Conch ID?

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Hi All!
I have this lovely little conch in my nano reef and I can’t remember what kind he is. I was at the LFS I got him from & I asked if they remembered the name, but they didn’t either. I have Tiger Sand Conchs in my other tanks but this guy looks different. He also climbs the glass occasionally which I didn’t think conchs really did. Any ideas?

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Not exactly sure, but I have several of them in my tank. I bought them from reef cleaners as "assorted smaller conchs" and it says here they are from one of the following:

Strombus gibberulus
Strombus luhuanus
Strombus sinatus
Strombus urceus

I don't know which ones I got, but they look identical to yours and also climb the glass.

ETA: I just searched Google for all of the above, and I believe what we have is
Strombus gibberulus.
 
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Not exactly sure, but I have several of them in my tank. I bought them from reef cleaners as "assorted smaller conchs" and it says here they are from one of the following:

Strombus gibberulus
Strombus luhuanus
Strombus sinatus
Strombus urceus

I don't know which ones I got, but they look identical to yours and also climb the glass.

ETA: I just searched Google for all of the above, and I believe what we have is
Strombus gibberulus.
Thank you so much!! I tried searching and come up with nothing. They’re pretty awesome little guys!
 

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