capa santa (English spelling) capasanta

Japanese: capa santa(英語表記)capasanta
capa santa (English spelling) capasanta

...The shell of the similar species, P. sinensis , is slightly smaller and the left shell is more bulging. The Mediterranean St. James shell, P. jacobaeus , is also called the pilgrim shell (English name: capa santa) and is famous because it was used as a badge of war in the Crusades. It is also the shell on which Venus sits in Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus." [Hanabe Tadashige]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "capa santa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近似種のハナイタヤガイP.sinensisは殻はやや小型で左殻の膨らみはいっそう強い。地中海のジェームズホタテガイ(ジェームズイタヤガイSt.James shell)P.jacobaeusは巡礼貝(英名pilgrim shell,イタリア名capa santa)ともいわれ,十字軍の従軍記章にされたので名高く,またボッティチェリの絵画《ビーナスの誕生》でビーナスが乗っている貝もこの種である。【波部 忠重】。…

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