Conch shell is slightly square in outline, large and thick, with a shell as high as 10 cm and six spiral layers. Rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids and trace elements, it is a typical natural animal food with high protein, low fat and high calcium.
Shellfish are mainly divided into five classes. There are more than 70,000 species in the world, and the marine species can be called conch.
Conch shell is slightly square in outline, large and thick, with a shell as high as 10 cm and six spiral layers. Most of them belong to gastropods of mollusks, and the number is very small and extremely rare. It is mostly produced in the coastal deep waters of Asia, Africa and America, and began to flourish in the middle and late Cambrian. In the early Ordovician, a large number of new genera and species evolved by radiation, which were widely distributed in the coastal deep waters of Asia, Africa, America, Europe and Oceania.
Appearance characteristics
The edge contour of the snail shell is slightly square, large and thick, the shell is as high as 10 cm, the snail layer is 6, the mouth of the shell is apricot red, and there is a pearl-like sea. The maximum size is 18 cm, and the average size is 7 to 10 cm. Conch meat can be white to yellow due to variety differences. Conch shell is large and thick, grayish yellow or brown, with rough surface, neat and flat screw ribs, fine grooves, wide mouth and smooth red or grayish yellow inner surface. Mainly used for aquatic fishing, but also as handicrafts.