animal has a very large solid and heavy shell with knob-like spines on the shoulder a flared thick outer lip and a characteristic pink-coloured aperture (opening). The flared lip is absent in younger specimens. The external anatomy of the soft parts of L. gigas is similar to that of other snails in its family; it has a long snout two eyestalks with well-developed eyes additional sensory tentacles a strong foot and a corneous sickle-shaped operculum.
The shell and soft parts of living L. gigas serve as a home to several different kinds of commensal animals including slipper snails porcelain crabs and cardinalfish. Its parasites include coccidians.