Queen conch  (Strombus gigas)

Range

The queen conch was previously found throughout the coastal waters of northern South America, north through the Caribbean and Bahamas to south Florida and Bermuda. Today the species has declined in numbers throughout much of this range (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Adults are associated with shallow warm waters usually with a sandy substrate, where there is abundance of seagrasses, such as turtle (Thalasia testuinum), and manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) or mats of microalgae (5).

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