Lambis crocata

Lambis crocata, the orange spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.^[1]

Lambis crocata
Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
Two views of a shell of the orange spider conch (Lambis crocata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lambis
Species:	L. crocata
Binomial name
Lambis crocata (Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) Pterocera aurantia Lamarck, 1822 Pterocera aurantiacum Sowerby, 1825 Pterocera crocata Link, 1807 (basionym) Strombus aculeatus Perry, G., 1811

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 205 mm and it is a mixture of orange and white color.

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along the coasts of Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.