Florida Keys NMS: Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea)

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The Florida horse conch (Pleuroploca gigantea) is the Florida state shell. It usually lives in the seagrass beds and around the patch reefs inshore of the main reef. (photo: Heather Dine - Florida Keys NMS)

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