Ingo Arndt / Scorpion Conch (Lambis scorpius), Meeresmuseum Ozeania, Riedenburg, Germany

Alex Mustard / Bareye hermit crab (Dardanus fucosus) makes its home in a conch shell as it crawls over the sand, West Palm Beach, Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA.

Christian Ziegler / Illegal conch poaching camp with hundreds of shells, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Billy Black / Conch (Strombidae) shell on deck, Grenada, Caribbean.

Michele Westmorland / Conch Farm and tour guide (No Release) holding Conch shell. The only farm of its kind in the world. Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. June 2007.

Michele Westmorland / Portrait of Conch Farm tour guide (No Release) holding Conch shell. The only farm of its kind in the world. Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. June 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / Conch shell being held onboard SY "Adele", Caribbean 2008.

Juergen Freund / Photograph and X-ray of shell of the Spider conch {Lambis chiragra}

Juergen Freund / Shell of the Spider conch {Lambis chiragra}

Thomas Lazar / American oystercatcher {Haematopus palliatus} washing food from Conch shell, USA

Juergen Freund / Sea snail shell {Fasciolaria trapezium} specimen from the Philippines

Michael Pitts / Horse conch moving on seabed Florida USA {Pleuroploca hunteria