small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
Refers to various small marine snails with spiral shells, often used in cooking. The term is somewhat generic and may cover different species.
I picked up a lot of small spiral-shelled snails while clam digging.
These small snails are delicious when added to miso soup.
pond snail; river snail
warty frog shell
veined rapa whelk
perplexed spindle; Fusinus perplexus
Rare kanji spelling; the reading ら is also possible but even less common.
Rare kanji spelling; literally 'spicy snail', but used for the same shellfish.
Katakana spelling, sometimes used in biological or culinary contexts.
The origin is uncertain. The word may be related to the spiral shape, but no clear derivation is known.