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Giant spider conch
Lambis truncata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 211091, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Giant spider conch
- Scientific
- Lambis truncata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Strombidae (conchs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 43 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The giant spider conch is the largest spider conch, with a heavy shell up to about 40 cm long and long, curved spines along the outer lip. The shell is cream with brown markings, and the opening is pale pink. It lives on reef flats and seagrass in shallow water, grazing on algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 9 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lambis-truncata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211091
- inaturalist.org /taxa/471070
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lambis_truncata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.