巻まき貝がい

noun

snail; spiral shell

Refers to gastropods with a coiled shell, including both land snails and marine spiral shells. In everyday use, often points to the shell itself or the animal.

• 海かい岸がんで美うつくしい巻まき貝がいを拾ひろった。

  I picked up a beautiful spiral shell on the beach.

• 庭にわの葉はっぱの上うえに小ちいさな巻まき貝がいがいた。

  There was a small snail on a leaf in the garden.