1. Methods exist for Anesthetizing various molluscs including conchs (Acosta-Salmon & Davis 2007), mussels (Lellis et al

2. As many of the local citizens were referred to as Conchs, the nation took the name of the Conch Republic.

3. Conchs (Robertson, 1963), Architectonicids still generally are classified as prosobranchs but as long ago as 1928 were transferred (without stated reasons) by Kuroda (1928, pp