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Common spider conch
Lambis lambis
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 211096, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Common spider conch
- Scientific
- Lambis lambis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Strombidae (conchs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 29 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 24 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The common spider conch has a shell with six long, curved spines around the outer lip, and a pink to orange opening. It lives on sand, seagrass and reef flats in shallow water, grazing on algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=13); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lambis-lambis.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211096
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368457
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lambis_lambis_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.