# Mollusc ID help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mollusc-id-help/848813>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mollusc-id-help/848813 "2020-03-02T19:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mollusc-id-help/848813/1 "2020-03-02T19:21:19Z")

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I was poking around in some “tide pools” in Florida (or what passes for tide pools in Boca Raton, anyway) and there were a bunch of interesting… sea snails? Some sort of shellfish. They were olive green, but with bright orange spikes, about an inch or two long. I can’t find anything like them on the “shellfish of Florida”-type sites.

[best photo I could manage](https://photos.app.goo.gl/4uPncbQZagUz3Vx77)

I know it’s not a lot to go on, but does anyone have an idea where to start?

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**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mollusc-id-help/848813/2 "2020-03-02T20:47:51Z")

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Looks like a [conch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strombus) to me. Florida fighting conch? [https://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/florida-fighting-conch-strombus-alatus/](https://www.iloveshelling.com/blog/florida-fighting-conch-strombus-alatus/)