Queen Conch Aliger gigas

Photo: Hans Smulders

Classification

Strombidae [family]
Aliger [genus] (2)
gigas [species]

Classification

Strombidae [family]
Aliger [genus] (2)
gigas [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Klein Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Klein Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
    		•
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Publications

    • Berschauer, D.P. 2017. "A three hour tour" - Reflections on Shelling Sint Maarten as a Port During a Cruise. The Festivus 49: 33-38.
    • Berschauer, D.P. & Ros, L.G. 2014. A survey of mollusks collected in Aruba. The Festivus 45 (3): 9.
    • Coomans, H.E. 1958. A survey of the littoral Gastropoda of the Netherlands Antilles and other Caribbean Islands. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 8: 42-111. M. Nijhoff, Den Haag.
    • Hewitt, S.J. 2013. Marine mollusks from the island of Saba, Leeward Islands, West Indies. The Festivus 45(8): 67-73.
    • Hewitt, S.J. & Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Marine molluscs from the island of St. Eustatius, Eastern Caribbean: results of the Statia Marine Biodiversity Expedition 2015. Vita Malacologica 16: 44-79.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Coomans, H.E. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. 261 pp.. E.H. Brill, Leiden.
    • Jong, K.M. de & Kristensen, I. 1965. Gegevens over mariene gastropoden van Curaçao. Correspondentieblad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, Supplement 56.
    • Lamy, D. & Pointier, J.-P. 2017. Marine and freshwater Molluscs of the French Caribbean. Vol. 1. 388pp. PLB Editions.
    • Leeuwen, S. van & Hewitt, S.J. 2016. Molluscs of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 83-112. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.