Hello Everyone-
Operculums are used as an ingredient in incense, especially in India.
Sue Hobbs
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From: "David Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Identity of a Red Sea Mollusk
>> Shalom Kay,
>> The Hebrew word, which 'onycha' is a translation of is 'shehelet'
>> שחלת
>> In the regular Hebrew dictionary, the meaning of the word is given as the
>> spice 'cloves'. However, in the Bible Language Dictionary, I find the
>> meaning to be given as a species of mollusc� 'Ungusis odoratus', which
>> seems
>> to be a misspelling of 'Unguis odoratus'. But is this a mollusc species
>> (as
>> in Wikipedia), or a� term used for a sweet smelling hoof, claw or
>> operculum?
>> Sincerely, Moshe Erlendur
>
> If it is actually a mollusk connection, and not a mistranslation for
> cloves or something else, it would be the operculum. I don't know if
> a particular species was used-I wouldn't expect corneous opercula from
> different taxa to smell all that different when burnt and would think
> that any large gastropod would do, but I haven't tried burning them
> myself. The etymological link to claw suggests strombids.
> Nomenclator Zoologicus doesn't list Unguis as an animal genus.
>
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> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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