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Name:
Common name:
australian trumpet, false trumpet
Synonym:
Syrinx aruanus, (Linnaeus, 1758)
Syrinx aruana, (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Turbinellidae → Syrinx → aruana → Syrinx aruana → Linnaeus, 1758
Protection status:
Quality:
with boreholes, Mouth edge ground, Protoconch / first turn are not preserved
Location:
Size of the specimen:
Length: 32,5 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height: 12,5 cm
Weight:
The giant snail Syrinx aruanus is considered the largest gastropod in the world with shell lengths of up to 90 cm. It lives exclusively in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific between northern Australia and the Moluccas. Syrinx aruanus is eaten and its shells are used as water containers, for example. Their protoconch (larval shell / initial chamber) is a species-typical, quite long, rod-shaped appendage sitting at the top of the shell. This thin-walled structure usually breaks or breaks off while the snail is still alive.
