Earlobe Sponge (9”-10”) troca The horse conch is the

The horse conch is the Florida state shell

Our Green Trochus seashells measure approximatey 2"-2

they eat food such as plankton or suspended detritus as it passes them

The only species of its genus

They are placed over a door on the roof of a house

Earlobe Sponge (9”-10”) troca The horse conch is theCarnivorous sponges represent a novel innovation within phylum Porifera. These sponges lack or have a reduced aquiferous system, and instead feed by passively capturing prey items such as larvae or small crustaceans. Carnivorous sponges are typically erect, with stalked or branching bodies and a large number of thin filaments. Prey items become entangled in the filaments, and are subsequently gradually enveloped and digested by sponge cells migrating