タケノコガイ

also: たけのこがい

タ

ケ

ノ

コ

ガ

イ

Meanings

1

noun

auger shell; terebra

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to Terebra subulata, a long, slender sea snail resembling a bamboo shoot. Used mainly in biological or shell-collecting contexts.

タケノコガイは細ほそ長ながい形かたちが特とく徴ちょう的てきな巻まき貝がいです。
The auger shell is a gastropod characterized by its slender shape.

海かい

岸がん

で

珍めずら

しい

タケノコガイ

の

殻から

を

見み

つけ

た

。

I found a rare auger shell on the beach.

Named after its resemblance to a bamboo shoot (タケノコ). The derivation is straightforward; no deeper historical origin is known.