Conch Boats Arriving

by Luther Fine Art

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Conch Boats Arriving

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Luther Fine Art

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This picture was taken behind Goldies Conch House, a local favorite in Nassau, Bahamas. The colorful fence invites tourists to see where the action is with the boats bringing in their conchs after a day of work.

Behind the fence, there is a "beach" area. It is literally all conch shells which are lovely!

The conch is an interesting, very large snail, second in favorite only to escargot. s a common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized sea snails or their shells. The term generally applies to large sea snails whose shell has a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a point at both ends).

True conches are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, specifically in the genus Strombus and other closely related genera such as Eustrombus.

Many species also are often called "conch", but are not in the family Strombidae, including Melongena species (family Melongenidae), and the horse conch Pleuroploca gigantea (family Fasciolariidae). They also include the sacred chank or more correctly shankha shell (Turbinella pyrum) and other Turbinella species in the family Turbinellidae.
- Wikipedia

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July 28th, 2013

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