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Triplofusus giganteus, commonly known as the Florida horse conch, or the giant horse conch, is a species of extremely large predatory subtropical and tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, tulip snails and their allies. [1] On average, it weighs over 11 pounds (5.0 kg). [2]
Apertural view of an adult queen conch Lobatus gigas with the foot, eyes and snout visible A shell of a dead Florida crown conch Melongena corona inhabited by a hermit crab. Conch (US: / k ɒ ŋ k / konk, UK: / k ɒ n tʃ / kontch [1]) is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails.
The nene is the official state bird of Hawaii. This list of birds of Hawaii is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of Hawaii as determined by Robert L. and Peter Pyle of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and modified by subsequent taxonomic changes. [1] [2]
The radula tooth is hollow and barbed, and is attached to the tip of the radula in the radular sac, inside the snail's throat. When the snail detects a prey animal nearby, it extends a long flexible tube called a proboscis towards the prey. The radula tooth is loaded with venom from the venom bulb and, still attached to the radula, is fired ...
Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) Sepedomerus macropus (liverfluke snail predator fly) [34] Sepedon aenescens (snail-killing fly) [35] Simosyrphus grandicornis (common hover fly) Solenopsis papuana (Papuan thief ant) [36] [37] Sophonia orientalis (two-spotted leafhopper) [38] Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant) Trichomyrmex destructor ...
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.
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Toxic birds are birds that use toxins to defend themselves from predators. Although no known bird actively injects or produces venom , toxic birds sequester poison from animals and plants they consume, especially poisonous insects.