title: Conch (disambiguation)
text: # Conch (disambiguation)
  
  A conch is a kind of large sea snail, especially those in the family Strombidae. Conch may also refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Conch Key in Florida
  * Conch Republic, Key West, Florida micronation
  
  ## People
  
  * Conch (people) of Bahamas and Florida
  
  ## Architecture
  
  * Conch (architecture), semicircular apse or its domed roof
  * Conch house, a style of architecture found in Key West and Miami, Florida
  
  ## Art, entertainment, and media
  
  * "Conch", Patti Smith poem in kodak (book)
  * The Conch, an album by the band moe
  
  ## Musical instruments
  
  * Conch (instrument), a musical instrument made from a seashell
  * Horagai, a shell used as a musical instrument in Japan
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Conch (SSH), secure-shell software written in python
  * Anhui Conch Cement Company, Chinese business
  * Conch awards for audio production
  * Conch piercing, modification of human ear
  * Shankha, a shell used as a ritual object in Hinduism
  