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title: "Queen Conch"
description: "Aliger gigas — Outros animais. Aliger gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas or more recently as Lobatus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches, the Strombidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/queen-conch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Queen Conch

> Aliger gigas — Outros animais. Aliger gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas or more recently as Lobatus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches, the Strombidae.

- Scientific name: *Aliger gigas*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4702
- Wikidata: [Q106121203](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106121203)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1099504](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1099504)

## Names

- en: Queen Conch
- es: Caracol pala
- fr: Lambi

## Countries with the most observations

US (719), MX (643), BS (353), PR (221), KY (209), BZ (182), CU (164), HN (163), VI (147), JM (90), KN (84), DO (78)

## Summary

Aliger gigas, originally known as Strombus gigas or more recently as Lobatus gigas, commonly known as the queen conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family of true conches, the Strombidae. This species is one of the largest molluscs native to the Caribbean Sea, and tropical northwestern Atlantic, reaching up to 35.2 centimetres (13.9 in) in shell length. A. gigas is closely related to the goliath conch, Titanostrombus goliath, a species endemic to Brazil, as well as the rooster conch, Aliger gallus.
The queen conch is herbivorous. It feeds by browsing for plant and algal material…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321952182

## Machine access

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