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	COA :: FAQ´S
		The biggest marine snail is Syrinx aruanus, the Australian Trumpet, at 77.2 cm.
		The biggest American marine snail, the Horse Conch, Pleuroploca gigantea, is just over 2'.
		The world's biggest clam is of course the reknowned Giant Clam of the southwest Pacific, Tridacna gigas.
	www.conchologistsofamerica.org /faq (739 words)

	N. Scott Robinson-World Music and Percussion, Frame Drums, Riq, Tambourines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As a musical instrument, the most commonly used type of conch (a kind of sea snail) is the pink conch (Strombus gigas - not pictured).
		Pictured above in the upper left and center are a pair of horse conch (Pleuroploca gigantea - top 18" and center 9").
		On the upper right is a rare left-coiled channel whelk (Busycon canaliculatum), only 1 in 10,000 shells coil to the left.
	www.nscottrobinson.com /gallery/conchshells.php (163 words)

	Molluscan Egg Cases
		The non-Busycon egg mass Nancy described, as I picture it, is probably from a Fasciolariid, either Fasciolaria tulipa or Pleuroploca gigantea.
		If it is football-sized, I would lean toward Pleuroploca.
		Also, the sides of the individual capsules of Fasciolaria are smooth, while those of Pleuroploca have a series of encircling ridges.
	www.manandmollusc.net /egg_cases.html (408 words)

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