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"I have the prettiest name," said one of them, "for I am called Strombus pespelicanus!"
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales August Strindberg 1880
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There is also a colony of queen conch Strombus gigas.
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Today, lobster Panulirus spp. and queen conch Strombus gigas (CT) are the main fisheries products, and contribute most of the total value of exported seafood, which was estimated at US$8. 8 million in 1994, and US$10. 4 million in 1995.
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Great Conque, _Strombus gigas_ [Linn.], is not found on the Atlantic coast, north of Florida and the West Indies, except in the fossil state.
Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia Ashbel Woodward
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In terms of absolute numbers, and the number of ruins in which they have been found, the leading shells are Olivella, Glycymeris, Strombus, and
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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Shells were used principally for beads and other ornaments, but also for trumpets (Strombus and Murex), and as receptacles (Haliotis).
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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The recent species, _Strombus accipitrinus_, still inhabits the coasts of Florida.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871
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_Strombus_, which, when taken, beat about it with its shell, formed like
A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 Otto von Kotzebue 1816
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After examining more than 1,400 shells at an archaeological site in Palau, the scientists found that the humped conch (Strombus gibberulus) increased in average length about 1.5 millimeters over the past 3,000 years -- which is a small amount in the big picture, but is a 5% increase in length for the 30mm long shellfish.
TreeHugger 2010
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For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful-until now.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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