In March the Italian community here in Providence (the Catholic ones at least), and even more so in Boston, celebrate St. Joseph's Day with a week long festival. There is a parade, and a sort of carnival, with food booths on the street where you can try all sorts of Italian delicacies - including scungilli, which is "conch" sauteed in a spicy tomato sauce. Of course, different vendors have their own secret recipes for the sauce. Many times it contains wine. The "conch" used in these recipes is not Strombus. It is actually, as you said, the meat of Busycon. I believe both B. carica and B. canaliculatum are used. But I could be wrong. I'm not Italian. Paul M.