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==Distribution==
''Lobatus galeatus'' occurs in several countries and regions along the coastal waters of the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]], including the Gulf of California, [[Mexico]], Pacific [[Panama]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]] and Peru.<ref name=Cipirani2008>{{cite journal|last=Cipirani|first=R.|author2=Guzman, H. M. |author3=Vega, A. J. |author4= Lopez, M. |title=Population assessment of the conch ''Strombus galeatus'' (Gastropoda, Strombidae) in Pacific Panama|journal=Journal of
==Description==
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During the 19th century, strombid gastropods were believed to be [[carnivore]]s. This erroneous conception was based on the writings of the French naturalist [[Jean Baptiste Lamarck]], whose classification scheme grouped strombids with the carnivorous sea snails.<ref name="Robertson1961"/> However, subsequent studies have refuted the concept completely, proving without a doubt that strombid gastropods are [[herbivorous]] animals.<ref name="Robertson1961">{{cite journal|last=Robertson|first=R.|title=The feeding of ''Strombus'' and related herbivorous marine gastropods|journal=Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia|year=1961|issue=343|pages=1–9}}</ref> ''L. galeatus'' feeds primarily on [[macroalgae]],<ref name=Cipirani2008 /> and occasionally on [[detritus]].<ref name="Poutiers">{{cite book|last=Poutiers|first=J. M.|title=The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific|year=1998|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)|isbn=92-5-104051-6|url=ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/w7191e/w7191e40.pdf|editor=Carpenter, K. E|location=Rome|page=471|chapter=Gastropods}}</ref>
The giant conch is preyed upon by [[invertebrates]], such as [[octopi]], and also by [[vertebrates]], including [[Eagle ray|rays]] (genera and species of [[cartilaginous fish]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Myliobatidae]]),
==Behavior==
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==Human uses==
Giant conch shells were used as [[wind instruments]] by the [[Chavín]], a [[pre-Incan]] civilization that developed in the northern [[Andean]] highlands of Peru.<ref name="maize">{{cite journal | last1 = Burger | first1 = R. L. | last2 = Van Der Merwe | first2 = N. J. | year = 1990 | title = Maize and the origin of Highland Chavín Civilization: An isotopic perspective | url = | journal = American Anthropologist | volume = 92 | issue = 1| pages = 85–95 | doi=10.1525/aa.1990.92.1.02a00060}}</ref> ''Lobatus galeatus'' shells were prepared for musical use through the creation of a mouthpiece. This was done by cutting a small tip of the [[Spire (mollusc)|spire]] out and polishing the resulting hole, thus producing a trumpet-like instrument. In 2001, twenty such instruments were excavated from the [[Chavín de Huantar]] [[archaeological site]], which makes them nearly three thousand years old.<ref name=Cook/> This kind of playable shell is still used in the Andes, where they are known as ''pututu''.<ref name=Cook>{{cite journal|last=Cook|first=P. R.|author2=Abel, J. S. |author3=Kolar, M. A. |author4=Huang, P. |author5=Huopaniemi, J. |author6=Rick, J. W. |author7=Chafe, C. |author8= Chowning, J. M. |title=Acoustic analysis of the Chavín pututus (''Strombus galeatus'' marine shell trumpets)|journal=Journal of the Acoustical Society of America|year=2010|volume=128|issue=4|pages=
==References==
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