Hi Eddy,
Some folks in Japan eat Rapa venosa (called Aka-nishi), but apart from that I've not seen any muricids in markets. When I was diving in the Amami Islands, however, they'd eat pretty well anything. I bet if they got a Murex ramosus big enough, they'd eat it raw.
They do eat a lot of gastropods, including Hemifusus tuba and H. ternatana, Umbonium giganteum (especially delicious from Nagoya Bay, where there's a lot of sewage), Turbo cornutus by the ton, Babylonia japonica (mostly from Hong Kong, though; again, the sewage makes 'em tasty), and in fishing ports at least Charonia sauliae. I've also seen Cymatium parthenopeum being sold for food, along with every Neptunea and Buccinum they have, as well as Ancistrolepis and Clinopegma. Bivalves in markets include myriad scallops, tellins, Pinna (very nice!), Mactra, Solen, Panopea and of course oysters. I've eaten Spondylus too - not bad - and raw Tridacna, which is an acquired taste.
Cheers,
PC.
Paul Callomon
Collections Manager
Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
Department of Malacology
Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
Tel 215-405-5096
Fax 215-299-1170
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>>> Eddy WILMET <[log in to unmask]> 11/07/08 8:07 PM >>>
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:26:17 -0500, Eddy WILMET <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hi to you all, greetings from a rainy and cold Belgium.
>I'm looking for some help to translate a few shell labels written in
>japanese language.I've scanned them and put them into a Word-document.
>Would also like to find out if any of the japanese muricidae are used as
>food or sold at the fishmarkets.
>Thanks,
>
>Eddy WILMET (eddy.wilmetskynet.be)
>www.euromurex.be (exchange-lists in PDF)
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1.I would like to thank Paul Callomon for the swift translation of the
japanese shell labels and all other "shellpeople" who responded to my
request.
Conch-L is an amazing community of people sharing the same passion for
seashells.
2.I have lots of shells for exchange available so dont hesitate to contact
me
3.I still would like to know if any of the Muricidae, living in Japanese
waters find their way to the kitchen and are to be considered as "seafood".
Regards and thanks for your help,
Eddy WILMET
www.euromurex.be
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