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shellfish

Uruguay

shell heap

seashell

kanji "big shell" radical

Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)

cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)

Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

kanji "big shell" radical

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

univalve

small shell

Malacological Society of Japan

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

kai-awase

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

sliced abalone served in cold water

kanji "shell" radical (154)

bivalve

Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)

trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

Unio douglasiae (species of freshwater mussel)

Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)

shellwork

great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)

spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese Babylon shell)

conchology

Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (species of tropical freshwater snail)

sea snail

sliced abalone served in cold water

palm-leaf manuscript

bivalves

radish sprout

Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)

Placamen tiara (species of venerid)

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

common purple snail (Janthina janthina)

dilate piddock (Barnea dilatata)

Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)

Japanese big-ear radix (pond snail, Radix auricularia japonica)

sponge crab (Lauridromia dehaani)

fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii)

pearl oyster

moon snail (Naticidae spp.)

matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them

Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana)

blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)

Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)

limpet

west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar)

Japanese geoduck (Panopea japonica)

geoduck (Panopea generosa)

conchoidal fracture

Arca avellana (species of ark shell)

scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)

land snail

conchoidal fracture

Strombus canarium turturella (subspecies of dog conch)

wedge sea hare (Dolabella auricularia)

shell ladle

European physa (Physella acuta)

Noah's ark (Arca noae)

shell money

tusk shell

Astropecten scoparius (species of starfish)

white radish sprouts

rape seedlings

date shell (Lithophaga curta)

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka)

precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)

triumphant star turban (species of turban shell, Guildfordia triumphans)

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

shellfish meat

shellfish

ostracism

pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

toothed top shell (Monodonta labio)

tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)

pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)

to blow a conch

to blow a conch

univalve

cowrie

adductor muscle

shellfish baked in the shell

Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)

pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

finely-striate buccinum (Buccinum striatissimum)

Tyrian purple

Nitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)

embossed venus (Venus toreuma)

constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta)

windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta)

Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)

ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina)

snail

golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)

silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)

kanji "shell" radical at left

full-blooded tellin (Pharaonella sieboldii)

shellfish poison

secret, unrequited love

sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus)

(edible) mussel (esp. the Mediterranean mussel or blue mussel)

cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)

mother-of-pearl button

razor clam (Solen strictus)

conch (esp. Charonia tritonis)

Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii)

Japanese ivory shell

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)

giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacninae)

paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)

quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)

whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin)

ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)

geography cone (Conus geographus)

spider conch (Lambis lambis)

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.)

to keep one's mouth shut

Astralium haematragum (species of turban shell)

Penepatella stellaeformis (species of limpet)

limpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)

black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)

Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)

Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)

ivory shell

shell lime

Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)

goose barnacle

Soletellina diphos (species of clam)

Tyrian purple

shoulder blade

kai-awase

shellfish fry

Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)

Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)

greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)

widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)

scale insect

Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)

ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla)

Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)