>Date:    Sun, 26 Apr 1998 16:43:01 -0500
>From:    Jenny Scarboro <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Spanish shell terms
>
>My Spanish tutor from Colombia tells me that a "sea snail" would be "la
>caracol de mar," while a gastropod is "la concha" or "el caparazon."
>Slugs, however, are "las babosas."
>
>Any useful Spanish shelling phrases you can think of?  (In terms a Central
>American non-sheller would use and understand.)
 
Freshwater mussels are called "almejas" in Venezuela.
 
Kevin S. Cummings
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