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title: "Fighting Conch"
description: "Strombus pugilis — Outros animais. Strombus pugilis, common names the fighting conch and the West Indian fighting conch, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fighting-conch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fighting Conch

> Strombus pugilis — Outros animais. Strombus pugilis, common names the fighting conch and the West Indian fighting conch, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

- Scientific name: *Strombus pugilis*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5363
- Wikidata: [Q1731505](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1731505)
- iNaturalist taxon: [193896](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/193896)

## Names

- en: Fighting Conch
- de: Rote Fechterschnecke
- es: Caracol canelo
- fr: Strombe combattant

## Countries with the most observations

US (4186), MX (263), BR (137), CU (30), PR (21), CO (18), PA (16), TT (16), VE (11), BZ (7), JM (7), VI (7)

## Summary

Strombus pugilis, common names the fighting conch and the West Indian fighting conch, is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.
S. pugilis is similar in appearance to Strombus alatus, the Florida fighting conch.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strombus_pugilis

## Photo

![Fighting Conch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fighting-conch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246387303

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fighting-conch?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).