Dear Amy and Conch-L's,
The Conch originally came from the ancient Greek conchylion (in modern Greek
conchyli) that means shell as in Xenophora Conchyliophora (phora in Greek
means carrier and xeno means strange).
In Greece the fishermen use from many years the Triton shell as trumpet.
Best regards.
George

Amy Lyn Edwards wrote:

> Below is a question I received this morning - I was wondering if some of
> our list members would like to try their hand at answering a mollusc
> related question.
> Amy
>
>  >From: [log in to unmask]
> >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 23:27:32 EDT
> >Subject: I need help!
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> > Hi! could you please tell me where the word conch originally came from?
> > and how it was used exactly? please?
> > thank you
> >                                                            sincerely,
> >                                                            Ash
> >
>
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