Family Strombidae Strombus alatus Gmelin, 1791 Florida fighting conch - 110 mm Shell solid with about seven whorls and relatively small, pointed spire. Early whorls with blunt spines or nodules on periphery. Latter whorls with or without blunt spines. Color extremely variable, orange, reddish-brown to dark-mahogany with markings of darker or lighter color, usually mottled or banded; albinos rare. Operculum sickle-shaped.
	Video clip of live Strombus alatus
	Protoconch of Strombus alatus
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