Cow horn shell - Cow horn shell

Japanese: ウシノツノガイ - うしのつのがい
Cow horn shell - Cow horn shell

...The shell is beautiful and is used in shell crafts. The horn shell T. areolata is similar to this species, but has three rows of black spots on each level and four on the last level. It is found south of the Amami Islands.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "ox horn shell" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…殻が美しいので貝細工に用いる。ウシノツノガイT.areolataはこの種に似るが,各階に3列,最後の階に4列の黒斑がある。奄美諸島以南に分布する。…

※「ウシノツノガイ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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