Ezo Maimai - Ezo Maimai

...The Onajima (illustration) and Usukawa (illustration) are widely distributed throughout the country, but are more common in cities and agricultural areas. The Ezo and Sapporo snails are representative of Hokkaido, the Mutsuhidari Maki and Ootaki snails are representative of the Tohoku region, the Misuji (illustration) and Hidarimaki snails are representative of the Kanto region, the Kuroiwa snail is representative of the Chubu mountain region, the Nishiki and Kuchibeni snails are representative of the Kinki region, the Setouchi and Sanin snails are representative of the Chugoku region, the Awa snail and Setouchi snails are representative of the Shikoku region, the Tsukushi snail is representative of the Kyushu region, and the Shuri snail is representative of the Okinawa region. In Europe, the edible snail escargot is famous. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ezo Maimai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…オナジマイマイ（イラスト）やウスカワマイマイ（イラスト）は全国に広く分布するが，都市や農耕地に多い。エゾマイマイ，サッポロマイマイは北海道，ムツヒダリマキマイマイ，オオタキマイマイは東北地方，ミスジマイマイ（イラスト），ヒダリマキマイマイは関東地方，クロイワマイマイは中部山地，ニシキマイマイやクチベニマイマイは近畿地方，セトウチマイマイ，サンインマイマイは中国地方，アワマイマイ，セトウチマイマイは四国地方，ツクシマイマイは九州地方，シュリマイマイは沖縄地方の代表的な種である。ヨーロッパでは食用カタツムリのエスカルゴが名高い。…

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