Horse Conch Horn
$125.00
Horse Conch Horns with a smooth sound. These horns measure 12"-13" All horns come with a brass mouthpiece. Please let us know if you would not like the brass mouthpiece. Click below to hear the Horse Conch Horn played by Don Chilton.
Due to the natural differences associated with making musical instruments out of Seashells, we take our measurements of shell length before cutting them, some shell horns will be shorter or longer depending on how much needs to be removed in order to make a nice sounding horn. Triplofusus papillosus, previously known as Pleuroploca gigantea, common name the Florida horse conch, is a species of extremely large predatory subtropical and tropical sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, tulip snails and their allies.[1][2]
Although known as a horse conch, this is not a true conch, as it is not in the family Strombidae.
This species is the largest gastropod in the American waters,[3] and one of the largest gastropods in the world. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia