Hello everyone, the 16th issue introduced you a variety of shells,
Today, let's get to know a variety of snails
1. Venus bone snail Murex pecten
In Greek mythology, Venus, the god of love, used it to comb his hair.
2. Cypraeidae
The original currency, bei coin, is them, and many Chinese characters have the word "bei" next to them.
3. Polinices didyma
The big jade snail will secrete a slimy mucus that should be rinsed before eating.
4. Coconut vortex snail Melo
The shape resembles coconut, commonly known as oil snail, melon snail, etc., and can produce "pearls".
5. Ivory snail Babynonia areolata
The meat is sweet and tender, delicious and good-looking, growing in the southern seas.
6. Wrinkle plate Bao Haliotis discus hannai
Commonly known as abalone, there is no supply of wild abalone in the market in China, all of which are farmed.
7. Red frog snail Bufonaria rana
The surface is rough, with strong ribs, nodules, and the mouth cover is.
8. Rod cone snail Turritella bacillum
Commonly known as nail snails, conical snails, but not related to the freshwater snails that cause schistosomiasis.
9, red phoenix snail Strombus luhuanus
There are two long-stemmed eyes, the right eye protruding from the front water pipe and the left eye protruding from the missing part of the outer lip.
10. Red crumpled rock snail Rapana venosa
The shell is thick and orange-red on the inside of the snail mouth, native to East Asia, and is now an invasive species in the West.
11. Large loquat snail Ficus gracilis
The shell is thinner, shaped like a lute, and lives on sandy substrates in warm areas.
12. Hemifusus tuba
Commonly known as the ringing snail, often made into a horn, at the state banquet of the 2014 Beijing APEC Summit, a "soup ringing snail" made it famous.
13. Ceristidea cingulata
Commonly known as sea cone, sea cone cone, sea melon seeds, salt boiled or spicy fried sea cone is a common snack along the coast of China.
14. Nassarius
Commonly known as silk snails, sea snails, sea screws, when it comes to the poison of sea melon seeds, it is not toxic itself, but it will enrich algal toxins.
15. Salamander Turbinidae
There is a very distinctive semi-circular hard calcium mouth cap, not the common thin mouth cap.
16. European Cosmopoli Buccinum undatum
It lives in cold waters and prefers to prey on oysters, and its tongue can drill through the shells of oysters.
17. Monodonta labio
Commonly known as sesame snails, it is common on reefs and breakwaters, and is close to 1 dime coin in size and feeds on algae.
18. Viviparus
Or sī (snail), widely distributed, is a common favorite ingredient, fried field snails, snail powder is them
19. Grooved bottle snail Pomacea canaliculata
Commonly known as the Fushou snail, it looks very similar to the field snail but is relatively large, native to South America, and is an invasive species.
20. Mud snail Bulgata exarata
Also known as spit iron, mud stud, it lives on the coast or estuarine mudflats, and the shell of the snail is very thin and small.
21. Charonia tritonis
Also known as Dharma Snail, BaoLuo, Vajra Snail, Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Instrument. It is fierce, preying on other conchs, clams, starfish and so on
22. Tang Guanluo Cassis cornuta
Named because it looks like the crown hat of the Tang Dynasty, the biggest feature of appearance is the large conch mouth that is turned outward.
23. Marlboro Cypraecasis rufa
The shell is thick and thick, and the snail mouth has a tooth-like groove, and many people believe that the marlboro can attract wealth and treasure.
24. Nautilus Nautiloidea
Non-gastropod organisms, and octopus, squid belong to the cephalopods, living fossils, China's trade in nautilus shell illegal.
25. Phoenix snail Strombidae
The snail mouth floats outward, and there is a small gap in the edge of the front end, and the phoenix snail can extend its eyes to spy on the surrounding situation.
26、 Taro snail Conus
Named after taro, carnivorous and highly toxic, it preys on small fish and other mollusks with poisonous fangs like toxins and harpoons.
27. Ong Rong Luo Pleurotomaria
Commonly known as the Dragon Palace shell, a precious and rare living fossil, the snail shell has a excretion opening, which will fill the opening as it grows.
28、榧(fěi)螺olive shell
Named for its appearance like the fruit of a beech tree, the snail is generally small in size and has a variety of shell oil patterns.
29. Proboscis snail Tibia fusus
It is highly recognizable by its unique long nose, which is its anterior water pipe groove.
30. Rainbow 䗉 (chāng) snail Umbonium vestiarium
The shell is colorful, and its strung curtains or bracelets are the childhood memories of many people.
From now on, you can also coolly identify various snails~