Queen Conch Shell

Conch

Conch is any of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal.

Aliger gigas

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.

queen

Noun

1. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
2. A female monarch.

Verb

1. To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it.
2. To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.

conch

Noun

1. A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
2. The shell of this sea animal.

Verb

1. To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.
2. To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral.

shell

Noun

1. A hard external covering of an animal.

Verb

1. To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
2. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.