タケノコガイ

noun

auger shell; terebra

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.