spider conch

kinghokus420

Active Member
i just found a spider conch at my lfs but i cant find much info on them. it appears to be common spider conch, lambis lambis. the little i can find on them has conflicting info about what they eat and do. google isnt much help. anyone know anything about them?
 

mps9506

Well-Known Member
Bump for you. I'm not at all familiar with that genus of conch. I'm more familiar with the Strombus conchs. Interesting looking shell.
Only thing I have found is this:
From encyclopedia.com
An unusual conch shell is that of the spider conch, Lambis lambis, which has leglike projections. Spider conchs are voracious carnivores, common on coral reefs.

Looking at shells for sale these things get pretty big between 10"-12" at least. Probably not a suitable reef tank organism if it gets that large.
 
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