On June 24, after the appraisal of professional institutions, the three snail shells previously seized by Xiamen Customs in the inbound mail were one of the four famous snails, which belonged to the national second-level protected animal products.
A few days ago, when the customs officers of the Xiamen Customs Post Office conducted routine inspections of a batch of incoming mail, they found that there was an abnormality in a mail declared as "ornaments." The box contains layers of sponge and white foam paper, which are disassembled into three shells with dark brown markings, weighing a total of 1.3 kg, of which the largest one is 30 cm long and weighs 0.54 kg, which was later identified as anchovy shell.
It is reported that the anchovy snail, also known as the conch, often inhabits the coral reef, and the pattern is like "anchovy". The anchovy snail, Tangguan snail, Wanbao snail and nautilus are known as the world's four famous snails, and because of their unique shape and rare number, they rank first among the four famous snails.
According to the announcement No. 1712 of the former Ministry of Agriculture and the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, the article belongs to the animals and plants and their products that are prohibited from being carried or mailed into the country, and the article has been temporarily detained according to law and needs to be further handled.
Author: Cui Hao
Source: Xiamen Daily